FSLR PEER ANALYSIS

First Solar Inc — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

FSLRFirst Solar Inc

🇺🇸 USA · US · Technology · Solar

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Solar

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

FSLRIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	FSLR	BESI	AMS	CLS	DSY	CSU	Ind. Median
P/E	14.51●	143.03	16.48	41.31	20.06	56.83	35.85
P/B	2.45●	47.49	4.59	18.82	2.67	10.78	2.76
EV/EBITDA	9.59●	88.11	9.72	29.32	10.91	14.40	23.50
P/S	4.46	34.33	3.36	2.86●	3.99	3.45	2.45

Financial Health
Metric	FSLR	BESI	AMS	CLS	DSY	CSU	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	2.56	4.74●	0.77	1.26	1.70	0.91	1.38
Debt/Equity	4.3%●	113.6%	69.9%	36.8%	26.9%	143.2%	55.5%
NetDebt/EBITDA	-0.87	-0.38	1.05	0.29	-1.18●	0.83	3.13

Profitability
Metric	FSLR	BESI	AMS	CLS	DSY	CSU	Ind. Median
Net Margin	30.7%●	24.0%	20.4%	6.9%	19.9%	6.1%	3.5%
ROE	18.4%	31.3%	26.0%	52.5%●	13.5%	21.3%	5.2%
ROA	13.1%	12.4%	11.3%	13.6%●	8.0%	4.8%	1.1%
EBITDA Margin	42.6%●	38.8%	38.7%	9.8%	33.0%	25.4%	18.0%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	FSLR	BESI	AMS	CLS	DSY	CSU	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	27.3%	4.4%	4.6%	36.9%●	-1.8%	17.2%	16.7%
NI Growth	31.6%	-15.5%	3.0%	132.7%●	4.5%	-3.1%	23.4%
Div. Yield	—	0.6%	2.8%●	—	1.4%	0.1%	0.0%
Payout	—	113.9%	46.5%	—	27.9%	11.4%	0.0%

Valuation
Metric	FSLR	NXT	ENPH	RUN	SEDG	Ind. Median
P/E	14.51	29.79	41.90	6.11●	—	35.85
P/B	2.45	7.48	5.13	1.04●	7.63	2.76
EV/EBITDA	9.59●	—	23.47	23.52	—	23.50
P/S	4.46	4.90	4.04	1.09●	2.46	2.45

Financial Health
Metric	FSLR	NXT	ENPH	RUN	SEDG	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	2.56	2.45	3.80●	1.45	2.02	1.38
Debt/Equity	4.3%●	—	55.5%	445.2%	98.4%	55.5%
NetDebt/EBITDA	-0.87	—	-1.40●	18.90	0.85	3.13

Profitability
Metric	FSLR	NXT	ENPH	RUN	SEDG	Ind. Median
Net Margin	30.7%●	16.5%	9.6%	17.9%	-28.6%	3.5%
ROE	18.4%	29.6%●	14.1%	19.1%	-72.5%	5.2%
ROA	13.1%	16.1%●	4.6%	2.6%	-15.2%	1.1%
EBITDA Margin	42.6%●	21.0%	16.2%	23.7%	-16.4%	18.0%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	FSLR	NXT	ENPH	RUN	SEDG	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	27.3%	20.3%	-1.6%	52.4%●	39.2%	16.7%
NI Growth	31.6%●	15.1%	-9.1%	—	—	23.4%
Div. Yield	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%
Payout	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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