First solar, inc. (FSLR)
Income statement / Quarterly
Mar'20Dec'19Sep'19Jun'19Mar'19Dec'18Sep'18Jun'18Mar'18Dec'17Sep'17Jun'17Mar'17Dec'16Sep'16Jun'16Mar'16Dec'15Sep'15Jun'15Mar'15Dec'14Sep'14Jun'14Mar'14Dec'13Sep'13Jun'13Mar'13Dec'12Sep'12Jun'12Mar'12Dec'11Sep'11Jun'11Mar'11Dec'10Sep'10Jun'10Mar'10Dec'09Sep'09Jun'09Mar'09Sep'08Jun'08
Net sales

532,124

1,399,377

546,806

584,956

531,978

691,241

676,220

309,318

567,265

339,181

1,087,026

623,326

891,791

330,795

681,276

1,016,424

876,068

1,475,979

1,271,245

896,217

469,209

1,006,388

890,288

544,353

950,158

769,064

1,265,587

519,760

755,205

1,075,011

839,147

957,332

497,055

660,352

1,005,788

532,774

567,293

609,801

797,899

587,854

567,961

641,265

480,851

525,876

418,208

348,694

267,041

Cost of sales

441,786

1,065,822

408,443

507,774

531,866

592,931

547,093

317,376

394,467

277,111

795,226

512,433

807,607

322,947

510,368

834,373

598,457

1,031,046

786,880

731,734

430,228

700,285

700,886

451,628

713,447

577,890

901,553

379,662

585,879

781,464

600,431

713,591

420,310

522,228

626,624

337,976

307,628

313,077

476,007

303,660

285,925

375,056

235,858

227,780

182,924

153,251

122,341

Gross profit

90,338

333,555

138,363

77,182

112

98,310

129,127

-8,058

172,798

62,070

291,800

110,893

84,184

7,848

170,908

182,051

277,611

444,933

484,365

164,483

38,981

306,103

189,402

92,725

236,711

191,174

364,034

140,098

169,326

293,547

238,716

243,741

76,745

138,124

379,164

194,798

259,665

296,724

321,892

284,194

282,036

266,209

244,993

298,096

235,284

195,443

144,700

Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative

58,587

55,643

53,542

50,934

45,352

51,338

33,539

50,854

41,126

54,997

50,546

48,957

48,199

70,370

60,345

63,776

67,503

62,887

53,716

70,901

67,688

70,968

66,528

57,667

58,664

65,661

63,870

66,265

74,465

63,417

73,507

52,184

91,820

125,926

112,743

86,872

87,000

91,282

84,961

78,597

66,864

96,667

53,990

72,926

49,315

48,995

43,626

Research and development

25,613

25,427

24,912

24,395

21,877

21,388

22,390

20,370

20,324

23,583

20,850

21,341

22,799

29,471

32,173

32,931

30,187

36,728

29,630

29,479

34,756

34,944

37,593

32,659

38,773

38,421

34,984

30,964

29,931

31,639

32,372

32,365

36,084

37,906

38,164

33,102

31,351

27,601

21,472

22,836

22,888

23,716

24,136

18,605

11,704

9,952

7,725

Production start-up

4,482

7,351

18,605

10,437

9,522

14,576

14,723

24,352

37,084

20,488

12,624

8,381

1,150

214

752

55

0

0

3,198

6,970

6,650

3,249

1,406

491

0

0

0

1,392

1,376

1,637

1,595

533

4,058

5,881

5,514

10,294

11,931

12,190

3,821

2,288

1,143

1,099

4,076

2,524

6,209

6,344

4,622

Restructuring and asset impairments

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-1,927

791

18,286

20,031

654,016

4,314

85,532

0

-

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

24,892

57,276

2,381

2,347

24,839

24,197

19,000

401,065

60,366

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total operating expenses

88,682

451,421

97,059

85,766

76,751

87,302

70,652

95,576

98,534

97,141

84,811

96,965

92,179

829,001

97,584

182,294

97,690

99,615

86,544

107,350

109,094

109,161

105,527

90,817

97,437

128,974

156,130

101,002

108,119

121,532

131,671

104,082

533,027

623,444

156,421

130,268

130,282

131,073

110,254

103,721

90,895

121,482

82,202

94,055

67,228

65,291

55,973

Operating income (loss)

1,656

-117,866

41,304

-8,584

-76,639

11,008

58,475

-103,634

74,264

-35,071

206,989

13,928

-7,995

-821,153

73,324

-243

179,921

345,318

397,821

57,133

-70,113

196,942

83,875

1,908

139,274

62,200

207,904

39,096

61,207

172,015

107,045

139,659

-456,282

-485,320

222,743

64,530

129,383

165,651

211,638

180,473

191,141

144,727

162,791

204,041

168,056

130,152

88,727

Foreign currency (loss) income, net

-398

-816

1,209

1,726

172

1,908

-2,383

2,422

-2,517

-3,474

-3,968

-2,444

246

-5,748

-2,296

-2,723

-3,240

-1,887

-1,803

-2,957

-221

-1,808

905

21

-579

1,048

-705

-1,068

1,618

-2,156

3

1,015

-984

243

-1,857

1,659

950

854

-1,001

-2,625

-696

3,020

114

239

1,834

-1,889

647

Interest income

9,330

9,663

11,454

13,510

14,259

14,643

16,456

16,865

11,824

13,340

8,392

7,555

6,417

6,364

5,894

6,529

6,406

6,072

5,322

6,058

5,064

4,879

4,297

4,533

4,321

4,203

4,197

3,405

4,947

3,129

3,405

3,379

2,911

3,726

3,225

3,417

3,023

3,034

2,658

3,035

5,648

3,286

2,398

1,948

2,103

5,323

4,923

Interest expense, net

6,789

3,048

4,976

8,921

10,121

11,476

3,198

6,065

5,182

6,073

4,149

6,374

9,169

3,182

5,563

7,151

4,642

4,180

1,775

826

194

553

89

930

410

-16

275

875

750

2,694

2,902

7,372

920

100

0

0

0

0

0

6

0

407

89

3,827

935

127

0

Other (expense) income, net

-2,222

21,873

-3,399

-4,438

3,509

32,102

-5,971

-4,328

17,934

-1,215

2,018

-2,699

25,861

-8,473

6,419

6,753

35,553

-1,773

-1,678

-792

-1,259

213

-1,758

-1,166

-1,774

-2,427

-2,433

504

-833

280

3,210

-1,334

-1,211

9

-1,346

2,351

-349

3,826

-380

-439

-734

-309

-247

-1,103

-1,326

-360

-441

Income (loss) before taxes and equity in earnings

1,577

-90,194

45,592

-6,707

-68,820

48,185

63,379

-94,740

96,323

-32,493

209,282

9,966

15,360

-832,192

77,778

3,165

213,998

343,550

397,887

58,616

-66,723

199,673

87,230

4,366

140,832

65,040

208,688

41,062

66,189

170,574

110,761

135,347

-456,486

-481,442

222,765

71,957

133,007

173,365

212,915

180,438

195,359

150,317

164,967

201,298

169,732

133,099

93,856

Income tax benefit

-89,215

-30,865

15,035

11,744

-1,394

-4,416

2,396

-6,164

11,625

398,765

7,580

-40,028

5,679

56,053

-68,205

7,288

28,031

23,195

48,454

-33,340

-5,980

11,449

-6,948

-2,166

28,853

1,937

13,650

7,464

7,047

16,396

22,844

24,364

-7,070

-68,329

26,251

10,819

17,039

17,421

36,046

21,395

23,014

8,697

11,623

20,719

5,137

33,830

24,185

Equity in earnings, net of tax

-88

-79

65

-97

-173

-485

-3,233

40,085

-1,747

-1,196

4,045

1,969

-552

137,455

4,474

-7,292

9,669

-109,235

-115

1,929

-174

1,372

-4,345

-2,004

28

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Net income (loss)

90,704

-59,408

30,622

-18,548

-67,599

52,116

57,750

-48,491

82,951

-432,454

205,747

51,963

9,129

-750,790

150,457

-11,415

195,636

211,120

349,318

93,885

-60,917

189,596

89,833

4,528

112,007

62,940

195,038

33,598

59,142

154,178

87,917

110,983

-449,416

-413,113

196,514

61,138

115,968

155,944

176,869

159,043

172,345

141,620

153,344

180,579

164,595

99,269

69,671

Net income (loss) per share:
Basic

0.86

-0.56

0.29

-0.18

-0.64

0.50

0.55

-0.46

0.79

-4.15

1.97

0.50

0.09

-7.32

1.46

-0.11

1.92

2.10

3.46

0.93

-0.61

1.89

0.90

0.05

1.12

0.70

1.98

0.38

0.68

1.80

1.01

1.28

-5.20

-4.81

2.28

0.71

1.36

1.83

2.08

1.87

2.04

1.68

1.82

2.16

2.01

1.23

0.87

Diluted

0.85

-0.56

0.29

-0.18

-0.64

0.50

0.54

-0.46

0.78

-4.13

1.95

0.50

0.09

-7.29

1.45

-0.11

1.90

2.11

3.41

0.92

-0.61

1.87

0.89

0.04

1.10

0.70

1.94

0.37

0.66

1.82

1.00

1.27

-5.20

-4.74

2.25

0.70

1.33

1.80

2.04

1.84

2.00

1.64

1.79

2.11

1.99

1.20

0.85

Weighted-average number of shares used in per share calculations:
Basic

105,595

105,428

105,397

105,369

105,046

104,850

104,804

104,776

104,550

104,439

104,432

104,338

104,103

103,985

103,339

102,287

101,853

101,411

100,906

100,852

100,375

100,256

100,197

100,148

99,591

99,661

98,720

89,201

87,206

87,086

86,992

86,855

86,507

86,442

86,338

86,164

85,324

85,135

85,072

84,852

84,505

84,413

84,179

83,723

81,685

80,430

79,877

Diluted

106,386

104,598

106,227

105,369

105,046

107,208

106,163

104,776

106,305

102,631

105,660

104,611

104,410

102,574

103,684

102,287

102,919

102,979

102,299

101,607

100,375

101,521

101,415

101,814

101,822

100,975

100,378

91,142

89,377

85,515

87,765

87,653

86,507

82,938

87,151

87,126

87,053

86,861

86,610

86,401

86,092

86,004

85,892

85,668

82,612

82,436

82,004