First Solar said net sales for the 3-month period ended September 30, 2024 rose $86.6 million from a year earlier. The company cited a 9% increase in the volume of modules sold to third parties and termination payments of $72.3 million related to customer contract terminations in the U.S. and India. It said these were partially offset by a reduction in revenue of about $50 million tied to manufacturing issues affecting Series 7 modules.

1. 01

   First Solar said net sales for the 3-month period ended September 30, 2024 rose $86.6 million from a year earlier. The company cited a 9% increase in the volume of modules sold to third parties and termination payments of $72.3 million related to customer contract terminations in the U.S. and India. It said these were partially offset by a reduction in revenue of about $50 million tied to manufacturing issues affecting Series 7 modules.

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   The company said its gross profit as a percentage of net sales for the 3 months ended September 30, 2024 rose to 50.2% from 47.0% a year earlier, an increase of 3.2 percentage points. It cited customer contract termination payments and a higher sales mix of modules qualifying for the Section 45X advanced manufacturing production credit as factors. It said these were partially offset by lower revenue from Series 7 modules and higher module storage costs.

3. 03

   The company said its cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities were $1.3 billion as of September 30, 2024, down from $2.1 billion as of December 31, 2023. It cited purchases of property, plant and equipment for its U.S. and Indian facilities as a factor in the decrease, partially offset by proceeds from the sale of Section 45X tax credits. The company also said it received the full $659.7 million cash payment for the $687.2 million in credits it sold to Fiserv within 9 months.

4. 04

   The company said its 5 U.S. manufacturing facility is expected to commence operations in the second half of 2025, and that the remaining investment of about $0.9 billion is expected to be incurred across 2024 and 2025. It said it expects capital expenditures of about $1.6 billion in 2024, including new equipment.

Key figures

Quarter ended September 30, 2024

Revenue

$888M

Operating income

$322M

Net income

$313M

EPS

$2.91

Gross profit

$445M

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