Growth Metrics

First Solar (FSLR) EPS (Basic) (2009 - 2026)

First Solar posted quarterly EPS (Basic) of $3.23 for Q1 2026, up 64.8% year-on-year from $1.96 in Q1 2025, and down 33.4% on a QoQ basis from $4.85 in Q4 2025.

First Solar (FSLR) has 18 years of EPS (Basic) data on file, last reported at $3.23 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EPS (Basic) rose 64.8% year-over-year to $3.23; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $15.52 (up 31.41% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $14.25, up 18.06% from the prior year.
  • EPS (Basic) for Q1 2026 stood at $3.23, down from $4.85 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EPS (Basic) topped out at $4.85 in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$0.46 in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for EPS (Basic) is $2.51 (2023), against an average of $2.17.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EPS (Basic) sank 206.98%; it then jumped 4771.43% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of EPS (Basic) shows it stood at -$0.07 in 2022, then surged by 4771.43% to $3.27 in 2023, then advanced by 12.23% to $3.67 in 2024, then soared by 32.15% to $4.85 in 2025, then plunged by 33.4% to $3.23 in 2026.
  • The last three EPS (Basic) figures came in at $3.23 (Q1 2026), $4.85 (Q4 2025), and $4.25 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EPS (Basic) (Qtr)
1 First Solar 26.65 Bn 24.22 Bn 486.13 Mn 3.23
2 Nextpower 17.99 Bn 16.90 Bn 297.38 Mn 1.02
3 Canadian Solar 15.11 Bn 15.69 Bn 124.40 Mn -0.10
4 Enphase Energy 8.19 Bn 7.26 Bn 100.39 Mn -0.06
5 Solaredge Technologies 3.80 Bn 3.25 Bn 68.28 Mn -0.95
6 Sunrun 3.38 Bn 4.27 Bn 543.70 Mn 0.71
7 Shoals Technologies 1.60 Bn 1.60 Bn 41.01 Mn 0.00
8 Array Technologies 1.25 Bn 1.05 Bn 63.00 Mn -0.09
9 JinkoSolar Holding 677.44 Mn 2.29 Bn 147.66 Mn -0.32
10 Tigo Energy 288.14 Mn 276.56 Mn 10.79 Mn -0.02

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 3.23
Dec 31, 2025 4.85
Sep 30, 2025 4.25
Jun 30, 2025 3.19
Mar 31, 2025 1.96
Dec 31, 2024 3.67
Sep 30, 2024 2.92
Jun 30, 2024 3.26
Mar 31, 2024 2.21
Dec 31, 2023 3.27
Sep 30, 2023 2.51
Jun 30, 2023 1.60
Mar 31, 2023 0.40
Dec 31, 2022 -0.07
Sep 30, 2022 -0.46
Jun 30, 2022 0.52
Mar 31, 2022 -0.41
Dec 31, 2021 1.23
Sep 30, 2021 0.43
Jun 30, 2021 0.78
Mar 31, 2021 1.98
Dec 31, 2020 1.09
Sep 30, 2020 1.46
Jun 30, 2020 0.35
Mar 31, 2020 0.86
Dec 31, 2019 -0.56
Sep 30, 2019 0.29
Jun 30, 2019 -0.18
Mar 31, 2019 -0.64
Dec 31, 2018 0.50
Sep 30, 2018 0.55
Jun 30, 2018 -0.46
Mar 31, 2018 0.79
Dec 31, 2017 -4.15
Sep 30, 2017 1.97
Jun 30, 2017 0.50
Mar 31, 2017 0.09
Dec 31, 2016 -7.32
Sep 30, 2016 1.46
Jun 30, 2016 -0.11
Mar 31, 2016 1.92
Dec 31, 2015 2.08
Sep 30, 2015 3.46
Jun 30, 2015 0.93
Mar 31, 2015 -0.61
Dec 31, 2014 1.93
Sep 30, 2014 0.90
Jun 30, 2014 0.05
Mar 31, 2014 1.12
Dec 31, 2013 0.60
Sep 30, 2013 1.98
Jun 30, 2013 0.38
Mar 31, 2013 0.68
Dec 31, 2012 1.78
Sep 30, 2012 1.01
Jun 30, 2012 1.28
Mar 31, 2012 -5.20
Dec 31, 2011 -4.81
Sep 30, 2011 2.28
Jun 30, 2011 0.71
Mar 31, 2011 1.36
Dec 31, 2010 1.83
Sep 25, 2010 2.08
Jun 26, 2010 1.87
Mar 27, 2010 2.04
Dec 26, 2009 1.68
Sep 26, 2009 1.82
Jun 27, 2009 2.16
Mar 28, 2009 2.01