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Company Overview We are America s leading PV solar technology and manufacturing company. The only U.S.-headquartered company among the world s largest solar manufacturers, First Solar is focused on competitively and reliably enabling power generation needs with our advanced, uniquely American thin film PV technology.
$211.99
+$0.06 (+0.03%)
EOD Jul 17, 2026
Margins and capital returns are both well above average: 30.59% operating margin, ROIC at 16.35%. Consistent with durable pricing power, though that alone doesn't make it a buy.
Revenue grew 24.1%, still solid. Margins contracted 2.6pp, which offsets some of the top-line progress.
Even for strong businesses, today's 14x P/E means the stock needs to keep delivering. There's no margin of safety if growth disappoints.
13.7x earnings, 13.7x FCF. The multiple is below average. Either the market is pricing in deterioration you should investigate, or there's genuine value here.
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$5.42B
▲ +24.1% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
$1.67B
▲ +18.3% YoY
Op. Margin
31.76%
▼ -2.6pp YoY
ROIC
16.85%
▲ +0.4pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
$1.67B
▲ +485.4% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$2.45B
▲ +68.9% YoY
Net Debt
-$1.84B
Net Cash Position
Cash & Equiv.
$2.43B
5Y CAGR: +14.0%
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At a P/E of 13.7 and a price-to-free-cash-flow of 13.7, First Solar (FSLR) trades below a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $799.33 per share, so at $211.99 the stock looks undervalued (277.1% below estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, First Solar scores 86/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a high-quality business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $799.33 per share for FSLR, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $599.50. At today's $211.99, that puts the stock about 277.1% below estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
First Solar scores 86 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 7 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a high-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a 31.8% operating margin and a 16.9% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. FSLR currently trades below its estimated intrinsic value and scores 86/100 on quality (high-quality). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.