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First Solar (FSLR)

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$188.55 USD

188.55
1,778,289

+5.13 (2.80%)

Updated Aug 5, 2025 03:34 PM ET

Zacks Rank:

This is our short term rating system that serves as a timeliness indicator for stocks over the next 1 to 3 months. How good is it? See rankings and related performance below.

Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
1Strong Buy23.75%
2Buy17.82%
3Hold9.58%
4Sell5.28%
5Strong Sell2.61%
S&P50011.30%

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3-Hold of 5     3    

Style Scores:

The Style Scores are a complementary set of indicators to use alongside the Zacks Rank. It allows the user to better focus on the stocks that are the best fit for his or her personal trading style.

The scores are based on the trading styles of Value, Growth, and Momentum. There's also a VGM Score ('V' for Value, 'G' for Growth and 'M' for Momentum), which combines the weighted average of the individual style scores into one score.

  • Value Score A
  • Growth Score A
  • Momentum Score A
  • VGM Score A

Within each Score, stocks are graded into five groups: A, B, C, D and F. As you might remember from your school days, an A, is better than a B; a B is better than a C; a C is better than a D; and a D is better than an F.

As an investor, you want to buy stocks with the highest probability of success. That means you want to buy stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 or #2, Strong Buy or Buy, which also has a Score of an A or a B in your personal trading style.

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B Value F Growth A Momentum C VGM

Industry Rank:

The Zacks Industry Rank assigns a rating to each of the 265 X (Expanded) Industries based on their average Zacks Rank.

An industry with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #1's and #2's will have a better average Zacks Rank than one with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #4's and #5's.

The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top industry (1 out of 265), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries. The industry with the worst average Zacks Rank (265 out of 265) would place in the bottom 1%.

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Bottom 39% (151 out of 246)

Industry: Solar

Zacks News

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SunPower Corp. (SPWR) reported fourth-quarter 2016 loss of 73 cents per share, wider than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of loss of 51 cents.

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    Canadian Solar (CSIQ) Sells 3 Solar Plants to Fengate Unit

    Canadian Solar Inc. (CSIQ) closed the sale of the outstanding shares of three utility-scale solar farm holding companies to Fengate SSM Holdco LP, an affiliate of Fengate Real Asset Investments.

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        Canadian Solar Unit Signs Agreement for 60MW Solar Power

        Canadian Solar Inc.'s (CSIQ) wholly owned subsidiary Recurrent Energy, and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) has signed a 20-year PPA for 60 MW solar power.

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            Canadian Solar Begins Operations of 2 PV Plants in Japan

            Canadian Solar Inc. (CSIQ) started commercial operation of two solar photovoltaic (PV) plants in Japan.

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              ReneSola Wins Bid for 13 MW of Solar Projects in Poland

              ReneSola Ltd (SOL) has secured 13 utility projects in Southern Poland at the country's inaugural solar power auction.

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                ReneSola Pursues Divestment Strategy, Sells 2 Projects to C2

                ReneSola Ltd. (SOL) announced that it has sold two solar projects in Holyoke, MA to New York-based C2 Special Situations Group, LLC.

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                  Canadian Solar (CSIQ) Unit Sells Two Projects to Concord

                  Leading solar service provider in the U.S. Canadian Solar Inc. (CSIQ) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., has finalized the sale of two solar power plants to affiliates of Concord Green Energy Inc.

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                    Canadian Solar (CSIQ) Sells Projects to Shenzhen Energy

                    Canadian Solar Inc.'s (CSIQ) wholly owned subsidiary, CSI Solar Power (China) Inc., has closed the sale of two solar power plants in Jiangsu Province, China to Shenzhen Energy Nanjing Holding Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Shenzhen Energy Group Co., Ltd.

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                      ReneSola Enters Deal for Rooftop Solar Projects in China

                      ReneSola Ltd (SOL) has signed a framework agreement for developing rooftop solar projects of 335 megawatts in China.

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                        First Solar (FSLR): Are Better Times Ahead for the Stock?

                        The solar industry witnessed tough times in 2016, even hurting industry leaders like First Solar Inc. (FSLR).

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