Growth Metrics

First Solar (FSLR) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

First Solar's Operating Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 32.56% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Margin rose 239.0% year-over-year to 32.56%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 30.59%, down 256.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 30.59%, 256.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin reached 32.56% in Q4 2025 per FSLR's latest filing, up from 29.22% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 36.86% in Q2 2024 to a low of 15.75% in Q1 2022.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 20.81%, with a median of 27.71% recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: plummeted -4716bps in 2022, then surged 4494bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 19.08% in 2021, then plummeted by -124bps to 4.58% in 2022, then soared by 850bps to 34.33% in 2023, then decreased by -12bps to 30.17% in 2024, then increased by 8bps to 32.56% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FSLR's Operating Margin are 32.56% (Q4 2025), 29.22% (Q3 2025), and 32.96% (Q2 2025).