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

Canadian Solar (CSIQ) reported Gross Margin of 10.22% for Q4 2025, down 405.0% year-on-year from 3.35% in Q4 2024, and down 40.69% quarter-over-quarter from 17.23% in Q3 2025.

Canadian Solar (CSIQ) has 17 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 10.22% in Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Gross Margin fell 405.0% year-over-year to 10.22%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 18.34% (up 167.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 18.34%, up 167.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin for Q4 2025 stood at 10.22%, down from 17.23% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 29.82% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 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.
  • Across the five-year window, Gross Margin tumbled 917 bps in 2021 and jumped 1257 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Tracing CSIQ's Gross Margin over 5 years: 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 26.65 Bn 24.22 Bn 486.13 Mn 46.55%
2 Nextpower 17.99 Bn 16.90 Bn 297.38 Mn 33.77%
3 Canadian Solar 15.11 Bn 15.69 Bn 124.40 Mn 10.22%
4 Enphase Energy 8.19 Bn 7.26 Bn 100.39 Mn 35.49%
5 Solaredge Technologies 3.80 Bn 3.25 Bn 68.28 Mn 21.99%
6 Sunrun 3.38 Bn 4.27 Bn 543.70 Mn 75.28%
7 Shoals Technologies 1.60 Bn 1.60 Bn 41.01 Mn 29.18%
8 Array Technologies 1.25 Bn 1.05 Bn 63.00 Mn 28.20%
9 JinkoSolar Holding 677.44 Mn 2.29 Bn 147.66 Mn 8.32%
10 Tigo Energy 288.14 Mn 276.56 Mn 10.79 Mn 42.84%

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%
Dec 31, 2020 13.56%
Sep 30, 2020 19.51%
Jun 30, 2020 21.16%
Mar 31, 2020 27.03%
Dec 31, 2019 24.95%
Sep 30, 2019 26.18%
Jun 30, 2019 17.62%
Mar 31, 2019 22.17%
Dec 31, 2018 30.11%
Sep 30, 2018 26.09%
Jun 30, 2018 24.51%
Mar 31, 2018 10.10%
Dec 31, 2017 19.71%
Sep 30, 2017 17.52%
Jun 30, 2017 24.24%
Mar 31, 2017 13.50%
Dec 31, 2016 7.32%
Sep 30, 2016 17.84%
Jun 30, 2016 17.18%
Mar 31, 2016 15.59%
Dec 31, 2015 17.89%
Sep 30, 2015 14.92%
Jun 30, 2015 15.16%
Mar 31, 2015 17.77%
Dec 31, 2014 19.33%
Sep 30, 2014 22.89%
Jun 30, 2014 18.95%
Mar 31, 2014 14.71%
Dec 31, 2013 19.49%
Sep 30, 2013 20.41%
Jun 30, 2013 12.80%
Mar 31, 2013 9.69%
Dec 31, 2012 5.04%
Sep 30, 2012 2.23%
Jun 30, 2012 12.40%
Mar 31, 2012 7.69%
Dec 31, 2011 8.73%
Sep 30, 2011 2.38%
Jun 30, 2011 13.22%
Mar 31, 2011 14.73%
Dec 31, 2010 17.00%
Sep 3, 2010 13.00%
Jun 30, 2010 13.57%
Mar 31, 2010 12.44%
Dec 31, 2009 12.38%
Sep 30, 2009 16.30%
Jun 30, 2009 20.21%
Mar 31, 2009 -7.87%