First Solar (FSLR) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

First Solar's Operating Expenses history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $140.8 million for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 14.35% year-over-year to $140.8 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $541.1 million (up 11.87% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $523.5 million, up 12.68% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses was $140.8 million for Q1 2026 at First Solar, up from $117.4 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $144.6 million in Q3 2025 and bottomed at $71.2 million in Q1 2022.
• A 5-year average of $113.5 million and a median of $110.9 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses slipped 14.57% — and 2023, when it soared 83.62%.
• First Solar's Operating Expenses stood at $106.8 million in 2022, then advanced by 3.79% to $110.8 million in 2023, then grew by 0.08% to $110.9 million in 2024, then climbed by 5.89% to $117.4 million in 2025, then advanced by 19.93% to $140.8 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows FSLR's Operating Expenses at $140.8 million in Q1 2026, $117.4 million in Q4 2025, and $144.6 million in Q3 2025.