First Solar (FSLR) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)

First Solar (FSLR) has 18 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $66.9 million in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Research & Development rose 27.78% year-over-year to $66.9 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $248.0 million (up 23.36% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $233.4 million, up 21.97% from the prior year.
• Research & Development for Q1 2026 stood at $66.9 million, up from $66.0 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $66.9 million in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $25.2 million in Q2 2022.
• The 5-year median for Research & Development is $43.9 million (2023), against an average of $44.5 million.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Research & Development increased 4.7%; it then jumped 45.65% in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $31.3 million in 2022, then soared by 40.21% to $43.9 million in 2023, then grew by 6.01% to $46.5 million in 2024, then soared by 41.84% to $66.0 million in 2025, then rose by 1.5% to $66.9 million in 2026.
• The last three Research & Development figures came in at $66.9 million (Q1 2026), $66.0 million (Q4 2025), and $60.6 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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