First Short Term Investments vs Net Invested Capital Analysis

FSLR Stock

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First Solar financial indicator trend analysis is much more than just examining First Solar latest accounting drivers to predict future trends. We encourage investors to analyze account correlations over time for multiple indicators to determine whether First Solar is a good investment. Please check the relationship between First Solar Short Term Investments and its Net Invested Capital accounts. Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in First Solar. Also, note that the market value of any company could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in bureau of economic analysis.

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Short Term Investments vs Net Invested Capital

Short Term Investments vs Net Invested Capital Correlation Analysis

The overlapping area represents the amount of trend that can be explained by analyzing historical patterns of First Solar Short Term Investments account and Net Invested Capital. At this time, the significance of the direction appears to have significant contrarian relationship.

The correlation between First Solar's Short Term Investments and Net Invested Capital is -0.24. Overlapping area represents the amount of variation of Short Term Investments that can explain the historical movement of Net Invested Capital in the same time period over historical financial statements of First Solar, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical values of First Solar's Short Term Investments and Net Invested Capital is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these accounts tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which Short Term Investments of First Solar are associated (or correlated) with its Net Invested Capital. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when Net Invested Capital has no effect on the direction of Short Term Investments i.e., First Solar's Short Term Investments and Net Invested Capital go up and down completely randomly.

Correlation Coefficient

-0.24

Relationship Direction	Negative
Relationship Strength	Insignificant

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Short Term Investments

Short Term Investments is an item under the current assets section of First Solar balance sheet. It contains any investments First Solar undertook that will expire in less than one year. These accounts contain financial instruments such as stocks or bonds that First Solar can easily liquidate in the marketplace.

Net Invested Capital

The total amount of capital invested in a company, including both equity and debt, minus any cash or cash equivalents.

Most indicators from First Solar's fundamental ratios are interrelated and interconnected. However, analyzing fundamental ratios indicators one by one will only give a small insight into First Solar current financial condition. On the other hand, looking into the entire matrix of fundamental ratios indicators, and analyzing their relationships over time can provide a more complete picture of the company financial strength now and in the future. Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in First Solar. Also, note that the market value of any company could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in bureau of economic analysis.

To learn how to invest in First Stock, please use our How to Invest in First Solar guide.At this time, First Solar's Selling General Administrative is relatively stable compared to the past year. As of 04/28/2024, Tax Provision is likely to grow to about 48.3 M, while Enterprise Value is likely to drop slightly above 5.7 B.

	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Total Operating Expenses	290.5M	350.6M	414.7M	316.1M
Cost Of Revenue	2.2B	2.5B	2.0B	1.7B

Total Operating Expenses Cost Of Revenue

First Solar fundamental ratios Correlations

	Total Assets	Short Long Term Debt Total	Total Stockholder Equity	Property Plant And Equipment Net	Net Debt	Cash	Non Current Assets Total	Non Currrent Assets Other	Other Assets	Cash And Short Term Investments	Net Receivables	Common Stock Shares Outstanding	Non Current Liabilities Total	Inventory	Other Stockholder Equity	Total Liab	Total Current Assets	Property Plant And Equipment Gross	Other Current Liab	Total Current Liabilities	Retained Earnings	Accounts Payable	Short Term Investments	Other Current Assets	Other Liab	Long Term Debt
Total Assets		0.35	0.96	0.57	-0.6	0.8	0.75	0.45	0.46	0.74	0.39	0.91	0.48	0.6	0.92	0.6	0.95	0.48	0.51	0.74	0.74	0.61	0.42	0.43	0.51	0.39
Short Long Term Debt Total	0.35		0.19	0.55	0.05	0.15	0.58	-0.13	0.15	0.03	0.85	0.19	0.8	0.54	0.2	0.77	0.3	0.6	0.15	0.37	0.41	0.23	-0.24	-0.23	0.63	0.88
Total Stockholder Equity	0.96	0.19		0.53	-0.69	0.83	0.72	0.55	0.45	0.81	0.22	0.97	0.33	0.54	0.96	0.44	0.92	0.42	0.4	0.6	0.78	0.52	0.53	0.55	0.36	0.24
Property Plant And Equipment Net	0.57	0.55	0.53		-0.43	0.41	0.9	-0.2	-0.15	0.34	0.68	0.5	0.82	0.87	0.43	0.79	0.44	0.97	0.05	0.35	0.87	0.27	0.04	-0.07	0.76	0.28
Net Debt	-0.6	0.05	-0.69	-0.43		-0.9	-0.52	-0.45	-0.15	-0.86	-0.08	-0.74	-0.29	-0.36	-0.69	-0.33	-0.68	-0.4	-0.29	-0.26	-0.68	-0.12	-0.48	-0.27	-0.35	0.14
Cash	0.8	0.15	0.83	0.41	-0.9		0.53	0.46	0.27	0.92	0.16	0.84	0.34	0.32	0.82	0.39	0.86	0.35	0.38	0.43	0.63	0.24	0.5	0.34	0.37	0.21
Non Current Assets Total	0.75	0.58	0.72	0.9	-0.52	0.53		0.19	0.28	0.45	0.71	0.69	0.81	0.93	0.66	0.85	0.63	0.87	0.28	0.55	0.95	0.51	0.1	0.13	0.78	0.32
Non Currrent Assets Other	0.45	-0.13	0.55	-0.2	-0.45	0.46	0.19		0.81	0.52	-0.12	0.61	-0.19	0.06	0.67	0.02	0.56	-0.24	0.56	0.45	0.25	0.4	0.46	0.59	-0.14	-0.06
Other Assets	0.46	0.15	0.45	-0.15	-0.15	0.27	0.28	0.81		0.24	0.13	0.46	0.05	0.18	0.55	0.21	0.47	-0.19	0.56	0.52	0.19	0.63	0.14	0.51	0.12	0.2
Cash And Short Term Investments	0.74	0.03	0.81	0.34	-0.86	0.92	0.45	0.52	0.24		-0.01	0.87	0.2	0.21	0.84	0.27	0.84	0.25	0.35	0.38	0.58	0.33	0.8	0.55	0.28	0.12
Net Receivables	0.39	0.85	0.22	0.68	-0.08	0.16	0.71	-0.12	0.13	-0.01		0.17	0.92	0.76	0.18	0.91	0.33	0.77	0.29	0.46	0.58	0.28	-0.35	-0.39	0.79	0.56
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	0.91	0.19	0.97	0.5	-0.74	0.84	0.69	0.61	0.46	0.87	0.17		0.3	0.49	0.99	0.42	0.91	0.38	0.42	0.57	0.76	0.49	0.63	0.63	0.33	0.24
Non Current Liabilities Total	0.48	0.8	0.33	0.82	-0.29	0.34	0.81	-0.19	0.05	0.2	0.92	0.3		0.79	0.28	0.95	0.41	0.87	0.19	0.41	0.7	0.34	-0.16	-0.28	0.94	0.52
Inventory	0.6	0.54	0.54	0.87	-0.36	0.32	0.93	0.06	0.18	0.21	0.76	0.49	0.79		0.46	0.84	0.46	0.88	0.26	0.52	0.86	0.42	-0.13	-0.09	0.76	0.2
Other Stockholder Equity	0.92	0.2	0.96	0.43	-0.69	0.82	0.66	0.67	0.55	0.84	0.18	0.99	0.28	0.46		0.43	0.93	0.31	0.53	0.66	0.7	0.56	0.6	0.62	0.32	0.27
Total Liab	0.6	0.77	0.44	0.79	-0.33	0.39	0.85	0.02	0.21	0.27	0.91	0.42	0.95	0.84	0.43		0.55	0.83	0.46	0.66	0.72	0.48	-0.08	-0.17	0.92	0.49
Total Current Assets	0.95	0.3	0.92	0.44	-0.68	0.86	0.63	0.56	0.47	0.84	0.33	0.91	0.41	0.46	0.93	0.55		0.36	0.62	0.74	0.66	0.53	0.54	0.42	0.45	0.36
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	0.48	0.6	0.42	0.97	-0.4	0.35	0.87	-0.24	-0.19	0.25	0.77	0.38	0.87	0.88	0.31	0.83	0.36		0.04	0.3	0.84	0.17	-0.1	-0.25	0.79	0.26
Other Current Liab	0.51	0.15	0.4	0.05	-0.29	0.38	0.28	0.56	0.56	0.35	0.29	0.42	0.19	0.26	0.53	0.46	0.62	0.04		0.89	0.18	0.53	0.2	0.22	0.27	0.13
Total Current Liabilities	0.74	0.37	0.6	0.35	-0.26	0.43	0.55	0.45	0.52	0.38	0.46	0.57	0.41	0.52	0.66	0.66	0.74	0.3	0.89		0.41	0.67	0.19	0.21	0.46	0.34
Retained Earnings	0.74	0.41	0.78	0.87	-0.68	0.63	0.95	0.25	0.19	0.58	0.58	0.76	0.7	0.86	0.7	0.72	0.66	0.84	0.18	0.41		0.37	0.24	0.16	0.66	0.16
Accounts Payable	0.61	0.23	0.52	0.27	-0.12	0.24	0.51	0.4	0.63	0.33	0.28	0.49	0.34	0.42	0.56	0.48	0.53	0.17	0.53	0.67	0.37		0.37	0.5	0.5	0.25
Short Term Investments	0.42	-0.24	0.53	0.04	-0.48	0.5	0.1	0.46	0.14	0.8	-0.35	0.63	-0.16	-0.13	0.6	-0.08	0.54	-0.1	0.2	0.19	0.24	0.37		0.72	-0.04	-0.04
Other Current Assets	0.43	-0.23	0.55	-0.07	-0.27	0.34	0.13	0.59	0.51	0.55	-0.39	0.63	-0.28	-0.09	0.62	-0.17	0.42	-0.25	0.22	0.21	0.16	0.5	0.72		-0.17	0.01
Other Liab	0.51	0.63	0.36	0.76	-0.35	0.37	0.78	-0.14	0.12	0.28	0.79	0.33	0.94	0.76	0.32	0.92	0.45	0.79	0.27	0.46	0.66	0.5	-0.04	-0.17		0.36
Long Term Debt	0.39	0.88	0.24	0.28	0.14	0.21	0.32	-0.06	0.2	0.12	0.56	0.24	0.52	0.2	0.27	0.49	0.36	0.26	0.13	0.34	0.16	0.25	-0.04	0.01	0.36

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First Solar Account Relationship Matchups

First Solar fundamental ratios Accounts

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Total Assets	7.5B	7.1B	7.4B	8.3B	10.4B	5.3B
Short Long Term Debt Total	471.7M	279.2M	239.9M	193.5M	624.4M	655.6M
Total Stockholder Equity	5.1B	5.5B	6.0B	5.8B	6.7B	3.8B
Property Plant And Equipment Net	2.7B	2.6B	2.9B	3.5B	4.5B	4.7B
Net Debt	(881.0M)	(947.8M)	(1.2B)	(1.3B)	(1.3B)	(1.3B)
Cash	1.4B	1.2B	1.5B	1.5B	1.9B	1.0B
Non Current Assets Total	3.9B	4.1B	4.2B	4.5B	5.7B	6.0B
Non Currrent Assets Other	1.0B	940.8M	946.0M	588.3M	545.4M	705.6M
Other Assets	1.0B	1.4B	1.1B	777.9M	894.6M	965.4M
Cash And Short Term Investments	2.2B	1.7B	1.8B	2.6B	2.1B	1.4B
Net Receivables	658.5M	292.5M	454.7M	355.0M	1.4B	1.5B
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	105.3M	106.7M	106.9M	106.6M	107.4M	93.0M
Liabilities And Stockholders Equity	7.5B	7.1B	7.4B	8.3B	10.4B	5.3B
Non Current Liabilities Total	1.1B	740.6M	727.3M	1.4B	2.4B	2.5B
Inventory	497.1M	567.6M	666.3M	621.4M	1.0B	1.1B
Other Stockholder Equity	2.8B	2.9B	2.9B	2.9B	2.9B	2.1B
Total Liab	2.4B	1.6B	1.5B	2.4B	3.7B	3.9B
Total Current Assets	3.6B	3.0B	3.2B	3.8B	4.6B	2.5B
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	2.8B	2.4B	2.9B	3.5B	6.2B	6.5B
Other Current Liab	759.4M	433.7M	327.7M	424.2M	578.8M	419.9M
Total Current Liabilities	1.3B	847.4M	726.9M	1.0B	1.3B	813.0M
Retained Earnings	2.3B	2.7B	3.2B	3.1B	4.0B	4.2B
Accounts Payable	218.1M	183.3M	193.4M	341.4M	207.2M	184.8M
Short Term Investments	811.5M	520.1M	375.4M	1.1B	155.5M	147.7M
Other Current Assets	280.0M	251.7M	244.2M	237.1M	33.0M	31.4M
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	(79.3M)	(61.7M)	(96.4M)	(191.8M)	(174.1M)	(165.4M)
Other Liab	526.8M	502.9M	345.4M	1.2B	1.3B	1.4B
Long Term Debt	454.2M	237.7M	236.0M	184.3M	464.1M	290.2M
Short Term Debt	17.5M	41.5M	3.9M	9.2M	106.6M	111.9M
Intangible Assets	64.5M	56.1M	45.5M	31.1M	64.5M	82.4M
Property Plant Equipment	2.3B	2.6B	2.9B	3.6B	4.2B	4.4B
Current Deferred Revenue	323.2M	188.8M	201.9M	263.2M	413.6M	215.6M
Net Tangible Assets	5.0B	5.5B	5.9B	5.8B	6.7B	5.1B
Retained Earnings Total Equity	2.4B	2.3B	2.7B	3.2B	3.7B	2.4B
Long Term Debt Total	461.2M	454.2M	237.7M	236.0M	271.4M	337.2M
Capital Surpluse	2.8B	2.8B	2.9B	2.9B	3.3B	2.8B

First Solar Investors Sentiment

The influence of First Solar's investor sentiment on the probability of its price appreciation or decline could be a good factor in your decision-making process regarding taking a position in First. The overall investor sentiment generally increases the direction of a stock movement in a one-year investment horizon. However, the impact of investor sentiment on the entire stock market does not have solid backing from leading economists and market statisticians.

Investor biases related to First Solar's public news can be used to forecast risks associated with an investment in First. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding First can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around First Solar. Please note that most equities that are difficult to arbitrage are affected by market sentiment the most.

First Solar's market sentiment shows the aggregated news analyzed to detect positive and negative mentions from the text and comments. The data is normalized to provide daily scores for First Solar's and other traded tickers. The bigger the bubble, the more accurate is the estimated score. Higher bars for a given day show more participation in the average First Solar's news discussions. The higher the estimated score, the more favorable is the investor's outlook on First Solar.

First Solar Implied Volatility

78.54

First Solar's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of First Solar stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if First Solar's implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that First Solar stock will not fluctuate a lot when First Solar's options are near their expiration.

Some investors attempt to determine whether the market's mood is bullish or bearish by monitoring changes in market sentiment. Unlike more traditional methods such as technical analysis, investor sentiment usually refers to the aggregate attitude towards First Solar in the overall investment community. So, suppose investors can accurately measure the market's sentiment. In that case, they can use it for their benefit. For example, some tools to gauge market sentiment could be utilized using contrarian indexes, First Solar's short interest history, or implied volatility extrapolated from First Solar options trading.

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Quarterly Earnings Growth

2.058

Earnings Share

7.74

Revenue Per Share

31.075

Quarterly Revenue Growth

0.156

Return On Assets

0.0595

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First Short Term Investments vs Net Invested Capital Analysis

Short Term Investments vs Net Invested Capital

Short Term Investments vs Net Invested Capital Correlation Analysis

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Short Term Investments

Net Invested Capital

First Solar fundamental ratios Correlations

First Solar Account Relationship Matchups

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First Solar fundamental ratios Accounts

First Solar Investors Sentiment

First Solar Implied Volatility

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Other Stockholder Equity	+ 0.99	Common Stock Shares Outstanding
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	+ 0.97	Total Stockholder Equity
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	+ 0.97	Property Plant And Equipment Net
Total Stockholder Equity	+ 0.96	Total Assets
Other Stockholder Equity	+ 0.96	Total Stockholder Equity
Total Current Assets	+ 0.95	Total Assets

Cash	- 0.9	Net Debt
Cash And Short Term Investments	- 0.86	Net Debt
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	- 0.74	Net Debt
Other Stockholder Equity	- 0.69	Net Debt
Net Debt	- 0.69	Total Stockholder Equity
Retained Earnings	- 0.68	Net Debt