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First Solar, Inc. (FSLR)At 4:00PM EST: 35.79  Up 2.03 (6.01%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:3.09B
Enterprise Value (Jan 4, 2012)3:2.76B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):5.88
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:8.54
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:0.34
Price/Sales (ttm):1.07
Price/Book (mrq):0.72
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:1.02
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:3.31
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Sep 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):19.50%
Operating Margin (ttm):23.02%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):7.87%
Return on Equity (ttm):14.46%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):2.72B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):31.67
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):26.10%
Gross Profit (ttm):1.18B
EBITDA (ttm)6:834.78M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):529.56M
Diluted EPS (ttm):6.09
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):11.10%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):762.91M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):8.83
Total Debt (mrq):609.78M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):15.15
Current Ratio (mrq):3.25
Book Value Per Share (mrq):46.61
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):305.62M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):-706.71M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.57
52-Week Change3:-74.57%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:0.04%
52-Week High (Feb 18, 2011)3:175.45
52-Week Low (Dec 19, 2011)3:29.87
50-Day Moving Average3:40.61
200-Day Moving Average3:78.83
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:4,475,120
Avg Vol (10 day)3:3,374,540
Shares Outstanding5:86.42M
Float:59.57M
% Held by Insiders1:34.69%
% Held by Institutions1:75.20%
Shares Short (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:20.88M
Short Ratio (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:5.10
Short % of Float (as of Dec 15, 2011)3:43.40%
Shares Short (prior month)3:20.61M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:N/A
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:N/A
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:N/A
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:N/A
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:N/A
Payout Ratio4:N/A
Dividend Date3:N/A
Ex-Dividend Date4:N/A
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:N/A
Last Split Date3:N/A

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Sep 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Sep 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Sep 30, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2010)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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