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First Solar Financial Ratios 2025-2006 | FSLR
Brief overview of First Solar's valuation multiples
The comparison uses the five latest available annual observations between 2020 and 2025.
The current valuation set is P/E 17.28x (median 17.77x), EV/EBITDA 9.79x (median 15.64x), P/S 5.06x (median 4.68x). The combined ratio level is close to the company's five-year norm at a -2.8% deviation. No clear premium or discount is visible.
At the current P/E, inverse earnings yield is 5.8%, a useful bridge between price and business earnings.
Current measures of operating quality are ROE 16%, ROA 11.5%, ROCE 16.7%. Current resource returns are convincing and help explain a higher market valuation.
PEG is 0.2x. Price is low relative to embedded growth, though the ratio depends heavily on forecast quality.
The cash conversion cycle lengthened from 114.7 days to 144.3 days, or 29.5 days. More cash is tied up in operations.
Valuation takeaway
First Solar's valuation and business quality look relatively balanced, with no pronounced distortion in either direction.
Annual Financial Ratios First Solar
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P/E |
17.3 | 12.3 | 18.7 | -405.8 | 17.8 | 26.4 | -46.5 | 36.8 | -42.3 | -8.9 | 12.7 | 10.7 | 13.7 | -25.2 | -95.5 | 13.7 | 24.7 | 58.9 | 32.2 | - |
P/S |
5.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 6.8 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - |
EPS |
14.2 | 12.1 | 7.8 | -0.4 | 4.4 | 3.8 | -1.1 | 1.4 | -1.6 | -4.0 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 3.7 | -1.1 | -0.5 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 4.3 | 2.1 | - |
EV (Enterprise Value) |
27.4 B | 18.4 B | 17.2 B | 18.9 B | 8.33 B | 10.8 B | 6.41 B | 5.82 B | 6.5 B | 3.5 B | 7.57 B | 4.45 B | 5.88 B | 4.27 B | 5.3 B | 9.25 B | 15.8 B | 20.4 B | 4.69 B | -308 M |
EBITDA per Share |
19.8 | 17 | 10.9 | 2.28 | 7.97 | 5.2 | 3.86 | 1.63 | 3.17 | 5.32 | 7.68 | 6.7 | 7.36 | 7.99 | 7.21 | 10.7 | 9.69 | 6.21 | 1.84 | - |
EV/EBITDA |
12.9 | 10.1 | 14.8 | 77.8 | 9.8 | 17.3 | 11.0 | 25.6 | 15.6 | 3.7 | 7.9 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 3.0 | 6.2 | 10.2 | 19.5 | 40.9 | 34.2 | - |
PEG |
0.2 | 0.14 | 0.18 | -19.36 | 0.65 | 2.55 | 0.26 | 0.2 | -0.78 | 0.05 | 0.35 | 2.01 | 0.03 | 0.18 | 0.9 | - | - | - | - | - |
P/B |
2.8 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 6.0 | 13.6 | - | - |
P/CF |
12.8 | 13.0 | 25.8 | 20.5 | 35.1 | 282.8 | -10.8 | -5.0 | 8.5 | -140.6 | -13.1 | 10.0 | 8.4 | 6.3 | -4.9 | 12.9 | 23.4 | 44.3 | 24.7 | - |
ROE % |
16.02 | 16.20 | 12.42 | -0.76 | 7.86 | 7.22 | -2.26 | 2.77 | -3.25 | -6.87 | 9.85 | 7.89 | 7.84 | -2.67 | -1.08 | 19.22 | 24.13 | 23.02 | 14.43 | - |
ROA % |
11.47 | 10.66 | 8.02 | -0.54 | 6.32 | 5.60 | -1.53 | 2.03 | -2.41 | -5.21 | 7.47 | 5.90 | 5.13 | -1.52 | -0.68 | 15.16 | 19.11 | 16.47 | - | - |
ROCE % |
16.74 | 17.48 | 12.82 | -0.47 | 9.85 | 5.75 | 3.25 | 0.64 | 3.46 | 5.30 | 8.13 | 7.41 | 8.60 | 8.22 | 8.02 | 21.68 | 25.62 | 28.97 | 12.50 | - |
Current Ratio |
3.5 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 3.5 | - | - |
DSO |
89.3 | 83.4 | 54.2 | 52.5 | 43.4 | 49.9 | 84.9 | 99.7 | 52.0 | 63.0 | 57.2 | 24.2 | 72.5 | 105.4 | 111.4 | - | - | - | - | - |
DIO |
107.2 | 148.0 | 130.3 | 92.2 | 102.7 | 90.9 | 72.2 | 87.7 | 30.7 | 69.2 | 71.0 | 89.7 | 78.0 | 77.4 | 96.8 | - | - | - | - | - |
DPO |
52.3 | 53.6 | 49.6 | 38.3 | 31.3 | 36.1 | 31.7 | 46.0 | 18.3 | 24.2 | 46.3 | 30.5 | 39.0 | 50.8 | 35.9 | - | - | - | - | - |
Operating Cycle |
196.6 | 231.4 | 184.5 | 144.7 | 146.1 | 140.8 | 157.1 | 187.3 | 82.7 | 132.2 | 128.2 | 113.9 | 150.5 | 182.8 | 208.2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Cash Conversion Cycle |
144.3 | 177.8 | 134.9 | 106.4 | 114.7 | 104.7 | 125.4 | 141.4 | 64.4 | 108.0 | 81.9 | 83.3 | 111.5 | 132.0 | 172.3 | - | - | - | - | - |
All numbers in USD currency
Quarterly Financial Ratios First Solar
| 2026-Q2 | 2026-Q1 | 2025-Q3 | 2025-Q2 | 2025-Q1 | 2024-Q4 | 2024-Q3 | 2024-Q2 | 2024-Q1 | 2023-Q4 | 2023-Q3 | 2023-Q2 | 2023-Q1 | 2022-Q4 | 2022-Q3 | 2022-Q2 | 2022-Q1 | 2021-Q4 | 2021-Q3 | 2021-Q2 | 2021-Q1 | 2020-Q4 | 2020-Q3 | 2020-Q2 | 2020-Q1 | 2019-Q4 | 2019-Q3 | 2019-Q2 | 2019-Q1 | 2018-Q4 | 2018-Q3 | 2018-Q2 | 2018-Q1 | 2017-Q4 | 2017-Q3 | 2017-Q2 | 2017-Q1 | 2016-Q4 | 2016-Q3 | 2016-Q2 | 2016-Q1 | 2015-Q4 | 2015-Q3 | 2015-Q2 | 2015-Q1 | 2014-Q4 | 2014-Q3 | 2014-Q2 | 2014-Q1 | 2013-Q4 | 2013-Q3 | 2013-Q2 | 2013-Q1 | 2012-Q4 | 2012-Q3 | 2012-Q2 | 2012-Q1 | 2011-Q4 | 2011-Q3 | 2011-Q2 | 2011-Q1 | 2010-Q3 | 2010-Q2 | 2010-Q1 | 2009-Q3 | 2009-Q2 | |
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EPS |
3.93 | 3.23 | 4.25 | 3.19 | 1.96 | - | 2.92 | 3.26 | 2.21 | - | 2.51 | 1.6 | 0.4 | - | -0.46 | 0.52 | -0.41 | - | 0.43 | 0.78 | 1.98 | - | 1.46 | 0.35 | 0.86 | - | 0.29 | -0.18 | -0.64 | - | 0.55 | -0.46 | 0.79 | - | 1.97 | 0.5 | 0.09 | - | 1.46 | -0.11 | 1.92 | - | 3.46 | 0.93 | -0.61 | - | 0.9 | 0.05 | 1.12 | - | 1.98 | 0.38 | 0.68 | - | 1.01 | 1.28 | -5.2 | - | 2.28 | 0.71 | 1.36 | 2.08 | 1.87 | 2.04 | 1.82 | 2.16 |
EBITDA per Share |
6.94 | 4.59 | 7.97 | - | 3.24 | - | - | - | 3.12 | - | - | - | 0.81 | - | -0.64 | 1.36 | 0.07 | - | 0.5 | 1.06 | 2.97 | - | 3.59 | 1.56 | 0.55 | - | 1.81 | 0.86 | -0.26 | - | 1.41 | -0.47 | 0.94 | - | 2.84 | 0.72 | 0.24 | - | 1.27 | 0.55 | 2.34 | - | 4.59 | 1.21 | -0.07 | - | 1.44 | 0.65 | 2.01 | - | 3.86 | 1.71 | 1.35 | - | 3.55 | 3.2 | -4.43 | - | 4.51 | 1.96 | 2.08 | 3.82 | 3.04 | 2.26 | 1.93 | 2.44 |
ROE % |
16.66 | 15.13 | 15.74 | 15.50 | 14.92 | 12.36 | 16.62 | 15.33 | 11.24 | 7.81 | 6.96 | 3.65 | 0.09 | -0.63 | 0.14 | 2.41 | 5.15 | 5.88 | 8.69 | 8.58 | 8.80 | 5.12 | 5.72 | 2.55 | 0.55 | -1.09 | 0.02 | -1.51 | 0.44 | 1.77 | 5.80 | 5.72 | 6.82 | 5.23 | 8.12 | 3.86 | 6.59 | 6.41 | 12.71 | 11.52 | 10.64 | 6.89 | 8.69 | 2.48 | 3.02 | 4.12 | 8.53 | 7.48 | 8.70 | 6.47 | 8.91 | 7.58 | -5.63 | -6.95 | -1.56 | -2.32 | -2.21 | 10.25 | 15.61 | 15.50 | 19.87 | 22.93 | 25.47 | 6.05 | 6.24 | 7.90 |
ROA % |
11.80 | 10.37 | 10.51 | 10.30 | 9.84 | 8.11 | 10.91 | 10.07 | 7.39 | 5.19 | 4.61 | 2.43 | 1.67 | 1.17 | 1.17 | 1.17 | 4.12 | 4.71 | 6.89 | 6.79 | 6.93 | 3.98 | 4.38 | 1.96 | 0.54 | -0.74 | 0.07 | -1.02 | 0.40 | 1.29 | 4.29 | 4.24 | 5.05 | 3.89 | 6.09 | 2.93 | 5.04 | 4.90 | 9.68 | 8.76 | 8.09 | 5.23 | 6.56 | 1.85 | 2.24 | 3.07 | 5.90 | 5.05 | 5.85 | 4.18 | 5.57 | 4.48 | -3.09 | -3.95 | -0.54 | -0.87 | -0.61 | 6.47 | 10.68 | 11.65 | 15.56 | 18.51 | 20.50 | 4.96 | 4.95 | 6.21 |
ROCE % |
17.26 | 15.60 | 16.34 | 16.31 | 15.60 | 12.90 | 17.23 | 15.78 | 10.95 | 7.43 | 6.26 | 4.38 | 0.61 | 0.30 | 1.17 | 4.25 | 6.23 | 7.21 | 10.96 | 11.01 | 9.14 | 4.70 | 5.51 | 1.59 | -0.83 | -0.86 | 0.26 | -2.54 | -0.95 | 0.56 | 4.62 | 3.77 | 5.60 | 4.18 | 5.58 | 1.52 | 4.69 | 4.85 | 12.02 | 11.64 | 10.38 | 6.94 | 8.62 | 1.48 | 3.22 | 4.49 | 9.19 | 8.38 | 9.70 | 6.93 | 9.90 | 9.07 | -4.45 | -5.81 | 0.30 | -0.90 | -1.22 | 11.43 | 17.85 | 17.72 | 22.67 | 25.74 | 28.26 | 6.71 | 6.62 | 8.93 |
Current Ratio |
4.4 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.4 | - | - | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
DSO |
123.1 | 123.0 | 90.8 | 138.8 | 154.9 | - | 72.5 | 59.5 | 76.4 | - | 78.9 | 52.3 | 51.8 | - | - | 21.6 | 89.8 | - | 65.0 | 99.6 | 60.0 | - | 26.2 | 37.8 | 63.5 | - | 79.3 | 74.1 | 51.7 | - | 17.3 | 37.8 | 27.4 | - | 17.8 | 31.0 | 24.5 | - | 35.7 | 23.9 | 40.0 | - | 35.9 | 51.0 | 61.9 | - | 13.9 | 22.7 | 13.1 | - | 9.8 | 23.9 | 41.7 | - | 60.2 | 52.8 | 79.3 | - | 28.2 | 53.2 | 50.4 | - | - | - | - | - |
DIO |
200.4 | 163.1 | 116.6 | 206.2 | 216.2 | - | 235.0 | 178.2 | 182.3 | - | 176.0 | 137.5 | 145.1 | - | - | 59.5 | 193.4 | - | 124.3 | 115.6 | 82.5 | - | 81.6 | 102.6 | 104.4 | - | 99.1 | 79.7 | 71.3 | - | 64.7 | 111.5 | 64.8 | - | 19.8 | 30.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
DPO |
66.0 | 48.3 | 30.2 | 60.8 | 83.0 | - | 51.2 | 41.9 | 45.5 | - | 38.3 | 48.5 | 65.6 | - | - | 10.4 | 43.6 | - | 31.6 | 33.5 | 27.2 | - | 26.4 | 33.1 | 41.5 | - | 48.7 | 39.2 | 38.7 | - | 38.9 | 67.1 | 40.9 | - | 13.8 | 21.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Operating Cycle |
- | - | - | 345.0 | 371.1 | - | 307.5 | 237.7 | 258.8 | - | 254.8 | 189.8 | 197.0 | - | - | 81.1 | 283.2 | - | 189.3 | 215.2 | 142.4 | - | 107.8 | 140.4 | 168.0 | - | 178.3 | 153.8 | 123.1 | - | 82.0 | 149.4 | 92.2 | - | 37.6 | 61.7 | 24.5 | - | 35.7 | 23.9 | 40.0 | - | 35.9 | 51.0 | 61.9 | - | 13.9 | 22.7 | 13.1 | - | 9.8 | 23.9 | 41.7 | - | 60.2 | 52.8 | 79.3 | - | 28.2 | 53.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cash Conversion Cycle |
- | - | - | 284.2 | 288.1 | - | 256.3 | 195.8 | 213.3 | - | 216.6 | 141.4 | 131.4 | - | - | 70.7 | 239.6 | - | 157.7 | 181.7 | 115.2 | - | 81.4 | 107.2 | 126.5 | - | 129.6 | 114.6 | 84.3 | - | 43.1 | 82.3 | 51.3 | - | 23.8 | 40.3 | 24.5 | - | 35.7 | 23.9 | 40.0 | - | 35.9 | 51.0 | 61.9 | - | 13.9 | 22.7 | 13.1 | - | 9.8 | 23.9 | 41.7 | - | 60.2 | 52.8 | 79.3 | - | 28.2 | 53.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
All numbers in USD currency
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