secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST SOLAR, INC. (FSLR)
CIK:        0001274494
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001274494-22-000038
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Solar Q3 net loss $0.46/diluted share; FY2022 guidance cut to $(0.65)-$(0.35)
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- Net sales $629M, net loss $0.46 per diluted share vs income $0.52 in prior quarter.
- Cash, equivalents, marketable securities $1.9B, flat QoQ.
- Year-to-date net bookings 43.7 GW DC; record module backlog over 58 GW DC.
- FY2022 guidance reduced: net sales $2.6B-$2.7B, EPS loss $(0.65)-$(0.35).
- Operating loss $68M vs operating income $145M prior quarter, due to Japan sale gain and logistics.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274494/000127449422000038/0001274494-22-000038-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274494/000127449422000038/fslr-20221027.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001274494-22-000038

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