First Solar

American company dedicated to the production of photovoltaic modules
Organization business Q1138888
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 10 annual filings
Revenue
$5.22B
▲ 24.1% YoY FY2025
Net Income
$1.53B
▲ 18.3% YoY FY2025
Assets
$13.32B
▲ 9.9% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$14.21
▲ 18.2% YoY FY2025
$0.00$1.44B$2.87B$4.31B$5.74B FY2016: $2.90B · NI -$416.11M (-14.3% margin)FY2017: $2.94B · NI -$165.62M (-5.6% margin)FY2018: $2.24B · NI $144.33M (6.4% margin)FY2019: $3.06B · NI -$114.93M (-3.8% margin)FY2020: $2.71B · NI $398.36M (14.7% margin)FY2021: $2.92B · NI $468.69M (16.0% margin)FY2022: $2.62B · NI -$44.17M (-1.7% margin)FY2023: $3.32B · NI $830.78M (25.0% margin)FY2024: $4.21B · NI $1.29B (30.7% margin)FY2025: $5.22B · NI $1.53B (29.3% margin) '16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
■ Revenue ■ Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2025-12-31 · accession 0001274494-26-000021

Summary

First Solar is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,591 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • First Solar was a member of Silicon Module Super League[3].
  • First Solar is in the country of United States[4].
  • First Solar is in the country of US[5].
  • First Solar is in the country of DE[6].
  • First Solar's instance of is recorded as business[7].
  • First Solar's instance of is recorded as enterprise[8].
  • First Solar's instance of is recorded as public company[9].
  • First Solar's founder is recorded as Harold McMaster[10].
  • First Solar's headquarters location is recorded as Tempe[11].
  • First Solar is part of nx-25 Natur-Aktien-Index[12].
  • First Solar's Commons category is recorded as First Solar[13].
  • First Solar's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[14].
  • First Solar's industry is recorded as photovoltaics[15].
  • First Solar's industry is recorded as Natur-Aktien-Index[16].
  • 1999 marks the founding of First Solar[17].
  • 2003-05-15 marks the founding of First Solar[18].
  • 2012-12-12 marks the founding of First Solar[19].
  • First Solar's official website is recorded as https://www.firstsolar.com/[20].
  • First Solar's legal form is recorded as Delaware corporation[21].
  • First Solar's legal form is recorded as XTIQ[22].
  • First Solar's legal form is recorded as 2HBR[23].
  • First Solar's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+30355'}[24].
  • First Solar's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+33297'}[25].
  • First Solar's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+35148'}[26].
  • First Solar's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+5000'}[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300WRPNIO7SHFBF32[28]

  • Registered legal name: First Solar GMBH[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: DE[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): 2HBR[32]

  • Entity status: INACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: RETIRED[34]

  • Entity created: 2012-12-12[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2012-12-12[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2025-12-08[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2023-07-14[38]

  • Managing LOU: 213800WAVVOPS85N2205[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000242[40]

  • Authority entity ID: HRB 115153[41]

  • Conformity flag: NOT_APPLICABLE[42]

Body

Founding

First Solar's founder is recorded as Harold McMaster[10]. Recorded inception include 1999[17], 2003-05-15[18], and 2012-12-12[19].

Identity

First Solar is part of nx-25 Natur-Aktien-Index[12].

Operations

First Solar's headquarters location is recorded as Tempe[11].

Industry

Industries include photovoltaics[15] and Natur-Aktien-Index[16].

Ownership

First Solar's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[14].

Why It Matters

First Solar ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,591 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [35] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [36] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [37] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [38] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [39] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [40] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [41] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [42] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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