secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIRST SOLAR, INC. (FSLR)
CIK:        0001274494
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-07-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001274494-25-000053
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

First Solar Q2 EPS $3.18 on $1.1B sales; guides FY EPS $13.50-$16.50
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- Q2 net sales $1.1B (+$0.3B QoQ); net income per diluted share $3.18 (vs $1.95 Q1).
- Net cash balance increased to $0.6B from $0.4B; sold $312M of Section 45X credits for $296M proceeds.
- Booked 2.1 GW in July 2025; total backlog 64.0 GW extending through 2030.
- FY 2025 guidance: net sales $4.9B-$5.7B (prior $4.5B-$5.5B); EPS $13.50-$16.50 (prior $12.50-$17.50).
- Q3 EPS forecast $3.30-$4.70 on module sales of 5.0-6.0 GW.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274494/000127449425000053/0001274494-25-000053-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274494/000127449425000053/fslr-20250731.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001274494-25-000053

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