Growth Metrics

First Solar (FSLR) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

First Solar posted quarterly Debt Ratio of 0.03 for Q1 2026, down 26.42% year-on-year from 0.04 in Q1 2025, and down 14.79% on a QoQ basis from 0.04 in Q4 2025.

First Solar (FSLR) has 18 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.03 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt Ratio fell 26.42% year-over-year to 0.03; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.03 (down 26.42% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.04, down 25.58% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.03, down from 0.04 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.06 in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 0.0 in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.04 (2025), against an average of 0.03.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Debt Ratio plunged 30.96%; it then jumped 7155.49% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.02 in 2022, then soared by 141.95% to 0.05 in 2023, then fell by 6.96% to 0.05 in 2024, then fell by 25.58% to 0.04 in 2025, then declined by 14.79% to 0.03 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.03 (Q1 2026), 0.04 (Q4 2025), and 0.04 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 First Solar 26.65 Bn 24.22 Bn 486.13 Mn 0.03
2 Nextpower 17.99 Bn 16.90 Bn 297.38 Mn -
3 Canadian Solar 15.11 Bn 15.69 Bn 124.40 Mn 0.35
4 Enphase Energy 8.19 Bn 7.26 Bn 100.39 Mn 0.21
5 Solaredge Technologies 3.80 Bn 3.25 Bn 68.28 Mn -
6 Sunrun 3.38 Bn 4.27 Bn 543.70 Mn 0.02
7 Shoals Technologies 1.60 Bn 1.60 Bn 41.01 Mn 0.18
8 Array Technologies 1.25 Bn 1.05 Bn 63.00 Mn 0.45
9 JinkoSolar Holding 677.44 Mn 2.29 Bn 147.66 Mn 0.15
10 Tigo Energy 288.14 Mn 276.56 Mn 10.79 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.03
Dec 31, 2025 0.04
Sep 30, 2025 0.04
Jun 30, 2025 0.04
Mar 31, 2025 0.04
Dec 31, 2024 0.05
Sep 30, 2024 0.05
Jun 30, 2024 0.05
Mar 31, 2024 0.06
Dec 31, 2023 0.05
Sep 30, 2023 0.05
Jun 30, 2023 0.05
Mar 31, 2023 0.00
Dec 31, 2022 0.02
Sep 30, 2022 0.00
Jun 30, 2022 0.00
Mar 31, 2022 0.00
Dec 31, 2021 0.03
Sep 30, 2021 0.00
Jun 30, 2021 0.00
Mar 31, 2021 0.00
Dec 31, 2020 0.04
Sep 30, 2020 0.00
Jun 30, 2020 0.00
Mar 31, 2020 0.00
Dec 31, 2019 0.06
Sep 30, 2019 0.00
Jun 30, 2019 0.00
Mar 31, 2019 0.00
Dec 31, 2018 0.07
Sep 30, 2018 0.07
Jun 30, 2018 0.06
Mar 31, 2018 0.06
Dec 31, 2017 0.06
Sep 30, 2017 0.05
Jun 30, 2017 0.05
Mar 31, 2017 0.04
Dec 31, 2016 0.03
Sep 30, 2016 0.10
Jun 30, 2016 0.03
Mar 31, 2016 0.04
Dec 31, 2015 0.04
Sep 30, 2015 0.04
Jun 30, 2015 0.04
Mar 31, 2015 0.04
Dec 31, 2014 0.03
Sep 30, 2014 0.03
Jun 30, 2014 0.03
Mar 31, 2014 0.03
Dec 31, 2013 0.03
Sep 30, 2013 0.03
Jun 30, 2013 0.04
Mar 31, 2013 0.09
Dec 31, 2012 0.09
Sep 30, 2012 0.09
Jun 30, 2012 0.09
Mar 31, 2012 0.15
Dec 31, 2011 0.11
Sep 30, 2011 0.11
Jun 30, 2011 0.07
Mar 31, 2011 0.03
Dec 31, 2010 0.05
Sep 25, 2010 0.06
Jun 26, 2010 0.04
Mar 27, 2010 0.05
Dec 26, 2009 0.05
Sep 26, 2009 0.06
Jun 27, 2009 0.08