First Solar, Inc. (FSLR) Free cash flow
- Free cash flow · 12 months (USD): Value $1.50B; Formula and calculation Operating cash flow minus capital spending; distinct from the saved levered FCF quote figure. Period ending 2026-06-30..
- Price / free cash flow · 12 months: Value (m); Formula and calculation Market cap / trailing-year free cash flow; inverse of FCF yield before percent scaling. Period ending 2026-06-30..
- Free cash flow yield · 12 months: Value (m); Formula and calculation (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / current market cap. Period ending 2026-06-30..
- Free cash flow margin · 12 months: Value 27.89%; Formula and calculation (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30..
Free cash flow
Overview →Financial period ending 2026-06-30; current quote (m). Amounts retain their stated periods and units.
| Metric | Value | Formula and calculation |
|---|---|---|
| Free cash flow · 12 months (USD) | $1.50B | Operating cash flow minus capital spending; distinct from the saved levered FCF quote figure. Period ending 2026-06-30. $2.16B − $655.62M ≈ $1.50B |
| Price / free cash flow · 12 months | (m) | Market cap / trailing-year free cash flow; inverse of FCF yield before percent scaling. Period ending 2026-06-30. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Free cash flow yield · 12 months | (m) | (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / current market cap. Period ending 2026-06-30. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Free cash flow margin · 12 months | 27.89% | (Operating cash flow − capital spending) / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30. $1.50B ÷ $5.38B × 100 ≈ 27.89% |
| Free cash flow per share · 12 months | (m) | (Trailing-year operating cash flow − capital spending) / reported quarter-end common shares. Period ending 2026-06-30. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Operating cash flow · 12 months | $2.16B | Cash generated by operating activities. Period ending 2026-06-30. |
| Operating cash flow / net income · 12 months | 1.23× | Operating cash flow / net income. Period ending 2026-06-30. $2.16B ÷ $1.75B ≈ 1.23× |
Calculation inputs
| Input | Amount with unit | Raw financial data |
|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 2.16B USD | Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities |
| Capital spending | 655.62M USD | Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment |
| Market cap | (m) | |
| Free cash flow | 1.50B USD | Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities · Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment |
| Revenue | 5.38B USD | |
| Quarter-end shares | (m) | Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding |
| Net income | 1.75B USD | Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent |
Calculated history
Changes compare with the next older row (previous quarter), unless explicitly labeled otherwise. Rolling 12-month growth compares two successive quarter-end rolling totals; it is not year-over-year growth.
| Period ending | Free cash flow | FCF per share | Operating cash flow | Capital spending (USD) | Market cap (USD) | Revenue (USD) | Quarter-end shares (shares) | Net income (USD) | Price / FCF | FCF yield | FCF margin | Cash conversion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | $1.50B | (m) | $2.16B | $655.62M | (m) | $5.38B | (m) | $1.75B | (m) | (m) | 27.89% | 1.23× |
| 2026-03-31 | $1.67B | (m) | $2.45B | $782.44M | (m) | $5.42B | (m) | $1.67B | (m) | (m) | 30.78% | 1.47× |
| 2025-12-31 | $1.19B | (m) | $2.06B | $869.88M | (m) | $5.22B | (m) | $1.53B | (m) | (m) | 22.75% | 1.35× |
| 2025-09-30 | $614.52M | (m) | $1.63B | $1.01B | (m) | $5.05B | (m) | $1.40B | (m) | (m) | 12.17% | 1.16× |
| 2025-06-30 | $-942.70M | (m) | $298.86M | $1.24B | (m) | $4.34B | (m) | $1.26B | (m) | (m) | -21.70% | 0.24× |
| 2025-03-31 | $-976.29M | (m) | $342.29M | $1.32B | (m) | $4.26B | (m) | $1.26B | (m) | (m) | -22.94% | 0.27× |
| 2024-12-31 | $-308.08M | (m) | $1.22B | $1.53B | (m) | $4.21B | (m) | $1.29B | (m) | (m) | -7.32% | 0.94× |
| 2024-09-30 | $-591.34M | (m) | $968.11M | $1.56B | (m) | $3.85B | (m) | $1.25B | (m) | (m) | -15.36% | 0.78× |
| 2024-06-30 | $-224.46M | (m) | $1.19B | $1.41B | (m) | $3.76B | (m) | $1.20B | (m) | (m) | -5.96% | 0.99× |
| 2024-03-31 | $-524.69M | (m) | $904.58M | $1.43B | (m) | $3.56B | (m) | $1.02B | (m) | (m) | -14.72% | 0.88× |
| 2023-12-31 | $-784.51M | (m) | $602.26M | $1.39B | (m) | $3.32B | (m) | $830.78M | (m) | (m) | -23.64% | 0.72× |
| 2023-09-30 | $-530.40M | (m) | $836.37M | $1.37B | (m) | $3.16B | (m) | $473.99M | (m) | (m) | -16.77% | 1.76× |
| 2023-06-30 | $-503.90M | (m) | $799.91M | $1.30B | (m) | $2.99B | (m) | $156.42M | (m) | (m) | -16.85% | 5.11× |
| 2023-03-31 | $-142.19M | (m) | $977.61M | $1.12B | (m) | $2.80B | (m) | $41.65M | (m) | (m) | -5.08% | 23.47× |
| 2022-12-31 | $-30.24M | (m) | $873.37M | $903.61M | (m) | $2.62B | (m) | $-44.17M | (m) | (m) | -1.15% | -19.77× |
| 2022-09-30 | $-658.98M | (m) | $112.62M | $771.60M | (m) | $2.52B | (m) | $94.75M | (m) | (m) | -26.11% | 1.19× |
| 2022-06-30 | $-423.99M | (m) | $288.97M | $712.96M | (m) | $2.48B | (m) | $189.12M | (m) | (m) | -17.10% | 1.53× |
| 2022-03-31 | $-226.70M | (m) | $378.20M | $604.90M | (m) | $2.49B | (m) | $215.77M | (m) | (m) | -9.12% | 1.75× |
| 2021-12-31 | $-302.73M | (m) | $237.56M | $540.29M | (m) | $2.92B | (m) | $468.69M | (m) | (m) | -10.36% | 0.51× |
| 2021-09-30 | $-45.34M | (m) | $389.41M | $434.75M | (m) | $2.63B | (m) | $453.03M | (m) | (m) | -1.73% | 0.86× |
| 2021-06-30 | $-84.48M | (m) | $291.99M | $376.46M | (m) | $2.97B | (m) | $562.86M | (m) | (m) | -2.85% | 0.52× |
| 2021-03-31 | $-131.74M | (m) | $262.51M | $394.24M | (m) | $2.98B | (m) | $517.32M | (m) | (m) | -4.42% | 0.51× |
| 2020-12-31 | $-379.51M | (m) | $37.12M | $416.63M | (m) | $2.71B | (m) | $398.36M | (m) | (m) | -14.00% | 0.09× |
| 2020-09-30 | $147.06M | (m) | $632.50M | $485.43M | (m) | $3.50B | (m) | $223.24M | (m) | (m) | 4.20% | 2.83× |
| 2020-06-30 | $-454.86M | (m) | $106.98M | $561.83M | (m) | $3.12B | (m) | $98.83M | (m) | (m) | -14.58% | 1.08× |
| 2020-03-31 | $-659.32M | (m) | $-27.22M | $632.10M | (m) | $3.06B | (m) | $43.37M | (m) | (m) | -21.52% | -0.63× |
| 2019-12-31 | $-494.52M | (m) | $174.20M | $668.72M | (m) | $3.06B | (m) | $-114.93M | (m) | (m) | -16.14% | -1.52× |
| 2019-09-30 | $-1.43B | (m) | $-792.99M | $639.79M | (m) | $2.35B | (m) | $-3.41M | (m) | (m) | -60.84% | 232.62× |
| 2019-06-30 | $-1.40B | (m) | $-700.53M | $695.05M | (m) | $2.48B | (m) | $23.72M | (m) | (m) | -56.17% | -29.53× |
| 2019-03-31 | $-1.30B | (m) | $-584.96M | $711.28M | (m) | $2.21B | (m) | $-6.22M | (m) | (m) | -58.69% | 93.99× |
| 2018-12-31 | $-1.07B | (m) | $-326.81M | $739.84M | (m) | $2.24B | (m) | $144.33M | (m) | (m) | -47.53% | -2.26× |
| 2018-09-30 | $-517.20M | (m) | $292.65M | $809.85M | (m) | $1.89B | (m) | $-340.24M | (m) | (m) | -27.34% | -0.86× |
| 2018-06-30 | $429.71M | (m) | $1.10B | $669.48M | (m) | $2.30B | (m) | $-192.25M | (m) | (m) | 18.66% | -5.72× |
| 2018-03-31 | $223.16M | (m) | $802.25M | $579.09M | (m) | $2.62B | (m) | $-91.79M | (m) | (m) | 8.53% | -8.74× |
| 2017-12-31 | $826.32M | (m) | $1.34B | $514.36M | (m) | $2.94B | (m) | $-165.62M | (m) | (m) | 28.09% | -8.10× |
| 2017-09-30 | $806.43M | (m) | $1.18B | $368.71M | (m) | $2.98B | (m) | $-425.80M | (m) | (m) | 27.06% | -2.76× |
| 2017-06-30 | $192.73M | (m) | $509.54M | $316.81M | (m) | $2.57B | (m) | $-481.09M | (m) | (m) | 7.49% | -1.06× |
| 2017-03-31 | $324.99M | (m) | $615.68M | $290.69M | (m) | $2.97B | (m) | $-544.47M | (m) | (m) | 10.95% | -1.13× |
| 2016-12-31 | $-22.70M | (m) | $206.75M | $229.45M | (m) | $2.95B | (m) | $-357.96M | (m) | (m) | -0.77% | -0.58× |
| 2016-09-30 | $-250.51M | (m) | $-47.48M | $203.04M | (m) | $3.41B | (m) | $502.25M | (m) | (m) | -7.34% | -0.09× |
| 2016-06-30 | $-153.15M | (m) | $49.32M | $202.47M | (m) | $4.00B | (m) | $697.43M | (m) | (m) | -3.83% | 0.07× |
| 2016-03-31 | $-48.66M | (m) | $114.19M | $162.85M | (m) | $3.96B | (m) | $777.90M | (m) | (m) | -1.23% | 0.15× |
| 2015-12-31 | $-527.36M | (m) | $-360.92M | $166.44M | (m) | $3.58B | (m) | $546.42M | (m) | (m) | -14.73% | -0.66× |
| 2015-09-30 | $301.41M | (m) | $513.98M | $212.57M | (m) | $3.65B | (m) | $576.56M | (m) | (m) | 8.27% | 0.89× |
| 2015-06-30 | $207.33M | (m) | $445.77M | $238.44M | (m) | $3.26B | (m) | $312.58M | (m) | (m) | 6.35% | 1.43× |
| 2015-03-31 | $319.17M | (m) | $581.25M | $262.08M | (m) | $2.91B | (m) | $222.62M | (m) | (m) | 10.96% | 2.61× |
| 2014-12-31 | $423.44M | (m) | $680.99M | $257.55M | (m) | $3.39B | (m) | $396.92M | (m) | (m) | 12.48% | 1.72× |
| 2014-09-30 | $-295.27M | (m) | $-54.80M | $240.47M | (m) | $3.15B | (m) | $270.22M | (m) | (m) | -9.37% | -0.20× |
| 2014-06-30 | $128.56M | (m) | $367.50M | $238.94M | (m) | $3.53B | (m) | $376.83M | (m) | (m) | 3.64% | 0.98× |
| 2014-03-31 | $209.77M | (m) | $471.50M | $261.72M | (m) | $3.50B | (m) | $405.90M | (m) | (m) | 5.99% | 1.16× |
| 2013-12-31 | $573.55M | (m) | $856.13M | $282.58M | (m) | $3.31B | (m) | $353.04M | (m) | (m) | 17.33% | 2.43× |
| 2013-09-30 | $725.10M | (m) | $991.48M | $266.38M | (m) | $3.62B | (m) | $441.96M | (m) | (m) | 20.06% | 2.24× |
| 2013-06-30 | $384.59M | (m) | $638.70M | $254.11M | (m) | $3.19B | (m) | $334.83M | (m) | (m) | 12.06% | 1.91× |
| 2013-03-31 | $518.39M | (m) | $844.80M | $326.40M | (m) | $3.63B | (m) | $412.22M | (m) | (m) | 14.29% | 2.05× |
| 2012-12-31 | $382.98M | (m) | $762.21M | $379.23M | (m) | $3.37B | (m) | $-96.34M | (m) | (m) | 11.37% | -7.91× |
| 2012-09-30 | $-11.78M | (m) | $445.38M | $457.17M | (m) | $2.95B | (m) | $-663.63M | (m) | (m) | -0.40% | -0.67× |
| 2012-06-30 | $1.89M | (m) | $625.71M | $623.82M | (m) | $3.12B | (m) | $-555.03M | (m) | (m) | 0.06% | -1.13× |
| 2012-03-31 | $-693.10M | (m) | $-5.79M | $687.31M | (m) | $2.70B | (m) | $-604.88M | (m) | (m) | -25.71% | 0.01× |
| 2011-12-31 | $-765.28M | (m) | $-33.46M | $731.81M | (m) | $2.77B | (m) | $-39.49M | (m) | (m) | -27.67% | 0.85× |
| 2011-09-30 | $-520.01M | (m) | $305.62M | $825.63M | (m) | $2.72B | (m) | $529.56M | (m) | (m) | -19.15% | 0.58× |
| 2011-06-30 | $-388.32M | (m) | $351.06M | $739.37M | (m) | $2.51B | (m) | $509.92M | (m) | (m) | -15.48% | 0.69× |
| 2011-03-31 | $-21.52M | (m) | $630.41M | $651.93M | (m) | $2.56B | (m) | $607.82M | (m) | (m) | -0.84% | 1.04× |
| 2010-12-31 | $116.58M | (m) | $705.49M | $588.91M | (m) | $2.56B | (m) | $664.20M | (m) | (m) | 4.55% | 1.06× |
| 2010-09-25 | $323.14M | (m) | $769.48M | $446.33M | (m) | (m) | (m) | $649.88M | (m) | (m) | (m) | 1.18× |
| 2010-06-26 | $326.50M | (m) | $699.98M | $373.48M | (m) | (m) | (m) | $626.35M | (m) | (m) | (m) | 1.12× |
| 2010-03-27 | $343.21M | (m) | $642.73M | $299.51M | (m) | (m) | (m) | $647.89M | (m) | (m) | (m) | 0.99× |
| 2009-12-26 | $395.25M | (m) | $675.19M | $279.94M | (m) | (m) | (m) | $640.14M | (m) | (m) | (m) | 1.05× |
| 2009-09-26 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-06-27 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-03-28 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2008-12-27 | $3.80M | (m) | $463.07M | $459.27M | (m) | (m) | (m) | $348.33M | (m) | (m) | (m) | 1.33× |
| 2008-09-27 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2008-06-28 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2007-12-29 | $-36.42M | (m) | $205.95M | $242.37M | (m) | (m) | (m) | $158.35M | (m) | (m) | (m) | 1.30× |
(m) means missing inputs. Historical market-based ratios use the saved close on or immediately before period ending and that period’s reported shares; current quotes are not substituted. Five-year projections repeat historical CAGR, not analyst forecasts.
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