Has First Solar Bottomed? $FSLR

I’ve been traveling in Panama, so have some earnings reports to catch up on. First Solar (FSLR) reported after the bell on Tuesday and it wasn’t pretty. The company missed badly on a non GAAP basis in addition to reporting a hefty one time loss which included $125 million for faulty panels produced a few [...]

First Solar and SunPower: Stocks Headed South? $FSLR, $SPWRA

It only took a day or two for First Solar (FSLR) and SunPower Corporation (SPWR) to confirm the bearish pattern I pointed out after the recent post-earnings celebration for SPWR. The charts below show rapid follow-through from the big fades that followed huge up days in each stock. First Solar breaks down again SunPower gives [...]

In Focus: First Solar’s Fall $FSLR

First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR), the leading thin-film solar panel manufacturer, headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, was once a coveted crown jewel stock to possess in one’s portfolio but now has become a hot potato along with others in the solar industry. This stock traded at approximately $311 per share during its peak in May 2008 but [...]

First Solar on the Future of PV (part II) $FSLR

First Solar is the largest solar module firm by market capitalization, the largest thin-film solar firm, and one of the largest solar firms by capacity, shipments, and certainly by cumulative profits. The company is in the cross-hairs of every other solar firm and continues to set the bar in terms of solar panel value and [...]

First Solar Discusses the Future of PV $FSLR

First Solar is the largest solar module firm by market capitalization, the largest thin-film solar firm, and one of the largest solar firms by capacity, shipments, and certainly by cumulative profits. The company is in the cross hairs of every other solar firm and continues to set the bar in terms of solar panel value [...]

Solar Stocks Move Higher

Solar stocks have been on an impressive run with the Guggenheim Solar ETF, which consists of approximately 25 stocks selected based on the relative importance of solar power within the Company’s business model, up roughly 19 percent in the month of January. Aaron Chew, a Maxim Group LLC analyst in New York recently told Bloomberg [...]

Blame The Germans: Solar Stocks Nosedive

After installing a record 7.5 gigawatts of solar last year in Germany, almost twice the target, the government announced it would cut solar feed-in payments once again to reduce skyrocketing costs. Although the news was widely expected, solar stocks dived on the world markets, also once again. Representatives of Germany’s solar industry met with government officials to find ways to address [...]

First Solar Sets CdTe Solar PV Efficiency Record

First Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR), the Arizona company which has been garnering awards almost since its inception (in 1999), announced another milestone on January 16th. The company’s cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) module achieved a record 14.4 percent efficiency, or one percentage point greater than the record mark it set in August of 2011. This [...]

Will First Solar Get Gobbled Up? $FSLR

Recently Businessweek speculated that now would be the best time to purchase First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR). The organization looked at First Solar’s precipitous fall in value and observed that a company like General Electric or Siemens AG would be likely suitors for the company. The company made a number of interesting moves in 2011, but [...]

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