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Past year was a negative year for First Solar investors

Over the last 12 months, that were loss-making period for the investors in First Solar, the stock lost around 47 percent. The period between August 2011 and August 2016 was a profitable period for the investors. The stock rose on average 10 percent. First Solar's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were relatively stable and moved between 3,37 billion dollars and 3,58 billion dollars. First Solar's net results between 2011 and 2015 were very fluctuating and moved between -39,49 million dollars and 525,99 million dollars.

First Solar has located her head office Tempe. First Solar is mostly active in the semiconductor sector. First Solar is leaded by CEO James A. Hughes Mark R. Widmar is as CFO financially responsible for the company. Over the past 10 years the global semiconductor companies gained around 58 percent. Measured since 2011 the sector is 20 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-2016) there is a minus of 58 percent.

First Solar didn't pay out any dividends (in the past 5 years).

First Solar' balance mostly financed with equity

At the end of 2015 the semiconductor company's balance sheet equaled 7,32 billion dollars. Last year the total debt of the company was 1,77 billion dollars. This equals around 24,16 percent of the total balance sheet. At the end of 2016 the American company was traded with a price/earnings-ratio of around 8. So investors paid 8 times the company's 2015's EPS. We could say that based on it's price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the American company's market capitalization equaled around 6,66 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 101,77 million stocks listed on the stock exchange(s).

All First Solar's annual reports can be found here. More information about First Solar can be found it's website. .