Growth Metrics

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

First Solar posted quarterly Operating Income of $345.3 million for Q1 2026, up 56.07% year-on-year from $221.2 million in Q1 2025, and down 36.98% on a QoQ basis from $547.9 million in Q4 2025.

First Solar (FSLR) has 18 years of Operating Income data on file, last reported at $345.3 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Income rose 56.07% year-over-year to $345.3 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $1.7 billion (up 25.38% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $1.6 billion, up 14.52% from the prior year.
  • Operating Income for Q1 2026 stood at $345.3 million, down from $547.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Income topped out at $547.9 million in Q4 2025 and bottomed at -$68.4 million in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Income is $273.0 million (2023), against an average of $245.1 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Income plunged 234.38%; it then soared 1250.63% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Income shows it stood at -$45.9 million in 2022, then jumped by 966.52% to $397.8 million in 2023, then increased by 14.83% to $456.8 million in 2024, then grew by 19.96% to $547.9 million in 2025, then plunged by 36.98% to $345.3 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Income figures came in at $345.3 million (Q1 2026), $547.9 million (Q4 2025), and $466.1 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.