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First Solar

  • FSLR
  • NASDAQ
  • Mining
  • Latest 49.98
  • Currency US$
  • Change 1.61
  • Percent Change 3.329 %
  • Volume 4,927,192
  • Fri May 17, 2013 4:00 PM EDT NASDAQ data delayed 15 minutes.
Average recommendation
18 Analysts Reporting (May 16, 2013)
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Underperform
Sell
Change over time
Analyst rating breakdown
  Latest 4 weeks ago 2 months ago 3 months ago Last Year
Strong Buy 1 1 1 3 4
Buy 0 0 0 0 0
Hold 13 15 14 15 20
Underperform 1 1 1 1 1
Sell 3 2 1 2 2

As of Sat May 18, 2013 11:09 PM EDT
The consensus recommendation is the average buy, sell or hold rating for a company, based on a survey of brokerage equity analysts by Zacks Investment Research. We update the ratings daily.

Earnings & Estimates

Short Term
    Q2/11 Q3/11 Q4/11 Q1/12 Q2/12 Q3/12 Q4/12 Q1/13 Q2/13 Q3/13  

Actual quarterly earnings for the past eight quarters and estimated for the next two quarters
Estimated EPS ($)   0.93 2.67 1.57 0.48 0.89 1.10 1.75 0.75 0.57 1.29  
Actual EPS   0.70 2.25 1.26 -0.08 1.52 1.27 2.04 0.69 -- --  
Surprise (%)   -24.7 -15.7 -19.8 -116.7 70.8 15.4 16.6 -8.0 -- --  
Est. % Chg from Prior Year   -0.6 0.1 -0.3 -1.1 1.2 -0.4 0.6 9.6 -62.8 1.8  
{#} Analysts   32 29 24 22 24 23 21 10 11 10  
Date of Earnings   Aug 04 Oct 26 Feb 28 May 03 Aug 01 Nov 01 Feb 26 May 06 Aug 07 Nov 07  

Data provided by Zacks Investment Research.

Long Term
    2013 2014  

Estimated annual earnings for the next
two years
Estimated EPS ($)   4.23 3.38  
Actual EPS   4.90 4.23  
Surprise (%)   -- --  
Est. % Chg from Prior Year   -13.6 -20.0  
{#} Analysts   13 12  
Date of Earnings   -- --  

Trends & Revisions

Earnings Per Share Trend
  Current 7-Days Ago 30-Days Ago 60-Days Ago 90-Days Ago
  Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean
Current Quarter (ends Jun 2013) 0.57 0.57 1.10 1.30 0.91
Next Quarter (ends Sep 2013) 1.29 1.29 1.11 0.88 1.01
Current Fiscal Year (ends Dec 2013) 4.23 4.23 4.26 3.58 4.07
Next Fiscal Year (ends Dec 2014) 3.38 3.38 3.39 3.64 3.42

Data provided by Zacks Investment Research.

Earnings Revisions
Last 7 Days Last 30 Days
Up Revs Down Revs Up Revs Down Revs
0 0 0 10
0 0 8 2
0 0 2 6
0 0 5 3