Growth Metrics

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

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

First Solar (FSLR) has 18 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 46.55% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Gross Margin rose 577.0% year-over-year to 46.55%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 41.74% (down 186.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 40.62%, down 354.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 46.55%, 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.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 39.54% (2025), against an average of 32.3%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Gross Margin sank 3141 bps; it then soared 4362 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 6.05% in 2022, then soared by 617 bps to 43.33% in 2023, then dropped by 13 bps to 37.49% in 2024, then advanced by 5 bps to 39.54% in 2025, then advanced by 18 bps to 46.55% in 2026.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 46.55% (Q1 2026), 39.54% (Q4 2025), and 38.29% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 First Solar 26.65 Bn 24.22 Bn 486.13 Mn 46.55%
2 Nextpower 17.99 Bn 16.90 Bn 297.38 Mn 33.77%
3 Canadian Solar 15.11 Bn 15.69 Bn 124.40 Mn 10.22%
4 Enphase Energy 8.19 Bn 7.26 Bn 100.39 Mn 35.49%
5 Solaredge Technologies 3.80 Bn 3.25 Bn 68.28 Mn 21.99%
6 Sunrun 3.38 Bn 4.27 Bn 543.70 Mn 75.28%
7 Shoals Technologies 1.60 Bn 1.60 Bn 41.01 Mn 29.18%
8 Array Technologies 1.25 Bn 1.05 Bn 63.00 Mn 28.20%
9 JinkoSolar Holding 677.44 Mn 2.29 Bn 147.66 Mn 8.32%
10 Tigo Energy 288.14 Mn 276.56 Mn 10.79 Mn 42.84%

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%
Mar 31, 2021 23.00%
Dec 31, 2020 26.24%
Sep 30, 2020 31.59%
Jun 30, 2020 21.40%
Mar 31, 2020 16.98%
Dec 31, 2019 23.84%
Sep 30, 2019 25.30%
Jun 30, 2019 13.19%
Mar 31, 2019 0.02%
Dec 31, 2018 14.22%
Sep 30, 2018 19.10%
Jun 30, 2018 -25.18%
Mar 31, 2018 30.46%
Dec 31, 2017 18.30%
Sep 30, 2017 26.84%
Jun 30, 2017 17.79%
Mar 31, 2017 9.44%
Dec 31, 2016 2.37%
Sep 30, 2016 25.09%
Jun 30, 2016 17.91%
Mar 31, 2016 31.69%
Dec 31, 2015 30.14%
Sep 30, 2015 38.10%
Jun 30, 2015 18.35%
Mar 31, 2015 8.31%
Dec 31, 2014 30.59%
Sep 30, 2014 21.27%
Jun 30, 2014 17.03%
Mar 31, 2014 24.91%
Dec 31, 2013 24.86%
Sep 30, 2013 28.76%
Jun 30, 2013 26.95%
Mar 31, 2013 22.42%
Dec 31, 2012 27.31%
Sep 30, 2012 28.45%
Jun 30, 2012 25.46%
Mar 31, 2012 15.44%
Dec 31, 2011 -6.60%
Sep 30, 2011 37.70%
Jun 30, 2011 36.56%
Mar 31, 2011 45.77%
Dec 31, 2010 48.66%
Sep 25, 2010 40.34%
Jun 26, 2010 48.34%
Mar 27, 2010 49.66%
Dec 26, 2009 41.51%
Sep 26, 2009 50.95%
Jun 27, 2009 56.69%
Mar 28, 2009 56.26%