Growth Metrics

First Solar (FSLR) Capital Expenditures (2016 - 2025)

First Solar (FSLR) has disclosed Capital Expenditures for 17 consecutive years, with -$564.5 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Capital Expenditures fell 144.74% year-over-year to -$564.5 million, compared with a TTM value of $133.7 million through Dec 2025, down 91.24%, and an annual FY2025 reading of $133.7 million, down 91.24% over the prior year.
  • Capital Expenditures was -$564.5 million for Q4 2025 at First Solar, down from $456.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Capital Expenditures topped out at $1.3 billion in Q4 2024 and bottomed at -$564.5 million in Q4 2025.
  • Average Capital Expenditures over 5 years is $171.2 million, with a median of $202.3 million recorded in 2022.
  • Peak annual rise in Capital Expenditures hit 901.88% in 2021, while the deepest fall reached 198.8% in 2021.
  • Year by year, Capital Expenditures stood at -$283.8 million in 2021, then grew by 8.12% to -$260.7 million in 2022, then soared by 233.05% to $346.9 million in 2023, then surged by 263.66% to $1.3 billion in 2024, then crashed by 144.74% to -$564.5 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Capital Expenditures for FSLR at -$564.5 million in Q4 2025, $456.0 million in Q3 2025, and $36.2 million in Q2 2025.