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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001274494-22-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FSLR"
cik: "0001274494"
company_name: "FIRST SOLAR, INC."
filed_at: "2022-03-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T02:48:23.246454+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Solar Q4 EPS $1.23; guides 2022 EPS $0.00-$0.60 amid expansion costs

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $0.9B (+$0.3B QoQ); full-year net income $4.38/diluted share above mid-point of prior guidance.
- 17.5 GW DC net bookings in 2021; year-end cash $1.8B.
- 2022 guidance: net sales $2.4B-$2.6B, EPS $0.00-$0.60, shipments 8.9-9.4 GW.
- 2022 guidance includes $85M-$90M production start-up expense and $270M-$290M pre-tax gain from potential Japan platform sale.
- Advanced stage discussions to sell Japan project development and O&M platform; no certainty of transaction.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001274494-22-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FSLR
- cik: 0001274494
- company_name: FIRST SOLAR, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274494/000127449422000008/0001274494-22-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274494/000127449422000008/fslr-20220301.htm

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