First Solar, Inc. income statement
In fiscal 2025, First Solar, Inc. reported revenue of $5.22bn, up 24.1% on the year before, operating income of $1.60bn (a 30.6% margin) and net income of $1.53bn, or $14.21 per diluted share. Every line below comes from the company's 10-K and 10-Q filings; column headings link to the filing.
Income statement
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2,066 | 2,564 | 2,766 | 3,369 | 3,310 | 3,391 | 4,113 | 2,905 | 2,941 | 2,244 | 3,063 | 2,711 | 2,923 | 2,619 | 3,319 | 4,206 | 5,219 | 5,014 |
| Cost of revenue | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2,266 | 2,392 | 1,852 | 2,514 | 2,031 | 2,193 | 2,549 | 2,018 | 2,348 | 3,099 | 2,545 |
| Gross profit | 1,045 | 1,185 | 972 | 853 | 865 | 825 | 1,133 | 638 | 549 | 392 | 549 | 681 | 730 | 70 | 1,301 | 1,858 | 2,120 | 2,470 |
| Research and development | 78 | 95 | 141 | 132 | 134 | 144 | 131 | 125 | 89 | 84 | 97 | 94 | 99 | 113 | 152 | 191 | 233 | 276 |
| Selling, general and administrative | 273 | 322 | 413 | 281 | 270 | 254 | 255 | 262 | 203 | 177 | 205 | 223 | 170 | 165 | 198 | 188 | 204 | 233 |
| Operating income | 680 | 749 | −69 | −38 | 370 | 422 | 730 | −568 | 178 | 40 | −162 | 317 | 587 | −27 | 857 | 1,394 | 1,597 | 1,890 |
| Interest expense | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 44 | 27 |
| Income before tax | 686 | 762 | −54 | −40 | 381 | 432 | 733 | −537 | 202 | 113 | −120 | 293 | 572 | 9 | 891 | 1,406 | 1,581 | 1,931 |
| Income tax | 46 | 98 | −14 | 57 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 23 | 372 | 3 | −5 | −107 | 103 | 53 | 61 | 114 | 53 | 70 |
| Net income | 640 | 664 | −39 | −96 | 351 | 396 | 593 | −416 | −166 | 144 | −115 | 398 | 469 | −44 | 831 | 1,292 | 1,528 | 1,861 |
| Diluted EPS | $7.53 | $7.68 | −$0.46 | −$1.11 | $3.67 | $3.90 | $5.83 | −$4.05 | −$1.59 | $1.36 | −$1.09 | $3.73 | $4.38 | −$0.41 | $7.74 | $12.02 | $14.21 | $17.28 |
| Diluted shares (average) | 85m | 86m | 86m | 87m | 95m | 102m | 102m | 103m | 104m | 106m | 105m | 107m | 107m | 107m | 107m | 108m | 108m | 108m |
| EBITDA | 809 | 905 | 167 | 228 | 609 | 639 | 955 | −364 | 270 | 171 | 44 | 550 | 847 | 242 | 1,165 | 1,818 | 2,126 | 2,482 |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1,514 | 845 | 1,097 | 1,595 | 1,683 | 1,044 | 1,056 | 1,231 |
| Cost of revenue | 946 | 500 | 597 | 984 | 1,017 | 558 | 451 | 518 |
| Gross profit | 568 | 344 | 500 | 611 | 665 | 486 | 605 | 713 |
| Research and development | 46 | 52 | 54 | 61 | 66 | 67 | 76 | 67 |
| Selling, general and administrative | 50 | 53 | 53 | 47 | 51 | 65 | 52 | 65 |
| Operating income | 457 | 221 | 362 | 466 | 548 | 345 | 450 | 546 |
| Interest expense | 11 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Income before tax | 446 | 217 | 352 | 460 | 551 | 354 | 459 | 566 |
| Income tax | 53 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 30 | 8 | 37 | −5 |
| Net income | 393 | 210 | 342 | 456 | 521 | 347 | 423 | 571 |
| Diluted EPS | $3.66 | $1.95 | $3.18 | $4.24 | $4.84 | $3.22 | $3.92 | $5.30 |
| EBITDA | 581 | 346 | 485 | 598 | 697 | 493 | 598 | 694 |
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