secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST SOLAR, INC. (FSLR)
CIK:        0001274494
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-02-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001274494-23-000001
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.90
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Solar Q4 net loss narrows to $0.07/share; 2023 EPS guidance $7-8 on IRA credits
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- Q4 2022 net sales $1.0B (up $0.4B QoQ); full year net sales $2.6B.
- Q4 net loss per diluted share $0.07; full year $0.41 loss per share.
- 2023 guidance: net sales $3.4-3.6B, EPS $7.00-8.00, net cash balance $1.2-1.5B.
- Record 48.3 GW DC net bookings in 2022; 12 GW DC since Q3 earnings call.
- Guidance includes $660-710M of Section 45X tax credits from Inflation Reduction Act.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274494/000127449423000001/0001274494-23-000001-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274494/000127449423000001/fslr-20230228.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001274494-23-000001

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