First Solar Stocks List
Symbol | Grade | Name | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|
FSLR | C | First Solar, Inc. | -2.85 | |
TOYO | D | TOYO Co., Ltd | -1.47 |
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Symbol | Grade | Name | Weight | |
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RAYS | F | Global X Solar ETF | 10.39 | |
CTEC | F | Global X CleanTech ETF | 10.12 | |
TAN | F | Invesco Solar ETF | 9.27 | |
VCLN | B | Virtus Duff & Phelps Clean Energy ETF | 8.59 | |
ICLN | D | iShares S&P Global Clean Energy Index Fund | 7.36 |
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- First Solar
First Solar, Inc. is a public traded American manufacturer of solar panels, and a provider of utility-scale PV power plants and supporting services that include finance, construction, maintenance and end-of-life panel recycling. First Solar uses rigid thin-film modules for its solar panels, and produces CdTe panels using cadmium telluride (CdTe) as a semiconductor.
The company was founded in 1990 by inventor Harold McMaster as Solar Cells, Inc. and the Florida Corporation in 1993 with JD Polk. In 1999 it was purchased by True North Partners, LLC, who rebranded it as First Solar, Inc.
The company went public in 2006, trading on the NASDAQ. Its current chief executive is Mark Widmar, who succeeded the previous CEO James Hughes July 1, 2016. First Solar is based in Tempe, Arizona.
In 2009, First Solar became the first solar panel manufacturing company to lower its manufacturing cost to $1 per watt. As of 2022, First Solar was considered the fourth-largest solar company by 12-month trailing revenue and in 2012 was ranked sixth in Fast Company's list of the world's 50 most innovative companies.
In 2011, it ranked first on Forbes's list of America's 25 fastest-growing technology companies. It is listed on the Photovoltaik Global 30 Index since the beginning of this stock index in 2009. The company was also listed as No. 1 in Solar Power World magazine's 2012 and 2013 rankings of solar contractors.
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