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First Solar, Inc. (FSLR)At 1:13PM ET: 139.40  Up 12.79 (10.10%)  
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VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday)5:11.30B
Enterprise Value (17-Dec-08)3:9.72B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):40.98
Forward P/E (fye 29-Dec-09) 1:19.63
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):0.68
Price/Sales (ttm):10.13
Price/Book (mrq):7.41
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:9.59
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:24.253
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:29-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):27-Sep-08
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):27.47%
Operating Margin (ttm):35.06%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):14.62%
Return on Equity (ttm):23.54%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):1.01B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):12.765
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):119.30%
Gross Profit (ttm):251.40M
EBITDA (ttm):400.74M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):278.43M
Diluted EPS (ttm):3.40
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):115.60%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):715.15M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):8.819
Total Debt (mrq):167.50M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):0.121
Current Ratio (mrq):3.233
Book Value Per Share (mrq):17.083
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):359.52M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):-100.89M
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TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:1.92
52-Week Change3:-48.76%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-37.24%
52-Week High (14-May-08)3:317.00
52-Week Low (21-Nov-08)3:85.28
50-Day Moving Average3:124.34
200-Day Moving Average3:207.59
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:4,963,050
Average Volume (10 day)3:4,684,560
Shares Outstanding5:81.09M
Float:64.92M
% Held by Insiders1:45.32%
% Held by Institutions1:52.70%
Shares Short (as of 24-Nov-08)3:9.31M
Short Ratio (as of 24-Nov-08)3:1.5
Short % of Float (as of 24-Nov-08)3:11.90%
Shares Short (prior month)3:7.07M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:N/A
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4: N/A
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:N/A
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:NaN%
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


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mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 27-Sep-08)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 27-Sep-08)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 27-Sep-08)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 29-Dec-07)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
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