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

First Solar (FSLR) posted Gross Margin of 46.55% for Q1 2026, up 17.74% on a QoQ basis from 39.54% in Q4 2025, and up 577.0% year-over-year from 6.88% in Q1 2025.

First Solar (FSLR) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

First Solar's Gross Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 46.55% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin rose 577.0% year-over-year to 46.55% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 41.74% (down 186.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 40.62%, down 354.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was 46.55% for Q1 2026 at First Solar, up from 39.54% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 50.17% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 3.74% in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 32.3% and a median of 39.54% in 2025 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Gross Margin slumped 3141 bps — and 2023, when it soared 4362 bps.
  • First Solar's Gross Margin stood at 6.05% in 2022, then jumped by 617 bps to 43.33% in 2023, then declined by 13 bps to 37.49% in 2024, then climbed by 5 bps to 39.54% in 2025, then climbed by 18 bps to 46.55% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FSLR's Gross Margin at 46.55% in Q1 2026, 39.54% in Q4 2025, and 38.29% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 First Solar 22.08 Bn 19.65 Bn 486.13 Mn 46.55%
2 Nextpower 15.32 Bn 14.23 Bn 297.38 Mn 33.77%
3 Enphase Energy 4.98 Bn 4.05 Bn 100.39 Mn 35.49%
4 JinkoSolar Holding 3.20 Bn -107.75 Mn 147.66 Mn 8.32%
5 Solaredge Technologies 2.60 Bn 2.04 Bn 68.28 Mn 21.99%
6 Sunrun 2.35 Bn 687.09 Mn 407.49 Mn 56.42%
7 Shoals Technologies 1.55 Bn 1.55 Bn 41.01 Mn 29.18%
8 Canadian Solar 925.64 Mn 166.07 Mn 124.40 Mn 10.22%
9 Array Technologies 843.55 Mn 642.85 Mn 63.00 Mn 28.20%
10 Toyo 182.74 Mn 106.10 Mn 47.76 Mn 33.45%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 46.55%
Dec 31, 2025 39.54%
Sep 30, 2025 38.29%
Jun 30, 2025 45.56%
Mar 31, 2025 40.78%
Dec 31, 2024 37.49%
Sep 30, 2024 50.17%
Jun 30, 2024 49.37%
Mar 31, 2024 43.57%
Dec 31, 2023 43.33%
Sep 30, 2023 46.96%
Jun 30, 2023 38.29%
Mar 31, 2023 20.44%
Dec 31, 2022 6.05%
Sep 30, 2022 3.34%
Jun 30, 2022 -3.74%
Mar 31, 2022 3.12%
Dec 31, 2021 27.17%
Sep 30, 2021 21.35%
Jun 30, 2021 27.67%