Smart-Money SignalDistribution · 41/100— Insiders are net sellers over 90 days (-$11.8M, 69 sales vs 11 buys)
Revenue$1.0B
Net Income$346.6M
EPS$3.22
Gross Margin46.6%
Market Cap$24.7B
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Company Profile
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Mark R. Widmar
CEO & Executive Director
First Solar, Inc. is a publicly traded American manufacturer of solar panels. First Solar uses rigid thin-film modules for its solar panels, and produces CdTe panels using cadmium telluride (CdTe) as a semiconductor.
The company was founded in 1990 by inventor Harold McMaster as Solar Cells, Inc. In 1999 it was purchased by True North Partners, LLC, which rebranded it as First Solar, Inc. It provides end-of-life panel recycling at each of its manufacturing facilities.