financetom
Business
financetom
/
Business
/
First Solar Faces Revenue Headwinds Amid Tariff Uncertainty, Oppenheimer Says
News World Market Environment Technology Personal Finance Politics Retail Business Economy Cryptocurrency Forex Stocks Market Commodities
First Solar Faces Revenue Headwinds Amid Tariff Uncertainty, Oppenheimer Says
May 25, 2025 10:14 PM

12:58 PM EDT, 04/30/2025 (MT Newswires) -- First Solar ( FSLR ) faces revenue headwinds as management is prepared to idle capacity if reciprocal tariffs are implemented without cost-sharing from customers, Oppenheimer said in a Wednesday report.

The firm said the company might exit planned 2025 contract negotiations due to tariff uncertainty. It now plans to renegotiate contract prices upon clarity around final tariffs and Inflation Reduction Act adjustments, analysts added.

Oppenheimer said it believes First Solar ( FSLR ) is banking on lawmakers to support its business and that clients will pass incremental costs to "off-takers."

The company trimmed its fiscal 2025 guidance, and the revised outlook excludes 700 megawatts of volume from Vietnam and Malaysia at the high end and 2.5 gigawatts at the low end, along with "0.8 GW of Indian Series 7 production reallocated domestically," totalling $100 million to $375 million in revenue headwinds, according to the note.

The brokerage said it lowered its 2025 EPS guidance for the company to $12.55 on revenue of $4.64 billion from $17.42 per share on revenue of $5.59 billion. Oppenheimer's fiscal 2026 EPS guidance fell to $14.18 on revenue of $5.21 billion from $20.29 per share on revenue of $6.61 billion, considering Malaysia and Vietnam capacity remain idled through the period.

The brokerage said it downgraded the stock to perform and removed its price target of $304 per share.

First Solar ( FSLR ) shares were down 9% in recent trading.

Price: 124.01, Change: -13.23, Percent Change: -9.64

Comments
Welcome to financetom comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Related Articles >
Summit, AstraZeneca in talks over $15 billion partnership deal, Bloomberg News reports
Summit, AstraZeneca in talks over $15 billion partnership deal, Bloomberg News reports
Jul 3, 2025
(Reuters) -Summit Therapeutics ( SMMT ) and AstraZeneca ( AZN ) are discussing a partnership deal worth as much as $15 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Under the potential deal, AstraZeneca ( AZN ) could license Summit's experimental lung-cancer treatment, ivonescimab, the report said. Summit did not immediately respond to Reuters request seeking comment,...
Summit, AstraZeneca in talks over $15 billion partnership deal, Bloomberg News reports
Summit, AstraZeneca in talks over $15 billion partnership deal, Bloomberg News reports
Jul 3, 2025
July 3 (Reuters) - Summit Therapeutics ( SMMT ) and AstraZeneca ( AZN ) are discussing a partnership deal worth as much as $15 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Under the potential deal, AstraZeneca ( AZN ) could license Summit's experimental lung-cancer treatment, ivonescimab, the report said. Summit did not immediately respond to...
Exxon returns some Stabroek acreage to Guyana, government says
Exxon returns some Stabroek acreage to Guyana, government says
Jul 3, 2025
By Kemol King GEORGETOWN, July 3 (Reuters) - An Exxon Mobil-led oil consortium has returned 2,534 square kilometers of the Stabroek Block in Guyana back to the government, the Ministry of Natural Resources said in a statement on Wednesday. The relinquishment is part of a contractual requirement for Exxon to enter the final phase of exploration of the Stabroek Block,...
Google agrees $36 million fine for anti-competitive deals with Australia telcos
Google agrees $36 million fine for anti-competitive deals with Australia telcos
Aug 17, 2025
SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...
Copyright 2023-2026 - www.financetom.com All Rights Reserved