First Solar Inc (FSLR) Volatility Spurs A Quest For Clarity

Currently, there are 106.85M common shares owned by the public and among those 101.34M shares have been available to trade.

The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of 3.54% and 0.87% over the past three months. FSLR shares are trading 23.22% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance up to 43.83% higher. It has a 12-month low price of $129.21 and touched a high of $306.77 over the same period. FSLR has an average intraday trading volume of 2.17 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by 3.85%, -4.11%, and 4.31% respectively.

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Institutional ownership of First Solar Inc (NASDAQ: FSLR) shares accounts for 88.01% of the company’s 106.85M shares outstanding.

It has a market capitalization of $23.95B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 1.48. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 18.29, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $11.61. The company has a PEG of 0.59 and a Quick Ratio of 1.44 with the debt-to-equity ratio at 0.09. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 5.76% over the week and 3.98% over the month.

Analysts forecast that First Solar Inc (FSLR) will achieve an EPS of 4.8 for the current quarter, 4.14 for the next quarter and 20.91 for current fiscal year. The lowest estimate earnings-per-share for the quarter is 4.55 while analysts give the company a high EPS estimate of 4.55. Comparatively, EPS for the current quarter was 3.25 a year ago. Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 71.60%, and 55.23% over the next financial year. EPS should shrink at an annualized rate of 31.00% over the next five years, compared to 41.58% over the past 5-year period.

Looking at the support for the FSLR, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. Janney stated their Buy rating for the stock in a research note on October 29, 2024, with the firm’s price target at $260. Citigroup coverage for the First Solar Inc (FSLR) stock in a research note released on October 22, 2024 offered a Buy rating with a price target of $254. Clarksons Platou on their part issued Buy rating on August 14, 2024.

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