Canadian Solar (CSIQ) Gross Margin (2009 - 2025)

Canadian Solar (CSIQ) posted quarterly Gross Margin of 10.22% for Q4 2025, down 405.0% year-on-year from 3.35% in Q4 2024, and down 40.69% on a QoQ basis from 17.23% in Q3 2025.

Canadian Solar (CSIQ) Gross Margin (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Canadian Solar (CSIQ) has reported Gross Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 10.22% the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin fell 405.0% year-over-year to 10.22% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 18.34% (up 167.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 18.34%, up 167.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin retreated to 10.22% in Q4 2025 per CSIQ's latest filing, from 17.23% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Gross Margin for CSIQ reached as high as 29.82% in Q2 2025 and fell as low as 10.22% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 16.93% and a median of 17.24% in 2024 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Gross Margin plunged 917 bps — and 2025, when it surged 1257 bps.
  • Year by year, Gross Margin stood at 19.71% in 2021, then retreated by 10 bps to 17.68% in 2022, then dropped by 29 bps to 12.54% in 2023, then rose by 14 bps to 14.27% in 2024, then retreated by 28 bps to 10.22% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Gross Margin over the past three periods registered 10.22%, 17.23%, and 29.82% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 First Solar 22.08 Bn 19.65 Bn 486.13 Mn 46.55%
2 Nextpower 15.32 Bn 14.23 Bn 297.38 Mn 33.77%
3 Enphase Energy 4.98 Bn 4.05 Bn 100.39 Mn 35.49%
4 JinkoSolar Holding 3.20 Bn -107.75 Mn 147.66 Mn 8.32%
5 Solaredge Technologies 2.60 Bn 2.04 Bn 68.28 Mn 21.99%
6 Sunrun 2.35 Bn 687.09 Mn 407.49 Mn 56.42%
7 Shoals Technologies 1.55 Bn 1.55 Bn 41.01 Mn 29.18%
8 Canadian Solar 925.64 Mn 166.07 Mn 124.40 Mn 10.22%
9 Array Technologies 843.55 Mn 642.85 Mn 63.00 Mn 28.20%
10 Toyo 182.74 Mn 106.10 Mn 47.76 Mn 33.45%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 10.22%
Sep 30, 2025 17.23%
Jun 30, 2025 29.82%
Mar 31, 2025 11.74%
Dec 31, 2024 14.27%
Sep 30, 2024 16.41%
Jun 30, 2024 17.25%
Mar 31, 2024 19.02%
Dec 31, 2023 12.54%
Sep 30, 2023 16.68%
Jun 30, 2023 18.64%
Mar 31, 2023 18.69%
Dec 31, 2022 17.68%
Sep 30, 2022 18.76%
Jun 30, 2022 16.03%
Mar 31, 2022 14.47%
Dec 31, 2021 19.71%
Sep 30, 2021 18.60%
Jun 30, 2021 12.93%
Mar 31, 2021 17.86%