Growth Metrics

First Solar (FSLR) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)

First Solar posted quarterly EBT Margin of 33.93% for Q1 2026, up 823.0% year-on-year from 3.68% in Q1 2025, and up 3.57% on a QoQ basis from 32.76% in Q4 2025.

First Solar (FSLR) has 18 years of EBT Margin data on file, last reported at 33.93% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBT Margin rose 823.0% year-over-year to 33.93%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 31.71% (down 43.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 30.29%, down 314.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 33.93%, up from 32.76% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EBT Margin topped out at 37.32% in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 17.1% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 29.48% (2024), against an average of 22.51%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EBT Margin slumped 4898 bps; it then surged 4607 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 0.66% in 2022, then jumped by 5059 bps to 32.51% in 2023, then slipped by 9 bps to 29.48% in 2024, then grew by 11 bps to 32.76% in 2025, then increased by 4 bps to 33.93% in 2026.
  • The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 33.93% (Q1 2026), 32.76% (Q4 2025), and 28.86% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 First Solar 26.65 Bn 24.22 Bn 486.13 Mn 33.93%
2 Nextpower 17.99 Bn 16.90 Bn 297.38 Mn 18.13%
3 Canadian Solar 15.11 Bn 15.69 Bn 124.40 Mn -0.55%
4 Enphase Energy 8.19 Bn 7.26 Bn 100.39 Mn -4.91%
5 Solaredge Technologies 3.80 Bn 3.25 Bn 68.28 Mn -18.06%
6 Sunrun 3.38 Bn 4.27 Bn 543.70 Mn -40.19%
7 Shoals Technologies 1.60 Bn 1.60 Bn 41.01 Mn -0.27%
8 Array Technologies 1.25 Bn 1.05 Bn 63.00 Mn 1.85%
9 JinkoSolar Holding 677.44 Mn 2.29 Bn 147.66 Mn -9.84%
10 Tigo Energy 288.14 Mn 276.56 Mn 10.79 Mn -7.60%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 33.93%
Dec 31, 2025 32.76%
Sep 30, 2025 28.86%
Jun 30, 2025 32.10%
Mar 31, 2025 25.70%
Dec 31, 2024 29.48%
Sep 30, 2024 36.88%
Jun 30, 2024 37.32%
Mar 31, 2024 32.18%
Dec 31, 2023 32.51%
Sep 30, 2023 36.26%
Jun 30, 2023 23.25%
Mar 31, 2023 6.51%
Dec 31, 2022 -0.66%
Sep 30, 2022 -9.81%
Jun 30, 2022 22.48%
Mar 31, 2022 -17.10%
Dec 31, 2021 18.42%
Sep 30, 2021 7.89%
Jun 30, 2021 16.34%
Mar 31, 2021 31.89%
Dec 31, 2020 8.47%
Sep 30, 2020 20.83%
Jun 30, 2020 7.29%
Mar 31, 2020 0.30%
Dec 31, 2019 -6.45%
Sep 30, 2019 8.34%
Jun 30, 2019 -1.15%
Mar 31, 2019 -12.94%
Dec 31, 2018 6.97%
Sep 30, 2018 9.37%
Jun 30, 2018 -296.06%
Mar 31, 2018 16.98%
Dec 31, 2017 -9.58%
Sep 30, 2017 19.25%
Jun 30, 2017 1.60%
Mar 31, 2017 1.72%
Dec 31, 2016 -251.57%
Sep 30, 2016 11.42%
Jun 30, 2016 0.31%
Mar 31, 2016 24.43%
Dec 31, 2015 23.28%
Sep 30, 2015 31.30%
Jun 30, 2015 6.54%
Mar 31, 2015 -14.22%
Dec 31, 2014 20.09%
Sep 30, 2014 9.80%
Jun 30, 2014 0.80%
Mar 31, 2014 14.82%
Dec 31, 2013 8.46%
Sep 30, 2013 16.49%
Jun 30, 2013 7.90%
Mar 31, 2013 8.76%
Dec 31, 2012 15.87%
Sep 30, 2012 13.20%
Jun 30, 2012 14.14%
Mar 31, 2012 -91.84%
Dec 31, 2011 23.01%
Sep 30, 2011 22.15%
Jun 30, 2011 13.51%
Mar 31, 2011 23.45%
Dec 31, 2010 28.43%
Sep 25, 2010 26.68%
Jun 26, 2010 30.69%
Mar 27, 2010 34.40%
Dec 26, 2009 23.44%
Sep 26, 2009 34.31%
Jun 27, 2009 38.28%
Mar 28, 2009 40.59%