Growth Metrics

First Solar (FSLR) Deferred Taxes (2014 - 2026)

First Solar posted quarterly Deferred Taxes of -$15.7 million for Q1 2026, down 431.41% year-on-year from $4.7 million in Q1 2025, and down 1713.97% on a QoQ basis from -$866000.0 in Q4 2025.

First Solar (FSLR) has 13 years of Deferred Taxes data on file, last reported at -$15.7 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Deferred Taxes fell 431.41% year-over-year to -$15.7 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $5.2 million (up 124.6% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $25.6 million, up 146.77% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes for Q1 2026 stood at -$15.7 million, down from -$866000.0 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Deferred Taxes topped out at $30.6 million in Q4 2024 and bottomed at -$55.3 million in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Deferred Taxes is -$3.4 million (2023), against an average of -$7.0 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Deferred Taxes sank 5204.52%; it then jumped 307.24% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Deferred Taxes shows it stood at -$8.2 million in 2022, then tumbled by 80.02% to -$14.8 million in 2023, then surged by 307.24% to $30.6 million in 2024, then plunged by 102.83% to -$866000.0 in 2025, then sank by 1713.97% to -$15.7 million in 2026.
  • The last three Deferred Taxes figures came in at -$15.7 million (Q1 2026), -$866000.0 (Q4 2025), and $20.6 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 First Solar 26.65 Bn 24.22 Bn 486.13 Mn -15.71 Mn
2 Nextpower 17.99 Bn 16.90 Bn 297.38 Mn -
3 Canadian Solar 15.11 Bn 15.69 Bn 124.40 Mn -
4 Enphase Energy 8.19 Bn 7.26 Bn 100.39 Mn -3.13 Mn
5 Solaredge Technologies 3.80 Bn 3.25 Bn 68.28 Mn -
6 Sunrun 3.38 Bn 4.27 Bn 543.70 Mn 7.07 Mn
7 Shoals Technologies 1.60 Bn 1.60 Bn 41.01 Mn -89,000.00
8 Array Technologies 1.25 Bn 1.05 Bn 63.00 Mn -1.60 Mn
9 JinkoSolar Holding 677.44 Mn 2.29 Bn 147.66 Mn -
10 Tigo Energy 288.14 Mn 276.56 Mn 10.79 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -15.71 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -866,000.00
Sep 30, 2025 20.62 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 1.12 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 4.74 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 30.59 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -26.94 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -29.37 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -29.03 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -14.76 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -3.45 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 12.68 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -55.28 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -8.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 976,000.00
Jun 30, 2022 -6.66 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 1.08 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 63.30 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -1.13 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -779,000.00
Mar 31, 2021 -11.54 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 113.98 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 -5.26 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 7.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 -80.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 -71.60 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 10.17 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 1.11 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 397,000.00
Dec 31, 2018 45.62 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 -5.94 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 -44.22 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 -5.57 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 211.87 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 -16.61 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 -26.38 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 4.49 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 95.95 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 -2.22 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 -1.35 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 -1.83 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 12.93 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 17.77 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 -52.96 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 28.14 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 -24.28 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 58.57 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 -33.96 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 13.74 Mn