Growth Metrics

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

First Solar posted quarterly FCF Margin of 31.93% for Q1 2026, up 6445.0% year-on-year from 0.49% in Q1 2025, and down 150.2% on a QoQ basis from 63.6% in Q4 2025.

First Solar (FSLR) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 31.93% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, FCF Margin rose 6445.0% year-over-year to 31.93%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 30.78% (up 5371.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 22.75%, up 3007.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 31.93%, down from 63.6% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 67.06% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 96.37% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 17.04% (2024), against an average of 11.46%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when FCF Margin sank 13702 bps; it then soared 13812 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 5.46% in 2022, then jumped by 238 bps to 18.49% in 2023, then sank by 261 bps to 29.76% in 2024, then soared by 314 bps to 63.6% in 2025, then plunged by 150 bps to 31.93% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 31.93% (Q1 2026), 63.6% (Q4 2025), and 67.06% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 First Solar 26.65 Bn 24.22 Bn 486.13 Mn -31.93%
2 Nextpower 17.99 Bn 16.90 Bn 297.38 Mn 14.00%
3 Canadian Solar 15.11 Bn 15.69 Bn 124.40 Mn 16.54%
4 Enphase Energy 8.19 Bn 7.26 Bn 100.39 Mn 32.11%
5 Solaredge Technologies 3.80 Bn 3.25 Bn 68.28 Mn -0.56%
6 Sunrun 3.38 Bn 4.27 Bn 543.70 Mn 1.41%
7 Shoals Technologies 1.60 Bn 1.60 Bn 41.01 Mn -29.72%
8 Array Technologies 1.25 Bn 1.05 Bn 63.00 Mn -16.53%
9 JinkoSolar Holding 677.44 Mn 2.29 Bn 147.66 Mn -
10 Tigo Energy 288.14 Mn 276.56 Mn 10.79 Mn -37.55%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -31.93%
Dec 31, 2025 63.60%
Sep 30, 2025 67.06%
Jun 30, 2025 -12.63%
Mar 31, 2025 -96.37%
Dec 31, 2024 -29.76%
Sep 30, 2024 51.87%
Jun 30, 2024 -17.04%
Mar 31, 2024 -18.35%
Dec 31, 2023 18.49%
Sep 30, 2023 -86.25%
Jun 30, 2023 12.06%
Mar 31, 2023 -73.97%
Dec 31, 2022 5.46%
Sep 30, 2022 50.76%
Jun 30, 2022 -17.82%
Mar 31, 2022 -79.99%
Dec 31, 2021 2.57%
Sep 30, 2021 51.21%
Jun 30, 2021 35.52%
Mar 31, 2021 -46.01%
Dec 31, 2020 15.92%
Sep 30, 2020 -2.17%
Jun 30, 2020 19.42%
Mar 31, 2020 -109.22%
Dec 31, 2019 58.41%
Sep 30, 2019 -51.41%
Jun 30, 2019 0.13%
Mar 31, 2019 -82.51%
Dec 31, 2018 -112.90%
Sep 30, 2018 -30.23%
Jun 30, 2018 394.64%
Mar 31, 2018 -36.68%
Dec 31, 2017 69.20%
Sep 30, 2017 44.50%
Jun 30, 2017 -43.69%
Mar 31, 2017 42.63%
Dec 31, 2016 125.64%
Sep 30, 2016 -35.12%
Jun 30, 2016 -3.02%
Mar 31, 2016 3.71%
Dec 31, 2015 4.18%
Sep 30, 2015 -6.63%
Jun 30, 2015 1.22%
Mar 31, 2015 -102.29%
Dec 31, 2014 96.73%
Sep 30, 2014 -5.86%
Jun 30, 2014 20.69%
Mar 31, 2014 -38.01%
Dec 31, 2013 17.68%
Sep 30, 2013 24.15%
Jun 30, 2013 26.39%
Mar 31, 2013 -0.69%
Dec 31, 2012 26.75%
Sep 30, 2012 -4.16%
Jun 30, 2012 28.31%
Mar 31, 2012 -28.29%
Dec 31, 2011 5.12%
Sep 30, 2011 -2.11%
Jun 30, 2011 -79.58%
Mar 31, 2011 -37.51%
Dec 31, 2010 22.64%
Sep 25, 2010 13.84%
Jun 26, 2010 -9.73%
Mar 27, 2010 -13.15%
Dec 26, 2009 53.74%
Sep 26, 2009 23.67%
Jun 27, 2009 -7.70%
Mar 28, 2009 -5.42%