Growth Metrics

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

First Solar posted quarterly Net Margin of 33.19% for Q1 2026, up 838.0% year-on-year from 3.54% in Q1 2025, and up 7.24% on a QoQ basis from 30.95% in Q4 2025.

First Solar (FSLR) has 18 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 33.19% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Net Margin rose 838.0% year-over-year to 33.19%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 30.73% (up 101.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 29.28%, down 144.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 33.19%, up from 30.95% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 35.26% in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 11.78% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 28.59% (2025), against an average of 20.9%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Net Margin tumbled 3788 bps; it then surged 4132 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 0.75% in 2022, then surged by 4103 bps to 30.14% in 2023, then retreated by 14 bps to 25.96% in 2024, then gained by 19 bps to 30.95% in 2025, then rose by 7 bps to 33.19% in 2026.
  • The last three Net Margin figures came in at 33.19% (Q1 2026), 30.95% (Q4 2025), and 28.59% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 First Solar 26.65 Bn 24.22 Bn 486.13 Mn 33.19%
2 Nextpower 17.99 Bn 16.90 Bn 297.38 Mn 17.10%
3 Canadian Solar 15.11 Bn 15.69 Bn 124.40 Mn -7.09%
4 Enphase Energy 8.19 Bn 7.26 Bn 100.39 Mn -2.63%
5 Solaredge Technologies 3.80 Bn 3.25 Bn 68.28 Mn -18.48%
6 Sunrun 3.38 Bn 4.27 Bn 543.70 Mn -41.17%
7 Shoals Technologies 1.60 Bn 1.60 Bn 41.01 Mn -0.21%
8 Array Technologies 1.25 Bn 1.05 Bn 63.00 Mn -6.06%
9 JinkoSolar Holding 677.44 Mn 2.29 Bn 147.66 Mn -3.78%
10 Tigo Energy 288.14 Mn 276.56 Mn 10.79 Mn -6.95%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 33.19%
Dec 31, 2025 30.95%
Sep 30, 2025 28.59%
Jun 30, 2025 31.16%
Mar 31, 2025 24.81%
Dec 31, 2024 25.96%
Sep 30, 2024 35.26%
Jun 30, 2024 34.57%
Mar 31, 2024 29.80%
Dec 31, 2023 30.14%
Sep 30, 2023 33.50%
Jun 30, 2023 21.04%
Mar 31, 2023 7.76%
Dec 31, 2022 -0.75%
Sep 30, 2022 -7.82%
Jun 30, 2022 8.99%
Mar 31, 2022 -11.78%
Dec 31, 2021 14.48%
Sep 30, 2021 7.75%
Jun 30, 2021 13.10%
Mar 31, 2021 26.10%
Dec 31, 2020 19.37%
Sep 30, 2020 16.72%
Jun 30, 2020 5.70%
Mar 31, 2020 17.06%
Dec 31, 2019 -4.24%
Sep 30, 2019 5.59%
Jun 30, 2019 -3.15%
Mar 31, 2019 -12.67%
Dec 31, 2018 7.61%
Sep 30, 2018 9.02%
Jun 30, 2018 -276.80%
Mar 31, 2018 14.93%
Dec 31, 2017 -127.15%
Sep 30, 2017 18.56%
Jun 30, 2017 8.02%
Mar 31, 2017 1.09%
Dec 31, 2016 -268.52%
Sep 30, 2016 21.43%
Jun 30, 2016 -0.41%
Mar 31, 2016 21.23%
Dec 31, 2015 21.70%
Sep 30, 2015 27.49%
Jun 30, 2015 10.26%
Mar 31, 2015 -12.95%
Dec 31, 2014 19.04%
Sep 30, 2014 10.58%
Jun 30, 2014 1.20%
Mar 31, 2014 11.79%
Dec 31, 2013 8.21%
Sep 30, 2013 15.41%
Jun 30, 2013 6.46%
Mar 31, 2013 7.83%
Dec 31, 2012 14.34%
Sep 30, 2012 10.48%
Jun 30, 2012 11.59%
Mar 31, 2012 -90.42%
Dec 31, 2011 20.31%
Sep 30, 2011 19.54%
Jun 30, 2011 11.48%
Mar 31, 2011 20.44%
Dec 31, 2010 25.57%
Sep 25, 2010 22.17%
Jun 26, 2010 27.05%
Mar 27, 2010 30.34%
Dec 26, 2009 22.08%
Sep 26, 2009 31.89%
Jun 27, 2009 34.34%
Mar 28, 2009 39.36%