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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · First Solar (FSLR)

First Solar cuts 2025 guidance on new tariffs; Q1 EPS $1.95 vs $2.20 a year ago

Negative Impact 4 of 5 guidance Written later

First Solar reported first quarter 2025 net sales of $0.8 billion and diluted earnings of $1.95 per share, down from $2.20 a year earlier. The company cut its 2025 guidance to reflect the expected impact of new tariffs implemented in April 2025, lowering its earnings per diluted share outlook to $12.50 to $17.50 from $17.00 to $20.00. For shareholders, the lower outlook and a drop in net cash to $0.4 billion from $1.2 billion at year end signal reduced expected profitability and cash in 2025.

Key points

  • Q1 2025 net sales were $0.8 billion, down $0.7 billion from the fourth quarter of 2024 but up from $794 million in Q1 2024
  • Q1 2025 diluted EPS was $1.95, versus $3.65 in Q4 2024 and $2.20 in Q1 2024
  • 2025 EPS guidance cut to $12.50 to $17.50 from $17.00 to $20.00; net sales guidance cut to $4.5 billion to $5.5 billion from $5.3 billion to $5.8 billion
  • Net cash balance fell to $0.4 billion from $1.2 billion at year end, driven by Louisiana manufacturing capital expenditures and higher inventories

The filing

CompanyFirst Solar (FSLR)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECApr 29, 2025, 4:04 PM ET
Accession number0001274494-25-000032

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 12:42 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on April 29, 2025.

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