First Solar, Inc. is a solar technology company and global provider of photovoltaic cells (PV) solar energy solutions. Co. manufactures and sells PV solar modules with a semiconductor technology, which provides an alternative to conventional crystalline silicon PV solar modules. Co. operates through two segments: Modules Business and Other. Its Modules Business segment is involved in the designing, manufacturing, and selling of CdTe solar modules, which convert sunlight into electricity. Third-party customers of the modules business segment include developers and operators of systems, utilities, independent power producers, commercial and industrial companies, and other system owners. We show 61 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our FSLR shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute FSLR market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing FSLR market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing FSLR's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of FSLR versus a peer is one thing; comparing
FSLR market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like FSLR can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching FSLR by allowing them to research the FSLR market cap history. |
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