Stock Analysis on Net

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR)

Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

First Solar Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2019 Sep 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019
Net income (loss) 349,356 236,616 349,239 268,398 170,579 42,561 (7,548) (49,168) 55,805 (43,255) 131,370 45,203 82,449 209,671 115,703 155,037 36,911 90,704 (59,408) 30,622 (18,548) (67,599)
Depreciation, amortization and accretion 97,337 90,584 89,691 77,743 71,705 68,855 70,541 67,423 66,553 65,207 65,294 65,693 65,708 63,205 59,648 59,401 57,597 56,279 55,505 51,154 49,944 48,872
Impairments and net losses on disposal of long-lived assets 1,264 74 230 545 105 60,796 1,892 13,793 3,819 763 4,501 11,206 17,989 5,323 1,288 1,422 4,943 860 352
Share-based compensation 8,400 6,791 11,010 8,198 8,411 6,600 7,535 11,854 5,764 3,503 5,928 6,429 5,430 3,115 11,078 7,209 3,776 7,204 12,021 9,626 10,763 5,019
Deferred income taxes (29,366) (29,033) (14,760) (3,446) 12,675 (55,282) (8,199) 976 (6,659) 1,083 63,297 (1,133) (779) (11,538) 113,983 (5,264) 7,698 (80,404) (71,595) 10,170 1,111 397
(Gain) loss on sales of businesses, net (1,115) (6,554) (211) (135) 17 (239) (5,984) (245,381) (1,907) 1,866 1,745 (150,895)
(Gain) loss on sales of marketable securities and restricted marketable securities 9 (11,696) (9) (249) (15,088) (25,605) (15,016)
Liabilities assumed by customers for the sale of systems (145,281) (85,490) (136,745) (88,050)
Gain on debt forgiveness (30,201)
Other, net 2,464 (814) 21,964 9,162 (8,375) (698) 5,969 (6,606) (665) 273 (575) (1,450) (2,871) 1,412 3,008 (176) (211) 16,676 (1,265) 3,677 (1,662) 1,212
Accounts receivable, trade 12,114 17,499 80,863 (207,455) (211,524) 33,933 (58,296) 31,236 1,498 144,286 (176,516) 335,397 64,629 (320,461) 15,060 27,060 60,350 242,680 (125,397) (136,497) 271,196 (82,896)
Inventories (66,023) (149,470) 42,623 (116,104) (8,629) (122,996) 178,418 (1,269) 15,534 (175,990) (20,348) (54,075) (74,544) 12,602 (3,379) (61,946) (31,175) (48,896) 140,228 29,272 (165,926) (87,102)
Project assets and PV solar power systems 2,527 6,099 145,964 (61,605) (98,695) 11,457 (28,613) (19,065) 59,623 (76,296) 226,237 7,682 (50,756) 232,487 (229,688) 49,830 (73,402)
Government grants receivable (76,361) 281,889 (230,001) (204,623) (155,007) (70,114)
Other assets (78,753) (89,610) (74,698) (44,392) (38,750) (66,493) (21,051) 3,603 (24,316) (30,838) 21,597 (29,796) 1,821 (63,564) (10,728) 9,971 36,004 (68,312) 5,185 28,799 (37,865) (1,919)
Income tax receivable and payable (22,465) 26,239 25,465 3,281 (63,736) 43,646 2,690 (1,777) 66,181 (23,502) (35,677) (14,543) 3,880 33,278 (186,591) 17,693 892 (9,425) 32,620 (2,081) (5,992) (16,512)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 47,684 (160,939) (42,054) 164,376 18,558 (61,552) 48,378 34,492 (39,258) (38,043)
Deferred revenue (50,477) 37,978 310,273 261,213 72,008 139,713 619,074 82,564 134,266 77,042
Other liabilities (896) 1,108 (3,225) (50,787) 39,785 1,113 (13,084) (38,474) 59,505 (19,895) 40,337 (23,476) 48,083 (108,731) 133,626 (108,560) (36,829) (646,814) 585,495 (117,619) (52,091) (14,846)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities (235,177) (35,306) 109,246 (194,491) (344,768) (96,651) 902,093 110,375 151,805 (165,635) (159,150) 184,894 24,804 (387,253) (128,308) 110,455 36,924 (581,523) 870,618 (427,814) 59,152 (276,677)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash provided by (used in) operating activities (156,342) 31,107 211,870 (102,971) (260,257) (77,159) 802,763 178,143 32,213 (95,584) (96,903) 260,118 94,800 (489,149) 70,615 52,860 110,858 (595,568) 841,101 (348,244) 32,118 (235,841)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 193,014 267,723 561,109 165,427 (89,678) (34,598) 795,215 128,975 88,018 (138,839) 34,467 305,321 177,249 (279,478) 186,318 207,897 147,769 (504,864) 781,693 (317,622) 13,570 (303,440)
Purchases of property, plant and equipment (365,162) (413,456) (346,912) (286,207) (382,695) (370,961) (326,901) (223,256) (198,687) (154,761) (194,892) (164,617) (90,627) (90,155) (89,351) (106,332) (108,406) (112,546) (158,146) (182,735) (178,668) (149,168)
Purchases of marketable securities and restricted marketable securities (544,380) (569,446) (392,334) (727,972) (1,021,895) (1,470,600) (1,096,883) (1,306,920) (220,985) (750,220) (1,039,432) (718,352) (97,044) (292,308) (258,931) (101,727) (135,472) (405,794) (509,284) (287,152) (120,185) (260,715)
Proceeds from sales and maturities of marketable securities 807,196 416,971 567,451 1,458,370 1,341,735 1,196,334 775,814 672,719 298,089 900,165 1,218,827 326,321 241,158 508,289 92,656 243,046 228,194 628,936 365,670 433,010 417,860 270,091
Proceeds from sales of businesses, net of cash and restricted cash sold 7,680 78,404 99,284 262,754 1,860 3,096 151,434 145,969
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired (199) (35,540)
Other investing activities (5,000) (2,697) (9,046) (489) (2,633) 60 12 (254) 175 (6,671) 43 8,077 48 525 (14,150) (5,903) 128 2,878 21
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (107,346) (568,628) (173,161) 443,992 (98,395) (645,227) (570,055) (760,806) 141,231 (2,944) (15,751) (553,377) 198,250 271,838 (247,549) 35,035 (15,159) 96,446 (307,663) (36,749) 121,885 (139,771)
Proceeds from borrowings under debt arrangements, net of issuance costs 4,975 105,420 60,769 60,389 110,825 136,000 99,975 84,319 195,080 18,006 84,077 (53) 23,575 21,616 16,375 140,304 12,736 893 106,503
Repayment of debt (65,604) (45,771) (17) (75,142) (737) (34,205) (1,093) (37,378) (701) (215,542) (8,776) (325) (19,516) (7,880) (2,703)
Payments of tax withholdings for restricted shares (196) (18,952) (30) (853) (1,933) (28,314) (44) (457) (86) (11,505) (112) (67) (121) (15,689) (65) (289) (85) (12,679) (19) (339) (68) (15,663)
Contingent consideration payment and other financing activities (7,527) (368) (436) 1,362 (64) (299)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (68,352) 40,697 60,739 59,536 108,892 107,686 99,931 83,845 119,852 5,764 49,760 (120) 22,361 (31,451) 15,609 (75,527) (9,229) (13,440) (6,799) 1,023 (7,119) 87,838
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents (3,662) (1,938) 6,140 (3,309) 959 1,495 7,572 (68) 24,772 15,162 1,487 781 1,558 (652) 2,527 1,473 5,552 (5,774) 3,773 (4,714) (1,393) (625)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and restricted cash equivalents 13,654 (262,146) 454,827 665,646 (78,222) (570,644) 332,663 (548,054) 373,873 (120,857) 69,963 (247,395) 399,418 (39,743) (43,095) 168,878 128,933 (427,632) 471,004 (358,062) 126,943 (355,998)

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31).

Cash flow statement item Description The company
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) from operating activities, excluding discontinued operations. Operating activity cash flows include transactions, adjustments, and changes in value not defined as investing or financing activities. First Solar Inc. net cash provided by (used in) operating activities decreased from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 and from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024.
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) of investing activities, excluding discontinued operations. Investing activity cash flows include making and collecting loans and acquiring and disposing of debt or equity instruments and property, plant, and equipment and other productive assets. First Solar Inc. net cash (used in) provided by investing activities decreased from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 but then increased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 exceeding Q4 2023 level.
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities Amount of cash inflow (outflow) of financing activities, excluding discontinued operations. Financing activity cash flows include obtaining resources from owners and providing them with a return on, and a return of, their investment; borrowing money and repaying amounts borrowed, or settling the obligation; and obtaining and paying for other resources obtained from creditors on long-term credit. First Solar Inc. net cash provided by (used in) financing activities decreased from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 and from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024.