Stock Analysis on Net

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR)

Analysis of Long-term (Investment) Activity Ratios 
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Long-term Activity Ratios (Summary)

First Solar Inc., long-term (investment) activity 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
Net fixed asset turnover 0.72 0.73 0.73 0.75 0.78 0.74 0.73 0.74 0.81 0.83 0.89 1.10 1.05 1.24 1.24 1.13 1.47 1.34 1.36 1.40
Total asset turnover 0.34 0.34 0.33 0.32 0.33 0.33 0.33 0.32 0.34 0.33 0.34 0.39 0.36 0.41 0.42 0.38 0.50 0.44 0.44 0.41
Equity turnover 0.51 0.52 0.52 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.48 0.45 0.43 0.42 0.42 0.49 0.45 0.51 0.52 0.49 0.65 0.60 0.59 0.60

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).

Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Net fixed asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by net fixed assets. First Solar Inc. net fixed asset turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Total asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by total assets. First Solar Inc. total asset turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then slightly deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.
Equity turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by shareholders’ equity. First Solar Inc. equity turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Net Fixed Asset Turnover

First Solar Inc., net fixed asset turnover 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)
Net sales 887,668 1,010,482 794,108 1,158,553 801,090 810,673 548,286 1,002,391 628,933 620,955 367,040 907,319 583,504 629,180 803,374 609,232 927,565 642,411 532,124 1,399,377 546,806 584,956 531,978
Property, plant and equipment, net 5,326,121 5,139,000 4,915,686 4,397,285 4,072,857 4,020,178 3,858,604 3,536,902 3,124,079 2,988,979 2,785,824 2,649,587 2,505,921 2,396,641 2,397,986 2,402,285 2,386,591 2,324,413 2,244,175 2,181,149 2,106,968 2,006,334 1,859,293
Long-term Activity Ratio
Net fixed asset turnover1 0.72 0.73 0.73 0.75 0.78 0.74 0.73 0.74 0.81 0.83 0.89 1.10 1.05 1.24 1.24 1.13 1.47 1.34 1.36 1.40
Benchmarks
Net Fixed Asset Turnover, Competitors2
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. 14.56 13.97 14.04 14.27 14.12 14.20 15.38 15.60 15.36 14.97 13.43 23.41 20.71 19.88 16.77 15.23 14.53 13.07 13.42 13.46
Analog Devices Inc. 2.86 3.06 3.52 3.82 4.39 4.69 4.98 5.00 5.09 4.66 4.14 3.70 5.54 5.34 5.19 5.00 4.87 4.66 4.77 4.91
Applied Materials Inc. 8.66 8.96 9.37 9.74 10.19 10.41 10.53 11.18 11.47 11.99 12.25 11.93 11.92 11.21 11.11 10.72 10.63 10.06 9.66 9.55
Broadcom Inc. 17.99 15.97 14.60 16.63 16.26 15.86 15.63 14.94 14.08 13.26 12.38 11.69 11.19 10.58 9.89 9.52 9.04 8.74 8.66 8.81
Intel Corp. 0.52 0.53 0.55 0.56 0.57 0.59 0.66 0.78 0.92 1.02 1.16 1.25 1.31 1.33 1.36 1.38 1.32 1.36 1.33 1.30
KLA Corp. 8.68 8.88 9.59 10.17 10.80 10.87 10.79 10.84 10.69 11.39 10.68 10.44 10.27 10.22 10.56 11.17 11.26 10.77 10.29 10.18
Lam Research Corp. 6.53 6.67 7.50 9.39 10.16 10.22 10.47 10.46 10.72 10.99 11.48 11.22 10.37 9.87 9.75 9.37 9.17 9.12 9.21 9.12
Micron Technology Inc. 0.56 0.49 0.43 0.41 0.47 0.59 0.69 0.80 0.88 0.86 0.84 0.83 0.79 0.74 0.68 0.69 0.67 0.66 0.70 0.83
Monolithic Power Systems Inc. 4.67 4.73 4.87 4.94 5.10 5.40 5.27 5.02 4.87 4.20 3.60 3.33 3.25 3.13 3.13 3.00 2.88 2.73 2.75 2.75
NVIDIA Corp. 11.67 8.60 6.92 7.09 7.57 9.20 10.13 9.69 9.67 9.26 8.49 7.76 7.18 6.65 6.87 6.52 6.60 6.86 7.28 8.34
Qualcomm Inc. 7.87 7.71 7.40 7.10 7.40 7.78 8.24 8.55 8.36 8.02 7.63 7.36 7.36 7.03 6.62 6.34 5.74 7.37 7.73 7.88
Texas Instruments Inc. 1.33 1.44 1.61 1.75 1.94 2.21 2.54 2.91 3.11 3.30 3.49 3.57 4.37 4.56 4.49 4.42 4.31 4.28 4.37 4.35

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
Net fixed asset turnover = (Net salesQ3 2024 + Net salesQ2 2024 + Net salesQ1 2024 + Net salesQ4 2023) ÷ Property, plant and equipment, net
= (887,668 + 1,010,482 + 794,108 + 1,158,553) ÷ 5,326,121 = 0.72

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Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Net fixed asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by net fixed assets. First Solar Inc. net fixed asset turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Total Asset Turnover

First Solar Inc., total asset turnover 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)
Net sales 887,668 1,010,482 794,108 1,158,553 801,090 810,673 548,286 1,002,391 628,933 620,955 367,040 907,319 583,504 629,180 803,374 609,232 927,565 642,411 532,124 1,399,377 546,806 584,956 531,978
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
Long-term Activity Ratio
Total asset turnover1 0.34 0.34 0.33 0.32 0.33 0.33 0.33 0.32 0.34 0.33 0.34 0.39 0.36 0.41 0.42 0.38 0.50 0.44 0.44 0.41
Benchmarks
Total Asset Turnover, Competitors2
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. 0.35 0.34 0.34 0.33 0.33 0.32 0.34 0.35 0.34 0.32 0.28 1.32 1.33 1.25 1.14 1.09 1.23 1.16 1.24 1.12
Analog Devices Inc. 0.20 0.21 0.24 0.25 0.26 0.26 0.25 0.24 0.22 0.19 0.16 0.14 0.30 0.29 0.27 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.27 0.28
Applied Materials Inc. 0.80 0.83 0.84 0.86 0.87 0.92 0.94 0.96 0.96 0.98 0.95 0.89 0.88 0.82 0.78 0.77 0.77 0.71 0.76 0.77
Broadcom Inc. 0.28 0.24 0.22 0.49 0.50 0.49 0.47 0.45 0.44 0.42 0.39 0.36 0.35 0.34 0.32 0.31 0.29 0.28 0.28 0.33
Intel Corp. 0.28 0.27 0.29 0.28 0.28 0.29 0.30 0.35 0.40 0.43 0.44 0.47 0.47 0.50 0.52 0.51 0.54 0.52 0.51 0.53
KLA Corp. 0.64 0.68 0.72 0.75 0.78 0.76 0.75 0.73 0.72 0.70 0.67 0.67 0.65 0.62 0.64 0.63 0.63 0.57 0.53 0.51
Lam Research Corp. 0.78 0.76 0.85 0.93 0.98 0.99 0.96 1.00 1.01 0.99 1.01 0.92 0.87 0.78 0.73 0.69 0.74 0.80 0.77 0.80
Micron Technology Inc. 0.32 0.28 0.25 0.24 0.28 0.35 0.40 0.46 0.50 0.49 0.48 0.47 0.46 0.43 0.41 0.40 0.39 0.39 0.42 0.48
Monolithic Power Systems Inc. 0.71 0.72 0.71 0.75 0.78 0.83 0.84 0.87 0.87 0.84 0.78 0.76 0.74 0.76 0.71 0.70 0.67 0.64 0.65 0.66
NVIDIA Corp. 0.83 0.66 0.58 0.65 0.71 0.68 0.65 0.61 0.60 0.57 0.63 0.58 0.55 0.52 0.51 0.63 0.63 0.69 0.77 0.88
Qualcomm Inc. 0.71 0.68 0.70 0.70 0.79 0.85 0.86 0.90 0.90 0.89 0.84 0.81 0.84 0.79 0.71 0.66 0.62 0.77 0.74 0.74
Texas Instruments Inc. 0.44 0.46 0.48 0.54 0.57 0.61 0.67 0.74 0.77 0.79 0.75 0.74 0.76 0.81 0.79 0.75 0.75 0.78 0.82 0.80

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
Total asset turnover = (Net salesQ3 2024 + Net salesQ2 2024 + Net salesQ1 2024 + Net salesQ4 2023) ÷ Total assets
= (887,668 + 1,010,482 + 794,108 + 1,158,553) ÷ 11,436,638 = 0.34

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Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Total asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by total assets. First Solar Inc. total asset turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then slightly deteriorated from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.

Equity Turnover

First Solar Inc., equity turnover 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)
Net sales 887,668 1,010,482 794,108 1,158,553 801,090 810,673 548,286 1,002,391 628,933 620,955 367,040 907,319 583,504 629,180 803,374 609,232 927,565 642,411 532,124 1,399,377 546,806 584,956 531,978
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
Long-term Activity Ratio
Equity turnover1 0.51 0.52 0.52 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.48 0.45 0.43 0.42 0.42 0.49 0.45 0.51 0.52 0.49 0.65 0.60 0.59 0.60
Benchmarks
Equity Turnover, Competitors2
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. 0.43 0.41 0.41 0.41 0.40 0.40 0.42 0.43 0.42 0.39 0.34 2.19 2.08 1.89 1.76 1.67 2.24 2.31 2.39 2.38
Analog Devices Inc. 0.28 0.30 0.33 0.35 0.36 0.36 0.34 0.33 0.30 0.26 0.23 0.19 0.53 0.51 0.48 0.47 0.47 0.48 0.49 0.51
Applied Materials Inc. 1.43 1.46 1.52 1.62 1.76 1.89 1.96 2.11 2.08 2.14 2.03 1.88 1.79 1.65 1.59 1.63 1.70 1.71 1.73 1.78
Broadcom Inc. 0.71 0.61 0.55 1.49 1.61 1.59 1.48 1.46 1.52 1.43 1.24 1.10 1.09 1.07 1.03 1.00 0.98 0.96 0.93 0.91
Intel Corp. 0.55 0.48 0.52 0.51 0.52 0.53 0.58 0.62 0.70 0.73 0.75 0.83 0.87 0.91 0.97 0.96 1.05 0.96 0.99 0.93
KLA Corp. 3.10 3.18 3.40 3.59 3.96 4.03 4.69 6.57 2.12 2.02 1.93 2.05 2.07 2.07 2.16 2.18 2.43 1.98 1.84 1.72
Lam Research Corp. 1.78 1.74 1.97 2.12 2.24 2.29 2.43 2.74 2.78 2.55 2.71 2.43 2.47 2.17 2.04 1.94 2.12 2.18 1.92 2.07
Micron Technology Inc. 0.48 0.42 0.38 0.35 0.40 0.49 0.55 0.62 0.66 0.65 0.65 0.63 0.60 0.58 0.55 0.55 0.54 0.53 0.57 0.65
Monolithic Power Systems Inc. 0.87 0.86 0.86 0.89 0.94 1.00 1.05 1.08 1.09 1.05 1.00 0.97 0.95 0.96 0.91 0.87 0.85 0.81 0.80 0.81
NVIDIA Corp. 1.35 1.19 1.06 1.22 1.34 1.25 1.12 1.01 1.02 1.04 1.03 0.99 0.96 0.94 0.90 0.89 0.89 0.99 1.11 1.25
Qualcomm Inc. 1.51 1.49 1.57 1.66 1.87 2.08 2.28 2.45 2.63 2.95 3.18 3.37 3.98 3.96 3.62 3.87 6.05 8.13 5.43 4.94
Texas Instruments Inc. 0.91 0.93 0.99 1.04 1.09 1.18 1.28 1.37 1.39 1.39 1.35 1.38 1.45 1.50 1.52 1.57 1.65 1.79 1.83 1.61

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
Equity turnover = (Net salesQ3 2024 + Net salesQ2 2024 + Net salesQ1 2024 + Net salesQ4 2023) ÷ Stockholders’ equity
= (887,668 + 1,010,482 + 794,108 + 1,158,553) ÷ 7,593,648 = 0.51

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Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Equity turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by shareholders’ equity. First Solar Inc. equity turnover ratio improved from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q2 2024 to Q3 2024.