secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST SOLAR, INC. (FSLR)
CIK:        0001274494
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001274494-22-000008
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274494/000127449422000008/0001274494-22-000008-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274494/000127449422000008/fslr-20220301.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001274494-22-000008

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