FSLR — First Solar, Inc.
Technology · ETF XLK · as of 2026-09-18
Daily · EMA 10 / 20 / 50 · SMA 200 · VolPress: buy/sell split, 20-SMA, white dot = above avg · · E = earnings · RS vs SPY ⓘ · ● RS new high ⓘ
First Solar, Inc.
NMS
Technology · Solar
First Solar, Inc., a solar technology company, provides photovoltaic (PV) solar energy solutions in the United States, France, India, Chile, and internationally. The company manufactures and sells PV solar modules with a thin film semiconductor technology that provides a lower-carbon alternative to conventional crystalline silicon PV solar modules. It also designs, manufactures, and sells cadmium telluride solar modules that converts sunlight into electricity. The company's residual business ope...
Price & today
$195.96
ATR(14) 10.14 (5.18%)
| Stock today | -2.59% |
| Sector ETF today | +0.82% |
| Residual (stock-specific) | -3.40% |
Sector correlation
| 20-day correlation with XLK | 0.43 |
| 60-day correlation with XLK | 0.45 |
| Status | normal |
Decoupling fires when 60d corr − 20d corr > 0.20: stock used to track its sector but the relationship has weakened recently.
Technicals
| 10 EMA | $201.90 |
| 20 EMA | $206.00 |
| 50 EMA | $214.99 |
| EMA stack | BEARISH |
| RSI(14) | 41.1 |
| 52-week high distance | -38.94% |
| 52-week low distance | +11.04% |
Signals
| Market F&G | 46.9 |
| Bull% | 12.2% |
| OVTLYR status | SELL (20d) |
| Sector rank | #185 |
| Next earnings | 2026-10-28 (AMC, 39d) |
MarketSmith metrics - our compute
RS Rating
21.6
ADR%
4.2
RMV (tight)
99.0
Ext (ATR>20EMA)
-1.0
Rel Vol
124.0%
U/D 50d
1.06
U/D 25d
0.80
Accum/Dist 25d
3 / 4
EPS YoY
+23.0%
LoD dist
35.0
Off 52w High
38.9%
Above 52w Low
7.1%
1W / 1M
-6.3 / -11.9
Avg $Vol 50d
482.7M
Mkt Cap (B)
21.1
Trend 8/8
no
Leads Group
no
Sector XLK
+1.0% 1W
Base len (VCP)
10wk (1/2)
Coil (base shape)
85TVPX
What do these abbreviations mean?
- RS Rating
- - IBD-style relative strength vs SPY (weighted 3/6/9/12-mo). 70+ = leaders pool, 80+ = strong.
- ADR%
- - average daily range over 20 days. 4%+ = the fast movers the playbook prefers (selection order, not a gate).
- RMV (tight)
- - Relative Measured Volatility, 15 bars, scaled 0-100. <15 = tight coiled base (green), <35 moderate, high = loose/expanding - not a base right now.
- Ext (ATR>20EMA)
- - how many ATRs price sits above its 20-EMA. ≤1 = in value (green), >2 = extended/chasing (red) - prefer a pullback.
- Rel Vol
- - latest volume vs the 50-day average. 100% = normal; 140%+ = breakout confirmation.
- U/D 50d / 25d
- - up-day vs down-day volume over the window. 1.1+ = net accumulation (institutions buying); under 0.9 on the 25d = net selling.
- Accum/Dist 25d
- - heavy-volume up days vs heavy-volume down days in the last 25 sessions (close moved 0.2%+ on above-average volume). The institutional-participation footprint; 5+ distribution days = O'Neil caution line.
- LoD dist
- - close distance above the day low in % of ATR (100 = one full ATR off the low). High = strong close.
- Off/Above 52w
- - trend-template legs: within 25% of the 52-week high, at least 25% above the 52-week low.
- Trend 8/8
- - all 8 Minervini Trend Template criteria pass. Discovery floor, NOT an entry signal - entries come from the VCP pivot.
- Base len (VCP)
- - weeks since the VCP base started on the latest scan. 10wk+ bases carry the edge; short stacked bases test below random.
Fundamentals & valuation - reference, not entry inputs
P/E (TTM)
20.0
Fwd P/E
8.5
PEG
0.7
Price/Book
2.6
Profit margin
32.5%
ROE
18.5%
Debt/Equity
1.9
Rev growth
-3.7%
Analyst target
$268 (+37%)
Analyst rating
BUY
Institutional %
98.5%
Insider %
5.3%
Float %
91.2%
Valuation and analyst figures are Yahoo company stats (weekly refresh, ~3,000 larger names - blanks are honest gaps); logo, employees, website and IPO date are Massive company reference. Momentum/VCP entries do not use valuation - this card is context so you do not have to leave the page.
Company data - context read, not entry inputs
Industry rank
140 / 147
Industry
Solar
Float
97.9M
Float turnover 20d
2.1%
Avg $Vol 20d / 50d
414.1M / 482.7M
Days to cover
5.3
Short % float
12.0%
Institutional %
98.5%
Weinstein stage
4
Float, short interest and institutional % come from Yahoo company stats, refreshed weekly for ~3,000 larger names - a blank means Yahoo does not publish the figure for this stock, not that it is zero. Dollar volume and float turnover are computed from our own price bars; industry rank from our rotation data; stage from the weekly chart.
Quarterly EPS - earnings acceleration
A dash in %Chg is deliberate: the year-ago figure was a loss, so a growth % would be meaningless. A dash in Sales means we have no revenue figure for that quarter - read it as a gap in our data, not as zero revenue.
| Quarter | EPS ($) | %Chg YoY | Sales ($M) | %Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct-24 | 2.91 | +16% | 887.7 | +11% |
| Feb-25 | 3.65 | +12% | 1,514.0 | +31% |
| Apr-25 | 1.95 | -11% | 844.6 | +6% |
| Jul-25 | 3.18 | -2% | 1,097.2 | +9% |
| Oct-25 | 4.24 | +46% | 1,594.9 | +80% |
| Feb-26 | 4.84 | +33% | 1,682.8 | +11% |
| Apr-26 | 3.22 | +65% | 1,044.2 | +24% |
| Jul-26 | 3.92 | +23% | 1,056.2 | -4% |
† = SEC carries this same fiscal quarter under a second period-end with a materially different figure (hover for it) - a restatement, merger recast or successor-period split; %Chg is blanked when the two are more than 15% apart. It fires only when the two period-ends DISAGREE, so it is a floor, not a guarantee that the rest of the column shares one basis · ‡ = the revenue concept changed from the previous quarter WITH A FIGURE (hover for both) - a blank row in between is skipped, as the eye does - a step at that row is a change of basis, not necessarily of business · EPS = Yahoo
eps_actual (the figure MarketSmith/Deepvue show) - whether a given quarter is GAAP or excludes a one-off follows the filing, so it can sit either side of another vendor's number; AAPL's Oct-24 row, the Sep-2024 fiscal quarter, is $0.97 here - GAAP, including the EU tax charge - where TradingView's year implies $1.64 · Sales ($M) = SEC EDGAR quarterly revenue (fiscal Q4 derived as FY minus 9-mo) · quarter = report month · %Chg blank = prior-year base under $0.05 (not meaningful).Recent news - our DB (Finnhub + OVTLYR)
- Sep 16 · First Solar (FSLR) Declines More Than Market: Some Information for Investors Zacks Investment Research
- Sep 14 + Better Clean Energy ETF: Broad Exposure Through iShares' ICLN vs. Invesco's Solar-Focused TAN The Motley Fool
- Aug 27 + Canadian Solar Q2 Loss Wider Than Estimates, Revenues Fall Y/Y Zacks Investment Research
- Aug 25 − FIRST SOLAR INVESTOR ALERT: Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C. is Investigating First Solar, Inc. on Behalf of Long-Term Stockholders and Encourages Investors to Contact the Firm GlobeNewswire Inc.
- Aug 15 · Which Is the Better Energy ETF: State Street's Fossil Fuel XOP or iShares' Clean Energy ICLN? The Motley Fool
- Aug 06 − DEADLINE ALERT for FUTU, FSLR, BRCB, ADMA: Law Offices of Howard G. Smith Reminds Investors of Opportunity to Lead Securities Fraud Class Actions GlobeNewswire Inc.
- Aug 05 − ROSEN, TRUSTED INVESTOR COUNSEL, Encourages Pentair plc Investors with Losses in Excess of $100K to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action - PNR GlobeNewswire Inc.
- Aug 03 − FSLR Investors Have Opportunity to Lead First Solar, Inc. Securities Fraud Lawsuit with SBS Law GlobeNewswire Inc.