First Solar FSLR
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First Solar (FSLR) Prepaid Assets (2009 - 2021)

Updated

First Solar (FSLR) reported Prepaid Assets of $203.48 million for Q3 2021, down 9.2% from $224.09 million a year earlier but up 7.4% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

First Solar (FSLR) Prepaid Assets (2009 - 2021) Analysis & Trends

At the end of FY2020, First Solar posted Prepaid Assets of $251.74 million, down 8.9% from FY2019.

  • Prepaid Assets has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 0.2% (FY2015 to FY2020).
  • By year, Prepaid Assets came in at $276.46 million in FY2019 (+13.7%), $243.06 million in FY2018 (+53.9%), $157.9 million in FY2017 (-27.4%) and $217.46 million in FY2016 (-12.7%).
  • Five-year quarterly Prepaid Assets spans a low of $142.4 million in Q3 2017 and a high of $319.44 million in Q3 2019.
  • Year over year, Prepaid Assets has now declined in each of the last six quarters, with an average decline of 11.4% over the last eight quarters.
  • The high point for year-over-year Prepaid Assets in five years was Q2 2019 (growth of 93.9%); the low point was Q3 2017 (a decline of 46.2%).
  • Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2021 came in at $189.4 million (Q2 2021), $226.92 million (Q1 2021) and $251.74 million (Q4 2020).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 GE Vernova 252.99 Bn 214.06 Bn 2.36 Bn
2 Bloom Energy 81.25 Bn 73.07 Bn 355.57 Mn
3 First Solar 18.82 Bn 9.78 Bn 605.00 Mn
4 BWX Technologies 12.55 Bn 10.85 Bn 202.31 Mn
5 Generac Holdings 12.21 Bn 11.04 Bn 521.81 Mn
6 Nextpower 11.82 Bn 7.71 Bn 335.85 Mn
7 EnerSys 6.67 Bn 4.86 Bn 313.36 Mn
8 Enphase Energy 4.36 Bn -500.13 Mn 175.01 Mn
9 Mirion Technologies 3.45 Bn 1.34 Bn 133.10 Mn
10 Nuscale Power 3.24 Bn 3.19 Bn -152,000.00
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2021 203.48 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 189.40 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 226.92 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 251.74 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 224.09 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 279.30 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 302.85 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 276.46 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 319.44 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 305.57 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 277.16 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 243.06 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 195.55 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 157.55 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 197.21 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 157.90 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 142.40 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 172.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 177.36 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 217.46 Mn
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