secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST SOLAR, INC. (FSLR)
CIK:        0001274494
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001274494-24-000003
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Solar posts Q4 net sales $1.2B, FY 2023 net sales $3.3B; guides FY2024 net sales $4.4-$4.6B, EPS $13-$14
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- Net sales FY 2023 of $3.3B, up from $2.6B prior year; Q4 net sales $1.2B, up $0.4B QoQ.
- Net income per diluted share of $7.74 for FY 2023 and $3.25 for Q4.
- Year-end net cash balance of $1.6B, up from $1.3B previous quarter.
- 2023 net bookings of 28.3 GW; 2.3 GW since Q3 earnings call at base ASP of 31.8 c/w.
- 2024 guidance: net sales $4.4B-$4.6B, EPS $13.00-$14.00, net cash balance $0.9B-$1.2B.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274494/000127449424000003/0001274494-24-000003-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274494/000127449424000003/fslr-20240227.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001274494-24-000003

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