Stock Analysis on Net

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR)

Analysis of Solvency Ratios
Quarterly Data

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Solvency Ratios (Summary)

First Solar Inc., solvency ratios (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2024 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
Debt Ratios
Debt to equity 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.05 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.11
Debt to capital 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.05 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.10
Debt to assets 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.07 0.07 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.08
Financial leverage 1.51 1.52 1.56 1.55 1.52 1.49 1.46 1.41 1.29 1.26 1.26 1.24 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.29 1.29 1.35 1.34 1.47 1.36 1.39 1.41
Coverage Ratios
Interest coverage 39.14 44.65 52.86 69.75 57.26 19.81 11.59 1.70 16.69 26.03 20.52 44.65 34.42 28.83 27.96 13.11 7.29 1.22 -1.10 -3.45

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 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).

Solvency ratio Description The company
Debt to equity ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt divided by total shareholders’ equity. First Solar Inc. debt to equity ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Debt to capital ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt divided by total debt plus shareholders’ equity. First Solar Inc. debt to capital ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Debt to assets ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt divided by total assets. First Solar Inc. debt to assets ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then slightly deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Financial leverage ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total assets divided by total shareholders’ equity. First Solar Inc. financial leverage ratio decreased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Solvency ratio Description The company
Interest coverage ratio A solvency ratio calculated as EBIT divided by interest payments. First Solar Inc. interest coverage ratio deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Debt to Equity

First Solar Inc., debt to equity calculation (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2024 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
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Current portion of debt 208,261 140,175 200,907 96,238 35,409 5,435 5,150 4,701 3,896 37,129 3,239 2,453 41,540 40,412 77,029 81,807 17,510 28,240 28,312 12,361
Long-term debt, noncurrent portion 373,321 418,725 418,695 464,068 464,040 437,410 320,378 184,349 254,224 170,017 247,354 236,005 241,483 276,084 254,447 237,691 220,456 387,727 390,588 454,187 452,064 452,976 558,356
Total debt 581,582 558,900 619,602 560,306 499,449 437,410 320,378 184,349 259,659 175,167 252,055 239,901 278,612 279,323 256,900 279,231 260,868 464,756 472,395 471,697 480,304 481,288 570,717
 
Stockholders’ equity 7,593,648 7,255,397 6,902,514 6,687,469 6,302,376 6,039,638 5,868,728 5,836,055 5,828,337 5,895,827 5,875,175 5,959,551 5,830,075 5,783,635 5,694,780 5,520,928 5,396,113 5,226,796 5,168,622 5,096,767 5,182,483 5,135,124 5,129,161
Solvency Ratio
Debt to equity1 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.05 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.11
Benchmarks
Debt to Equity, Competitors2
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.10 0.21 0.16 0.17 0.40 0.54 0.61
Analog Devices Inc. 0.23 0.23 0.20 0.20 0.19 0.19 0.18 0.18 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.18 0.42 0.42 0.43 0.43 0.47 0.48 0.47 0.47 0.48 0.51 0.54
Applied Materials Inc. 0.33 0.31 0.32 0.34 0.37 0.40 0.42 0.45 0.45 0.47 0.46 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.47 0.52 0.57 0.76 0.61 0.65 0.65 0.65 0.65
Broadcom Inc. 1.07 1.06 1.08 1.64 1.78 1.79 1.69 1.74 1.89 1.88 1.72 1.59 1.66 1.69 1.75 1.72 1.87 1.92 1.84 1.32 1.75 1.69 1.62
Intel Corp. 0.50 0.46 0.49 0.47 0.48 0.49 0.51 0.41 0.40 0.35 0.36 0.40 0.45 0.42 0.45 0.45 0.49 0.47 0.52 0.37 0.39 0.38 0.39
KLA Corp. 2.14 1.94 1.97 2.02 2.20 2.35 3.00 4.75 0.91 0.85 0.89 1.02 1.11 1.18 1.25 1.30 1.49 1.27 1.29 1.29 1.20 1.40 1.43
Lam Research Corp. 0.62 0.61 0.62 0.61 0.60 0.60 0.67 0.80 0.83 0.77 0.86 0.83 1.08 1.06 1.08 1.12 1.12 1.01 0.90 0.96 0.90 0.35 0.44
Micron Technology Inc. 0.30 0.31 0.31 0.30 0.29 0.26 0.21 0.14 0.14 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.16 0.16 0.17 0.17 0.18 0.15 0.15 0.16 0.14 0.18 0.12
NVIDIA Corp. 0.29 0.35 0.45 0.50 0.51 0.46 0.42 0.41 0.46 0.56 0.37 0.41 0.45 0.50 0.53 0.16 0.18 0.19 0.20 0.21 0.21 0.23 0.26
Qualcomm Inc. 0.59 0.63 0.67 0.71 0.75 0.81 0.90 0.86 0.97 1.18 1.39 1.58 1.92 2.12 2.13 2.59 4.82 5.24 3.53 3.25 3.01 4.24 4.53
Texas Instruments Inc. 0.80 0.81 0.84 0.66 0.67 0.70 0.66 0.60 0.55 0.51 0.55 0.58 0.64 0.56 0.61 0.74 0.82 0.89 0.85 0.65 0.65 0.68 0.68

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 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).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Debt to equity = Total debt ÷ Stockholders’ equity
= 581,582 ÷ 7,593,648 = 0.08

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Solvency ratio Description The company
Debt to equity ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt divided by total shareholders’ equity. First Solar Inc. debt to equity ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Debt to Capital

First Solar Inc., debt to capital calculation (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2024 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
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Current portion of debt 208,261 140,175 200,907 96,238 35,409 5,435 5,150 4,701 3,896 37,129 3,239 2,453 41,540 40,412 77,029 81,807 17,510 28,240 28,312 12,361
Long-term debt, noncurrent portion 373,321 418,725 418,695 464,068 464,040 437,410 320,378 184,349 254,224 170,017 247,354 236,005 241,483 276,084 254,447 237,691 220,456 387,727 390,588 454,187 452,064 452,976 558,356
Total debt 581,582 558,900 619,602 560,306 499,449 437,410 320,378 184,349 259,659 175,167 252,055 239,901 278,612 279,323 256,900 279,231 260,868 464,756 472,395 471,697 480,304 481,288 570,717
Stockholders’ equity 7,593,648 7,255,397 6,902,514 6,687,469 6,302,376 6,039,638 5,868,728 5,836,055 5,828,337 5,895,827 5,875,175 5,959,551 5,830,075 5,783,635 5,694,780 5,520,928 5,396,113 5,226,796 5,168,622 5,096,767 5,182,483 5,135,124 5,129,161
Total capital 8,175,230 7,814,297 7,522,116 7,247,775 6,801,825 6,477,048 6,189,106 6,020,404 6,087,996 6,070,994 6,127,230 6,199,452 6,108,687 6,062,958 5,951,680 5,800,159 5,656,981 5,691,552 5,641,017 5,568,464 5,662,787 5,616,412 5,699,878
Solvency Ratio
Debt to capital1 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.05 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.10
Benchmarks
Debt to Capital, Competitors2
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.09 0.17 0.14 0.15 0.29 0.35 0.38
Analog Devices Inc. 0.19 0.19 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.14 0.14 0.15 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.32 0.33 0.32 0.32 0.33 0.34 0.35
Applied Materials Inc. 0.25 0.23 0.24 0.25 0.27 0.29 0.30 0.31 0.31 0.32 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.31 0.32 0.34 0.36 0.43 0.38 0.39 0.40 0.39 0.39
Broadcom Inc. 0.52 0.51 0.52 0.62 0.64 0.64 0.63 0.64 0.65 0.65 0.63 0.61 0.62 0.63 0.64 0.63 0.65 0.66 0.65 0.57 0.64 0.63 0.62
Intel Corp. 0.34 0.32 0.33 0.32 0.32 0.33 0.34 0.29 0.28 0.26 0.27 0.29 0.31 0.29 0.31 0.31 0.33 0.32 0.34 0.27 0.28 0.28 0.28
KLA Corp. 0.68 0.66 0.66 0.67 0.69 0.70 0.75 0.83 0.48 0.46 0.47 0.50 0.52 0.54 0.55 0.57 0.60 0.56 0.56 0.56 0.55 0.58 0.59
Lam Research Corp. 0.38 0.38 0.38 0.38 0.37 0.38 0.40 0.44 0.45 0.44 0.46 0.45 0.52 0.51 0.52 0.53 0.53 0.50 0.47 0.49 0.47 0.26 0.31
Micron Technology Inc. 0.23 0.24 0.24 0.23 0.23 0.21 0.17 0.12 0.12 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.15 0.15 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.12 0.15 0.11
NVIDIA Corp. 0.23 0.26 0.31 0.33 0.34 0.31 0.29 0.29 0.32 0.36 0.27 0.29 0.31 0.33 0.35 0.14 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.18 0.17 0.19 0.21
Qualcomm Inc. 0.37 0.39 0.40 0.42 0.43 0.45 0.47 0.46 0.49 0.54 0.58 0.61 0.66 0.68 0.68 0.72 0.83 0.84 0.78 0.76 0.75 0.81 0.82
Texas Instruments Inc. 0.45 0.45 0.46 0.40 0.40 0.41 0.40 0.37 0.35 0.34 0.36 0.37 0.39 0.36 0.38 0.43 0.45 0.47 0.46 0.39 0.39 0.41 0.41

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 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).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Debt to capital = Total debt ÷ Total capital
= 581,582 ÷ 8,175,230 = 0.07

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Solvency ratio Description The company
Debt to capital ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt divided by total debt plus shareholders’ equity. First Solar Inc. debt to capital ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Debt to Assets

First Solar Inc., debt to assets calculation (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2024 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
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Current portion of debt 208,261 140,175 200,907 96,238 35,409 5,435 5,150 4,701 3,896 37,129 3,239 2,453 41,540 40,412 77,029 81,807 17,510 28,240 28,312 12,361
Long-term debt, noncurrent portion 373,321 418,725 418,695 464,068 464,040 437,410 320,378 184,349 254,224 170,017 247,354 236,005 241,483 276,084 254,447 237,691 220,456 387,727 390,588 454,187 452,064 452,976 558,356
Total debt 581,582 558,900 619,602 560,306 499,449 437,410 320,378 184,349 259,659 175,167 252,055 239,901 278,612 279,323 256,900 279,231 260,868 464,756 472,395 471,697 480,304 481,288 570,717
 
Total assets 11,436,638 11,014,255 10,760,582 10,365,132 9,582,645 8,997,166 8,564,596 8,251,228 7,492,817 7,419,369 7,399,225 7,413,746 7,268,630 7,248,473 7,108,910 7,108,931 6,985,217 7,072,618 6,949,141 7,515,689 7,054,687 7,137,807 7,256,926
Solvency Ratio
Debt to assets1 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.07 0.07 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.08
Benchmarks
Debt to Assets, Competitors2
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.10 0.08 0.08 0.17 0.20 0.22
Analog Devices Inc. 0.17 0.16 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.13 0.13 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.13 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.27 0.29
Applied Materials Inc. 0.19 0.17 0.18 0.18 0.19 0.19 0.20 0.20 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.22 0.23 0.23 0.24 0.26 0.31 0.27 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.28
Broadcom Inc. 0.42 0.42 0.43 0.54 0.55 0.55 0.54 0.54 0.55 0.55 0.54 0.53 0.53 0.54 0.54 0.54 0.56 0.56 0.55 0.49 0.54 0.53 0.52
Intel Corp. 0.26 0.26 0.27 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.27 0.23 0.23 0.21 0.21 0.23 0.24 0.23 0.24 0.24 0.25 0.25 0.27 0.21 0.22 0.22 0.22
KLA Corp. 0.44 0.41 0.42 0.42 0.43 0.45 0.48 0.53 0.31 0.29 0.31 0.34 0.35 0.35 0.37 0.37 0.39 0.37 0.37 0.38 0.37 0.40 0.40
Lam Research Corp. 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.26 0.26 0.27 0.29 0.30 0.30 0.32 0.31 0.38 0.38 0.39 0.40 0.39 0.37 0.36 0.37 0.37 0.19 0.21
Micron Technology Inc. 0.20 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.20 0.18 0.15 0.10 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.13 0.11 0.11 0.12 0.11 0.13 0.09
NVIDIA Corp. 0.18 0.20 0.25 0.27 0.27 0.25 0.24 0.25 0.27 0.31 0.23 0.24 0.26 0.28 0.30 0.11 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.15 0.15 0.16 0.17
Qualcomm Inc. 0.28 0.29 0.30 0.30 0.32 0.33 0.34 0.32 0.33 0.35 0.37 0.38 0.41 0.42 0.42 0.44 0.49 0.50 0.48 0.48 0.48 0.48 0.48
Texas Instruments Inc. 0.39 0.40 0.41 0.35 0.35 0.36 0.35 0.32 0.30 0.29 0.31 0.31 0.33 0.30 0.32 0.35 0.37 0.39 0.38 0.32 0.32 0.33 0.33

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 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).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Debt to assets = Total debt ÷ Total assets
= 581,582 ÷ 11,436,638 = 0.05

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Solvency ratio Description The company
Debt to assets ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total debt divided by total assets. First Solar Inc. debt to assets ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then slightly deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Financial Leverage

First Solar Inc., financial leverage calculation (quarterly data)

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Sep 30, 2024 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
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Total assets 11,436,638 11,014,255 10,760,582 10,365,132 9,582,645 8,997,166 8,564,596 8,251,228 7,492,817 7,419,369 7,399,225 7,413,746 7,268,630 7,248,473 7,108,910 7,108,931 6,985,217 7,072,618 6,949,141 7,515,689 7,054,687 7,137,807 7,256,926
Stockholders’ equity 7,593,648 7,255,397 6,902,514 6,687,469 6,302,376 6,039,638 5,868,728 5,836,055 5,828,337 5,895,827 5,875,175 5,959,551 5,830,075 5,783,635 5,694,780 5,520,928 5,396,113 5,226,796 5,168,622 5,096,767 5,182,483 5,135,124 5,129,161
Solvency Ratio
Financial leverage1 1.51 1.52 1.56 1.55 1.52 1.49 1.46 1.41 1.29 1.26 1.26 1.24 1.25 1.25 1.25 1.29 1.29 1.35 1.34 1.47 1.36 1.39 1.41
Benchmarks
Financial Leverage, Competitors2
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. 1.22 1.20 1.21 1.21 1.23 1.23 1.24 1.23 1.24 1.22 1.21 1.66 1.56 1.51 1.55 1.54 1.82 1.99 1.93 2.13 2.41 2.68 2.76
Analog Devices Inc. 1.38 1.39 1.36 1.37 1.37 1.38 1.38 1.38 1.37 1.37 1.37 1.38 1.76 1.77 1.77 1.79 1.83 1.84 1.83 1.83 1.83 1.85 1.88
Applied Materials Inc. 1.79 1.76 1.81 1.88 2.01 2.06 2.08 2.19 2.17 2.20 2.14 2.11 2.03 2.01 2.03 2.11 2.21 2.42 2.28 2.32 2.32 2.29 2.31
Broadcom Inc. 2.56 2.50 2.53 3.04 3.24 3.26 3.13 3.23 3.42 3.42 3.19 3.03 3.12 3.15 3.21 3.18 3.37 3.41 3.32 2.71 3.24 3.20 3.10
Intel Corp. 1.94 1.79 1.82 1.81 1.85 1.84 1.89 1.80 1.75 1.68 1.71 1.77 1.86 1.81 1.89 1.89 1.95 1.86 1.93 1.76 1.80 1.74 1.76
KLA Corp. 4.83 4.69 4.73 4.82 5.10 5.27 6.24 8.99 2.95 2.89 2.89 3.04 3.19 3.34 3.39 3.48 3.83 3.46 3.47 3.39 3.22 3.51 3.60
Lam Research Corp. 2.28 2.28 2.30 2.29 2.29 2.31 2.53 2.74 2.75 2.58 2.67 2.64 2.85 2.79 2.78 2.81 2.85 2.72 2.50 2.57 2.44 1.86 2.06
Micron Technology Inc. 1.50 1.50 1.49 1.46 1.45 1.41 1.38 1.33 1.32 1.33 1.33 1.34 1.32 1.33 1.35 1.38 1.38 1.34 1.36 1.36 1.31 1.37 1.32
NVIDIA Corp. 1.63 1.80 1.81 1.86 1.90 1.82 1.72 1.66 1.71 1.83 1.64 1.70 1.75 1.81 1.78 1.42 1.41 1.43 1.44 1.42 1.44 1.46 1.49
Qualcomm Inc. 2.14 2.17 2.26 2.37 2.37 2.46 2.66 2.72 2.93 3.32 3.78 4.14 4.74 5.01 5.08 5.86 9.78 10.49 7.34 6.71 6.25 8.80 9.47
Texas Instruments Inc. 2.05 2.04 2.05 1.91 1.90 1.94 1.92 1.87 1.80 1.75 1.80 1.85 1.92 1.85 1.93 2.11 2.19 2.28 2.23 2.02 2.00 2.05 2.05

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 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).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Financial leverage = Total assets ÷ Stockholders’ equity
= 11,436,638 ÷ 7,593,648 = 1.51

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Solvency ratio Description The company
Financial leverage ratio A solvency ratio calculated as total assets divided by total shareholders’ equity. First Solar Inc. financial leverage ratio decreased from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Interest Coverage

First Solar Inc., interest coverage calculation (quarterly data)

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Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Net income (loss) 312,956 349,356 236,616 349,239 268,398 170,579 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)
Add: Income tax expense 14,386 27,775 18,903 27,442 22,067 17,892 (6,888) 976 (12,512) 83,799 (19,499) 35,796 837 20,346 46,490 (66,400) 38,107 10,214 (89,215) (30,865) 15,035 11,744 (1,394)
Add: Interest expense, net 9,008 9,765 9,210 7,068 3,734 1,415 748 3,133 2,991 3,236 2,865 2,530 2,958 4,623 2,996 3,018 10,975 3,254 6,789 3,048 4,976 8,921 10,121
Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) 336,350 386,896 264,729 383,749 294,199 189,886 36,421 (3,439) (58,689) 142,840 (59,889) 169,696 48,998 107,418 259,157 52,321 204,119 50,379 8,278 (87,225) 50,633 2,117 (58,872)
Solvency Ratio
Interest coverage1 39.14 44.65 52.86 69.75 57.26 19.81 11.59 1.70 16.69 26.03 20.52 44.65 34.42 28.83 27.96 13.11 7.29 1.22 -1.10 -3.45
Benchmarks
Interest Coverage, Competitors2
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. 15.91 10.78 7.65 5.79 1.05 -2.15 2.73 14.61 33.91 69.08 104.42 109.09 87.31 63.00 41.84 28.23 17.71 10.58 7.71 4.96
Analog Devices Inc. 6.89 8.74 11.83 14.63 17.96 19.23 19.42 16.46 10.14 9.06 7.26 8.19 11.64 10.46 9.14 7.79 7.05 6.72 6.99 7.49 7.97 8.13 7.96
Applied Materials Inc. 36.27 36.06 34.86 33.42 32.62 33.39 34.20 34.33 34.58 34.95 33.14 29.69 26.24 21.94 19.19 18.36 16.68 15.79 15.35 14.79 15.40 17.25 19.81
Broadcom Inc. 3.94 4.91 6.88 10.31 10.09 9.94 8.83 8.16 7.22 6.28 5.69 4.59 4.06 3.40 2.82 2.37 2.19 2.24 2.50 2.54 3.36 4.52 6.10
KLA Corp. 11.00 11.51 13.03 13.76 15.81 18.22 20.31 22.76 21.81 20.60 17.91 16.00 14.05 10.71 9.97 9.22 8.12 9.19 9.95 11.40
Micron Technology Inc. -2.13 -7.02 -13.14 -13.58 -7.73 10.11 36.19 51.66 58.47 51.74 45.03 35.18 24.82 19.35 17.83 16.41 14.78 15.68 28.05 56.09
NVIDIA Corp. 82.40 43.66 18.63 16.96 23.23 31.40 39.65 43.12 38.65 34.29 26.81 24.96 28.27 34.95 56.66 58.12 43.98 44.64 54.11 68.17
Qualcomm Inc. 14.25 13.43 12.44 11.72 15.28 22.27 26.92 31.61 31.54 24.20 21.71 19.38 18.60 16.10 13.40 10.50 6.17 13.70 13.71 12.93 9.89 3.10 2.46
Texas Instruments Inc. 12.85 14.57 17.87 22.01 26.51 33.49 42.10 47.88 51.88 52.00 51.03 49.47 46.81 42.15 36.25 32.67 29.59 30.50 32.50 34.69

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 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).

1 Q3 2024 Calculation
Interest coverage = (EBITQ3 2024 + EBITQ2 2024 + EBITQ1 2024 + EBITQ4 2023) ÷ (Interest expenseQ3 2024 + Interest expenseQ2 2024 + Interest expenseQ1 2024 + Interest expenseQ4 2023)
= (336,350 + 386,896 + 264,729 + 383,749) ÷ (9,008 + 9,765 + 9,210 + 7,068) = 39.14

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Solvency ratio Description The company
Interest coverage ratio A solvency ratio calculated as EBIT divided by interest payments. First Solar Inc. interest coverage ratio deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 and from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.