Summary: First Solar, Inc.

  • The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
  • From a short-term investment perspective, the company presents a deteriorated fundamental configuration.
  • The company has a good ESG score relative to its sector, according to MSCI.

Highlights: First Solar, Inc.

  • The prospective high growth for the next fiscal years is among the main assets of the company
  • The company's profit outlook over the next few years is a strong asset.
  • The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes.
  • Margins returned by the company are among the highest on the stock exchange list. Its core activity clears big profits.
  • Thanks to a sound financial situation, the firm has significant leeway for investment.
  • The company's attractive earnings multiples are brought to light by a P/E ratio at 11.84 for the current year.
  • Analysts covering this company mostly recommend stock overweighting or purchase.
  • Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.

Weaknesses: First Solar, Inc.

  • For the last twelve months, sales expectations have been significantly downgraded, which means that less important sales volumes are expected for the current fiscal year over the previous period.
  • The company's sales previsions for the coming years have been revised downwards, which foreshadows another slowdown in business.
  • For the past year, analysts have significantly revised downwards their profit estimates.
  • For the last twelve months, the analysts covering the company have given a bearish overview of EPS estimates, resulting in frequent downward revisions.
  • Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised downwards significantly.
  • The price targets of various analysts who make up the consensus differ significantly. This reflects different assessments and/or a difficulty in valuing the company.

Ratings Chart: First Solar, Inc.

Source: Surperformance

ESG chart: First Solar, Inc.

Source: MSCI

Fundamentals (Composite) Global Valuation (Composite) Financial estimates revisions (Composite) Capi.($)
1.89TCr
- 1.69TCr
- 1.25TCr
894.83Cr
- 768.99Cr
744.18Cr
523.54Cr
519.32Cr
Average 1.03TCr
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