First Solar is setting up for a run toward its dot-com highs. It beat EPS estimates by 35%, drew institutional volume, reclaimed all key moving averages and is now building the right side of a multi-year cup pattern. x.comÂ
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First Solar is the only non-impaired Western solar manufacturer, yet the category leader trades at historically low multiples against its own past and relatively low multiples against basically everything else in the market. Buying it at those valuations is a gift; it looks like a dinger. x.comÂ
First Solar's strong quarter and large contracted backlog support a first target of $246.7. Revenue rose about 24% to roughly $1.04B, GAAP EPS of about $3.22 beat consensus near $2.87-2.96, and net income reached $347M versus about $210M. It maintained guidance, and its contracted backlog stands at 47.9 GW of modules worth $14.4B. x.comÂ
First Solar has lost its appeal because of how its bookings have been trending, while power names Vistra and Talen look cheap. x.comÂ
First Solar is one of ten stocks featured in a thread. x.comÂ
First Solar looks overlooked, trading near a 2.5-year low relative to the solar sector it leads while that sector sits near a multi-year high. With oil this elevated, a top-quality solar name like First Solar should catch a bid, and its chart shows a potential mini inverse head-and-shoulders bottom. x.comÂ
First Solar is one of the best setups for the next 6-12 months: a whale just bought $5M of calls, and the stock is sitting on the two strongest support levels in this trading system. x.comÂ
Solar is becoming a national priority as the Trump administration reportedly plans a polysilicon price floor and tariffs, and solar may finally catch a bid. First Solar is the play here. x.com x.comÂ
First Solar and Enphase are priced for a no-subsidy world, so a Democratic midterm win could make solar sentiment pop. Democrats are priced at 87%+ to take the House, Trump has been openly anti-solar, and solar stocks have historically surged whenever Democrats make electoral progress. Option implied volatility looks decently low on several setups as the vote nears. x.comÂ
T1 Energy's real thesis is its first profitable quarter making American solar for the AI power buildout, after emerging from FREYR Battery. Rising institutional ownership is partly just dilution math: shares outstanding rose 41% in a year, shareholders voted to double the authorized count, it still needs about $225 million of funding, and insiders were net sellers over 12 months. x.comÂ
Solar equities stand to benefit as solar generation accelerates rapidly across Texas's ERCOT grid, becoming one of the state's fastest-growing electricity sources. The largest beneficiaries span the sector: NextPower's utility-scale trackers, First Solar's US-made thin-film modules, T1 Energy's domestic modules, Enphase's microinverters and storage, SolarEdge's inverters, Sunrun's residential solar, and HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital's clean-energy financing. x.comÂ