secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST SOLAR, INC. (FSLR)
CIK:        0001274494
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001274494-21-000030
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Solar Q3 EPS $0.42, net sales $584M; maintains FY guidance
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- Net sales $584M, down $46M QoQ; net income per diluted share $0.42 vs $0.77 prior quarter.
- Produced 2.0 GW DC modules; top production bin increased to 465 watts (19% efficiency).
- YTD net bookings 10.5 GW DC, including 1.5 GW DC since last earnings call.
- Cash and marketable securities $1.9B; capex guidance narrowed to $675M-$725M.
- FY 2021 EPS guidance unchanged at $4.00-$4.60; net sales guidance unchanged.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274494/000127449421000030/0001274494-21-000030-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274494/000127449421000030/fslr-20211104.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001274494-21-000030

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