secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST SOLAR, INC. (FSLR)
CIK:        0001274494
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-07-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001274494-24-000032
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Solar Q2 EPS $3.25 on sales $1.0B; maintains full-year guidance
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- Net income per diluted share $3.25, up from $2.20 in Q1 2024; net sales $1.0B (+$0.2B QoQ).
- Net cash balance $1.2B, decreased from $1.4B due to capex for new US factories and India loan repayment.
- YTD net bookings 3.6 GW; 0.9 GW since last earnings call at ASP 31.6 cents/watt; backlog 75.9 GW.
- Full-year 2024 guidance unchanged: EPS $13-14, net sales $4.4-4.6B, volume 15.6-16.3GW.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274494/000127449424000032/0001274494-24-000032-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274494/000127449424000032/fslr-20240730.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001274494-24-000032

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