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Insider Ownership Percentage: 0.58%

Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $0.00

Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $20,017,372.36

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First Solar Share Price & Price History

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First Solar Insider Trading History

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction	Shares Held After Transaction
8/13/2024	Patrick James Buehler	Insider	Sell	8,619	$222.00	$1,913,418.00	3,468
8/12/2024	Byron Michael Jeffers	CAO	Sell	500	$220.00	$110,000.00
8/7/2024	Byron Michael Jeffers	CAO	Sell	1,766	$216.50	$382,339.00	500
6/20/2024	Kuntal Kumar Verma	Insider	Sell	1,621	$260.00	$421,460.00	3,549
5/30/2024	Alexander R. Bradley	CFO	Sell	16,051	$274.69	$4,409,049.19	30,652
5/30/2024	Michael Koralewski	Insider	Sell	4,646	$272.92	$1,267,986.32	7,766
5/30/2024	Michael T. Sweeney	Director	Sell	4,000	$273.50	$1,094,000.00	16,692
5/22/2024	Richard D. Chapman	Director	Sell	7,264	$248.95	$1,808,372.80	10,440
5/21/2024	Caroline Stockdale	Insider	Sell	12,406	$205.00	$2,543,230.00	22,025
5/9/2024	Richard D. Chapman	Director	Sell	3,165	$190.48	$602,869.20	1,045
5/6/2024	R. Craig Kennedy	Director	Sell	2,000	$196.73	$393,460.00	13,908
4/4/2024	Georges Antoun	Insider	Sell	2,400	$176.00	$422,400.00	37,412
4/4/2024	Markus Gloeckler	CTO	Sell	1,937	$175.00	$338,975.00	12,536
4/1/2024	Georges Antoun	Insider	Sell	2,400	$169.72	$407,328.00	39,812
3/18/2024	Kuntal Kumar Verma	Insider	Sell	250	$148.34	$37,085.00	5,170
3/7/2024	Kuntal Kumar Verma	Insider	Sell	787	$160.00	$125,920.00	4,920
3/7/2024	Markus Gloeckler	CTO	Sell	679	$160.00	$108,640.00	14,473
3/4/2024	Georges Antoun	Insider	Sell	16,667	$155.55	$2,592,551.85	42,041
3/1/2024	R. Craig Kennedy	Director	Sell	1,500	$157.76	$236,640.00	15,641
12/19/2023	Georges Antoun	Insider	Sell	2,400	$176.02	$422,448.00	42,041
12/1/2023	Georges Antoun	Insider	Sell	2,400	$158.00	$379,200.00	44,441
10/30/2023	Kuntal Kumar Verma	Insider	Sell	1,621	$144.16	$233,683.36	1,621
10/2/2023	Alexander R. Bradley	CFO	Sell	5,000	$158.23	$791,150.00	30,419
9/1/2023	Alexander R. Bradley	CFO	Sell	5,500	$186.22	$1,024,210.00	35,419
8/21/2023	Markus Gloeckler	CTO	Sell	464	$182.00	$84,448.00	7,649
8/14/2023	Georges Antoun	Insider	Sell	12,346	$202.89	$2,504,879.94	46,841
8/7/2023	R. Craig Kennedy	Director	Sell	1,500	$192.92	$289,380.00	16,600
8/2/2023	Alexander R. Bradley	CFO	Sell	5,500	$194.36	$1,068,980.00	40,919
7/28/2023	Mark R Widmar	CEO	Sell	2,160	$223.41	$482,565.60	81,861
7/17/2023	Mark R Widmar	CEO	Sell	3,982	$205.00	$816,310.00	86,181
7/10/2023	Kuntal Kumar Verma	Insider	Sell	3,000	$187.52	$562,560.00	3,242
6/6/2023	Mark R Widmar	CEO	Sell	39,948	$199.97	$7,988,401.56	90,163
5/22/2023	Michael T. Sweeney	Director	Sell	7,000	$205.14	$1,435,980.00	19,647
5/16/2023	William J. Post	Director	Sell	10,000	$218.52	$2,185,200.00	24,207
5/12/2023	Paul H. Stebbins	Director	Sell	2,500	$229.31	$573,275.00	28,772
3/8/2023	Richard D. Chapman	Director	Sell	7,500	$211.00	$1,582,500.00	21,689
3/7/2023	Byron Michael Jeffers	CAO	Sell	1,281	$212.50	$272,212.50
3/7/2023	Jason E. Dymbort	General Counsel	Sell	965	$212.50	$205,062.50	6,002
3/3/2023	Jason E. Dymbort	General Counsel	Sell	1,610	$200.21	$322,338.10	5,039
3/3/2023	Mark R Widmar	CEO	Sell	26,553	$206.70	$5,488,505.10	108,413
10/17/2022	R. Craig Kennedy	Director	Sell	600	$125.68	$75,408.00	18,888
9/15/2022	R. Craig Kennedy	Director	Sell	600	$134.62	$80,772.00	19,185
8/17/2022	Markus Gloeckler	CTO	Sell	478	$115.14	$55,036.92	1,373
8/15/2022	R. Craig Kennedy	Director	Sell	600	$117.41	$70,446.00	19,785
8/5/2022	Byron Michael Jeffers	CAO	Sell	163	$102.27	$16,670.01	814
8/5/2022	Patrick James Buehler	Insider	Buy	489	$102.10	$49,926.90	4,117
8/2/2022	Michael T. Sweeney	Director	Sell	6,500	$100.03	$650,195.00	25,869
8/1/2022	Alexander R. Bradley	CFO	Buy	1,990	$100.56	$200,114.40	27,320
8/1/2022	Byron Michael Jeffers	CAO	Sell	259	$100.00	$25,900.00	1,137
7/29/2022	Michael Koralewski	Insider	Sell	1,007	$100.00	$100,700.00
7/28/2022	Mark R Widmar	CEO	Sell	32,239	$89.72	$2,892,483.08	81,861
7/28/2022	Markus Gloeckler	CTO	Sell	805	$90.00	$72,450.00	1,851
7/15/2022	R. Craig Kennedy	Director	Sell	600	$64.79	$38,874.00	20,385
7/1/2022	Michael Koralewski	Insider	Sell	1,822	$67.58	$123,130.76	1,007
6/15/2022	R. Craig Kennedy	Director	Sell	600	$62.50	$37,500.00	20,397
6/3/2022	Markus Gloeckler	CTO	Sell	980	$73.14	$71,677.20	2,656
6/1/2022	Jason E. Dymbort	General Counsel	Sell	3,430	$70.61	$242,192.30	3,429
5/6/2022	Mark R Widmar	CEO	Sell	13,648	$75.28	$1,027,421.44	114,100
4/18/2022	R. Craig Kennedy	Director	Sell	600	$77.85	$46,710.00	21,597
4/7/2022	Kuntal Kumar Verma	Insider	Sell	2,490	$78.26	$194,867.40
3/31/2022	Kuntal Kumar Verma	Insider	Sell	2,219	$82.59	$183,267.21	2,490
3/15/2022	Markus Gloeckler	CTO	Sell	1,301	$71.46	$92,969.46
3/15/2022	R. Craig Kennedy	Director	Sell	600	$71.46	$42,876.00
3/8/2022	Markus Gloeckler	CTO	Sell	2,780	$80.00	$222,400.00
3/7/2022	Alexander R. Bradley	CFO	Sell	3,211	$75.19	$241,435.09
1/18/2022	R. Craig Kennedy	Director	Sell	600	$81.36	$48,816.00
12/15/2021	R. Craig Kennedy	Director	Sell	600	$95.34	$57,204.00
11/22/2021	Markus Gloeckler	CTO	Sell	603	$112.82	$68,030.46
11/15/2021	R. Craig Kennedy	Director	Sell	1,200	$111.17	$133,404.00

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SEC Filings (Institutional Ownership Changes) for First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR)

92.08% of First Solar stock is owned by institutions. Institutional ownership can be a sign of analyst confidence in the fundamentals of the stock.

Institutional Buying and Selling by Quarter

First Solar Institutional Trading History

Reporting Date	Hedge Fund	Shares Held	Market Value	% of Portfolio	Quarterly Change in Shares	Ownership in Company
11/2/2024	Covestor Ltd	916	$0.23M	0.1%	+6.4%	0.001%
11/1/2024	Atria Investments Inc	2,476	$0.62M	0.0%	+24.7%	0.002%
11/1/2024	Field & Main Bank	1,385	$0.35M	0.1%	+4.1%	0.001%
11/1/2024	Demars Financial Group LLC	4,129	$1.03M	0.5%	+1.4%	0.004%
11/1/2024	Lindbrook Capital LLC	1,232	$0.31M	0.0%	+182.6%	0.001%
11/1/2024	Windward Capital Management Co. CA	1,410	$0.35M	0.0%	N/A	0.001%
11/1/2024	ABLE Financial Group LLC	1,193	$0.30M	0.1%	-8.7%	0.001%
11/1/2024	Stiles Financial Services Inc	1,745	$0.44M	0.2%	+7.4%	0.002%
10/31/2024	Principal Financial Group Inc.	150,783	$37.61M	0.0%	-18.1%	0.141%
10/31/2024	Wealth Architects LLC	1,782	$0.45M	0.1%	-4.3%	0.002%
10/31/2024	JNBA Financial Advisors	3,086	$0.77M	0.1%	+6.0%	0.003%
10/30/2024	Harvest Portfolios Group Inc.	1,770	$0.44M	0.0%	-39.6%	0.002%
10/30/2024	Amalgamated Bank	21,018	$5.24M	0.0%	-3.2%	0.020%
10/30/2024	Gulf International Bank UK Ltd	8,023	$2M	0.1%	-4.7%	0.007%
10/30/2024	Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC	866	$0.22M	0.0%	N/A	0.001%
10/30/2024	Quintet Private Bank Europe S.A.	1,250	$0.31M	0.0%	N/A	0.001%
10/30/2024	Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V.	38,900	$9.70M	0.1%	-2.5%	0.036%
10/30/2024	QRG Capital Management Inc.	2,307	$0.58M	0.0%	+29.2%	0.002%
10/30/2024	Asset Management One Co. Ltd.	41,934	$10.46M	0.0%	+2.2%	0.039%
10/30/2024	National Pension Service	185,883	$46.37M	0.0%	+6.7%	0.174%
10/29/2024	Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.	546,193	$136.24M	0.3%	+1,757.2%	0.510%
10/29/2024	Harvey Capital Management Inc.	26,662	$6.65M	1.7%	-1.7%	0.025%
10/29/2024	Nvwm LLC	6,109	$1.52M	0.4%	+122,080.0%	0.006%
10/29/2024	Van ECK Associates Corp	43,037	$10.74M	0.0%	-1.2%	0.040%
10/29/2024	Fullcircle Wealth LLC	1,400	$0.35M	0.2%	N/A	0.001%
10/29/2024	Capital Advisors Inc. OK	1,795	$0.45M	0.0%	-26.9%	0.002%
10/28/2024	Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC	1,739	$0.43M	0.0%	+33.3%	0.002%
10/28/2024	New York State Common Retirement Fund	68,260	$17.03M	0.0%	-9.8%	0.064%
10/28/2024	US Bancorp DE	26,113	$6.51M	0.0%	-0.8%	0.024%
10/25/2024	SteelPeak Wealth LLC	1,750	$0.44M	0.0%	N/A	0.002%
10/25/2024	Pinnacle Associates Ltd.	2,213	$0.55M	0.0%	+12.4%	0.002%
10/25/2024	First Trust Direct Indexing L.P.	2,560	$0.64M	0.0%	+12.5%	0.002%
10/25/2024	New York State Teachers Retirement System	104,400	$26.04M	0.1%	+10.9%	0.098%
10/25/2024	Adams Natural Resources Fund Inc.	15,100	$3.77M	0.6%	N/A	0.014%
10/25/2024	Integrated Advisors Network LLC	7,239	$1.81M	0.1%	+23.4%	0.007%
10/25/2024	abrdn plc	436,198	$110.25M	0.2%	+15.0%	0.408%
10/25/2024	SFE Investment Counsel	48,580	$12.12M	2.5%	-1.7%	0.045%
10/24/2024	Nisa Investment Advisors LLC	5,956	$1.49M	0.0%	-5.4%	0.006%
10/24/2024	Welch Group LLC	889	$0.22M	0.0%	N/A	0.001%
10/24/2024	FCG Investment Co	4,344	$1.08M	0.7%	N/A	0.004%
10/24/2024	L. Roy Papp & Associates LLP	1,605	$0.40M	0.0%	+14.2%	0.001%
10/24/2024	State of Alaska Department of Revenue	12,434	$3.10M	0.0%	+6.8%	0.012%
10/24/2024	Clear Harbor Asset Management LLC	9,155	$2.28M	0.2%	-2.2%	0.009%
10/24/2024	DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale	524,203	$134.48M	0.2%	+4.7%	0.490%
10/24/2024	Boston Trust Walden Corp	835	$0.21M	0.0%	-10.7%	0.001%
10/24/2024	Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC	5,912	$1.48M	0.0%	+12.1%	0.006%
10/24/2024	PFG Investments LLC	5,838	$1.46M	0.1%	+6.7%	0.005%
10/24/2024	Forsta AP Fonden	25,700	$6.41M	0.0%	+11.7%	0.024%
10/23/2024	Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd.	56,310	$14.40M	0.1%	-14.9%	0.053%
10/23/2024	Louisiana State Employees Retirement System	6,000	$1.50M	0.0%	-1.6%	0.006%
10/23/2024	Highland Capital Management LLC	19,510	$4.87M	0.3%	-5.1%	0.018%
10/23/2024	Burford Brothers Inc.	18,753	$4.68M	2.4%	+1.9%	0.018%
10/23/2024	Mediolanum International Funds Ltd	15,676	$4M	0.1%	N/A	0.015%
10/23/2024	Warther Private Wealth LLC	10,642	$2.66M	0.9%	N/A	0.010%
10/23/2024	Ballentine Partners LLC	2,624	$0.66M	0.0%	+8.7%	0.002%
10/23/2024	Assenagon Asset Management S.A.	46,898	$11.70M	0.0%	-56.6%	0.044%
10/23/2024	IFM Investors Pty Ltd	22,496	$5.61M	0.1%	+4.0%	0.021%
10/23/2024	CENTRAL TRUST Co	9,481	$2.37M	0.1%	-7.7%	0.009%
10/22/2024	International Assets Investment Management LLC	217,512	$542.56M	0.1%	+24,844.0%	0.203%
10/22/2024	Fulcrum Capital LLC	34,499	$8.61M	1.9%	-0.2%	0.032%
10/22/2024	Courier Capital LLC	13,356	$3.33M	0.2%	-1.8%	0.012%
10/22/2024	Altus Wealth Group LLC	1,930	$0.48M	0.2%	-10.8%	0.002%
10/22/2024	Hartford Investment Management Co.	6,739	$1.68M	0.1%	-1.7%	0.006%
10/22/2024	Lecap Asset Management Ltd.	7,264	$1.81M	0.4%	-29.3%	0.007%
10/22/2024	Private Advisor Group LLC	3,877	$0.97M	0.0%	+4.9%	0.004%
10/22/2024	CUSHING ASSET MANAGEMENT LP dba NXG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT	36,000	$8.98M	0.7%	-13.3%	0.034%
10/22/2024	Eastern Bank	4,182	$1.04M	0.0%	N/A	0.004%
10/22/2024	Signaturefd LLC	3,195	$0.80M	0.0%	+7.3%	0.003%
10/22/2024	Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC	1,585	$0.40M	0.0%	+5.6%	0.001%
10/21/2024	U S Global Investors Inc.	1,000	$0.25M	0.0%	N/A	0.001%
10/21/2024	Grace & White Inc. NY	71,710	$17.89M	3.2%	-1.0%	0.067%
10/21/2024	Foundations Investment Advisors LLC	1,768	$0.44M	0.0%	N/A	0.002%
10/21/2024	Venture Visionary Partners LLC	36,086	$9M	0.4%	+1.1%	0.034%
10/21/2024	Western Financial Corp CA	4,847	$1.21M	0.7%	N/A	0.005%
10/21/2024	Everence Capital Management Inc.	2,120	$0.53M	0.0%	N/A	0.002%
10/21/2024	Toth Financial Advisory Corp	3,960	$0.99M	0.1%	+9.1%	0.004%
10/19/2024	Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC	5,118	$1.28M	0.0%	-7.8%	0.005%
10/18/2024	Raymond James & Associates	13,040	$3.25M	0.0%	+10.1%	0.012%
10/18/2024	Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC	3,439	$0.86M	0.0%	-4.0%	0.003%
10/18/2024	Blue Trust Inc.	769	$0.19M	0.0%	+88.5%	0.001%
10/18/2024	Legend Financial Advisors Inc.	4,537	$1.13M	0.8%	+1.4%	0.004%
10/17/2024	Joule Financial LLC	4,081	$1.02M	0.4%	+13.2%	0.004%
10/17/2024	V Square Quantitative Management LLC	2,513	$0.63M	0.1%	+9.9%	0.002%
10/17/2024	Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd	11,055	$2.76M	0.0%	+2.9%	0.010%
10/17/2024	Harbour Capital Advisors LLC	5,217	$1.30M	0.3%	+224.0%	0.005%
10/17/2024	AlphaMark Advisors LLC	100	$25K	0.0%	N/A	0.000%
10/16/2024	Trust Co. of Vermont	7,351	$1.83M	0.1%	-3.2%	0.007%
10/16/2024	Secure Asset Management LLC	5,653	$1.41M	0.2%	-27.1%	0.005%
10/16/2024	Bleakley Financial Group LLC	1,383	$0.35M	0.0%	+8.6%	0.001%
10/16/2024	Optimum Investment Advisors	3,156	$0.79M	0.3%	-1.6%	0.003%
10/16/2024	Buffington Mohr McNeal	4,786	$1.19M	0.2%	+22.0%	0.004%
10/16/2024	Naviter Wealth LLC	2,900	$0.72M	0.1%	N/A	0.003%
10/16/2024	Beech Hill Advisors Inc.	26,440	$6.60M	2.5%	+0.8%	0.025%
10/16/2024	Vontobel Holding Ltd.	196,923	$49.12M	0.2%	+18.3%	0.184%
10/15/2024	Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC	47,207	$11.78M	0.8%	+6.7%	0.044%
10/15/2024	HTLF Bank	804	$0.20M	0.0%	N/A	0.001%
10/15/2024	BDF Gestion	5,000	$1.25M	0.1%	N/A	0.005%
10/15/2024	Swedbank AB	112,054	$27.95M	0.0%	-10.0%	0.105%
10/11/2024	Creative Planning	17,003	$4.24M	0.0%	+7.1%	0.016%
10/11/2024	Wesbanco Bank Inc.	6,824	$1.70M	0.1%	N/A	0.006%

Data available starting January 2016

First Solar, Inc., a solar technology company, provides photovoltaic (PV) solar energy solutions in the United States, France, Japan, Chile, and internationally. The company manufactures and sells PV solar modules with a thin film semiconductor technology that provides a lower-carbon alternative to conventional crystalline silicon PV solar modules. It designs, manufactures, and sells cadmium telluride solar modules that converts sunlight into electricity. The company's residual business operations include project development activities, operations and maintenance services, and the sale of PV solar power systems to third-party customers. It serves developers and operators of systems, utilities, independent power producers, commercial and industrial companies, and other system owners. The company was formerly known as First Solar Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to First Solar, Inc. in 2006. First Solar, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona.

Today's Range

Now: $204.94

$195.69

$206.02

50 Day Range

MA: $221.68

$192.41

$255.75

52 Week Range

Now: $204.94

$129.21

$306.77

Volume

2,837,224 shs

Average Volume

2,427,396 shs

Market Capitalization

$21.94 billion

P/E Ratio

17.65

Dividend Yield

N/A

Beta

1.44

Who are the company insiders with the largest holdings of First Solar?: First Solar's top insider investors include:
Mark R Widmar (CEO)
Georges Antoun (Insider)
Alexander R Bradley (CFO)
Paul H Stebbins (Director)
William J Post (Director)
Caroline Stockdale (Insider)
Richard D Chapman (Director)
Michael T Sweeney (Director)
R Craig Kennedy (Director)
Markus Gloeckler (CTO)
Michael Koralewski (Insider)
Jason E Dymbort (General Counsel)
Kuntal Kumar Verma (Insider)
Patrick James Buehler (Insider)
Byron Michael Jeffers (CAO)
Learn More about top insider investors at First Solar.
Who are the major institutional investors of First Solar?: First Solar's top institutional investors include:
IMC Chicago LLC — 0.00%
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. — 0.51%
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale — 0.49%
abrdn plc — 0.41%
International Assets Investment Management LLC — 0.20%
Vontobel Holding Ltd. — 0.18%
Learn More about top institutional investors of First Solar stock.
Which institutional investors are selling First Solar stock?: Within the previous quarter, FSLR stock was sold by these institutional investors:
IMC Chicago LLC
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.
SG Americas Securities LLC
Principal Financial Group Inc.
Swedbank AB
Guinness Asset Management LTD
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd.
New York State Common Retirement Fund
Within the previous year, company insiders that have sold First Solar company stock include:
Mark R Widmar (CEO)
Georges Antoun (Insider)
Alexander R Bradley (CFO)
Paul H Stebbins (Director)
William J Post (Director)
Caroline Stockdale (Insider)
Richard D Chapman (Director)
Michael T Sweeney (Director)
R Craig Kennedy (Director)
Markus Gloeckler (CTO)
Michael Koralewski (Insider)
Learn More investors selling First Solar stock.
Which institutional investors are buying First Solar stock?: Within the previous quarter, FSLR stock was purchased by institutional investors including:
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.
International Assets Investment Management LLC
Handelsbanken Fonder AB
abrdn plc
Vontobel Holding Ltd.
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