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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001274494-25-000081"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FSLR"
cik: "0001274494"
company_name: "FIRST SOLAR, INC."
filed_at: "2025-10-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T01:15:16.529094+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Solar Q3 net income $4.24/shr on record 5.3 GW volume; guides FY 2025 EPS $14-15

## Summary
- Net sales $1.6B, up $0.5B QoQ; record volume sold 5.3 GW.
- Net income per diluted share $4.24 vs $3.18 in Q2 2025.
- Gross cash $2.0B; net cash $1.5B, up from $0.6B prior quarter.
- 2025 EPS guidance narrowed to $14.00-$15.00 (prior $13.50-$16.50); net sales guided $4.95B-$5.20B.
- Contracted backlog 53.7 GW valued at $16.4B as of Sept 30, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001274494-25-000081
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FSLR
- cik: 0001274494
- company_name: FIRST SOLAR, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-10-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274494/000127449425000081/0001274494-25-000081-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274494/000127449425000081/fslr-20251030.htm

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