First Solar, Inc. (FSLR)

StatsGeek (99.99) Submitted: 10/25/07 3:11 PM : Start Price: $151.84 FSLR Score: -83.51

I generally stay away from valuation shorts, but I just can't resist, at more than 100x 2008 projected earnings.

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paskey (< 20) Submitted: 6/25/07 4:35 PM : Start Price: $87.26 FSLR Score: 206.59

Every time Al Gore speaks about Global Warming, or other well known Democrats,


this stock takes off- like it or not, the Demo's are on the way in.....gotta roll the dice & stick with this one...

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leaderoftheback (31.39) Submitted: 6/04/08 7:47 AM : Start Price: $259.61 FSLR Score: -6.84

From James Montier by way of the latest Mauldin letter,

...from Scott McNealy, the then CEO of Sun Microsystems:

But two years ago we were selling at 10 times revenues when we were at $64. At 10 times revenues, to give you a 10-year payback, I have...

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BeezerFool (< 20) Submitted: 11/10/07 9:05 PM : Start Price: $200.50 FSLR Score: 39.52

FSLR enjoys a huge competitive advantage in the fast growing solar market because of its thin film technology. According to Goldman Sachs (Target $275) "they are producing solar at $1.19/watt versus others at $2.50-$3.00/watt".

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larifari (92.83) Submitted: 1/05/07 11:04 AM : Start Price: $28.05 FSLR Score: 814.28

solar energy has been tarnished with cry-wolf syndrome for some years. but the thin film solar market is starting to explode now-- demand far overpaces supply, now more than ever with increasing green mandates. first solar should be a solid long pl...

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Tastylunch (98.96) Submitted: 2/22/08 3:01 AM : Start Price: $207.20 FSLR Score: -28.83

FSLR has had an amazing run but man does it's price look frightening in the current market uncertainty. P/e of 102? for comparison growth machine Google is only 37

The story is way head of the reality here (although the earning growth is ...

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pimpie (61.22) Submitted: 3/05/08 4:59 AM : Start Price: $204.56 FSLR Score: 29.32

The US Federal Government today in announcing the suspension of lending to coal-fired electricity plants that "the uncertainties of climate change and rising costs make the loans too risky".

1) The amount of energy on the market will drop causing t...

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dwot (99.99) Submitted: 6/27/07 10:18 PM : Start Price: $88.89 FSLR Score: -201.36

A P/E of 788?

Seriously, I might check this company out to see if it has products that can save me energy costs, but it looks like earnings growth has to increase about 20x or even 30x to justify the share price.

No kidding the ...

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NetscribeSemiCdr (62.71) Submitted: 3/13/07 7:03 AM : Start Price: $57.59 FSLR Score: 350.34

First Solar, Inc. engages in the design and manufacture of solar modules through its proprietary thin film semiconductor technology. The company's solar modules employ a thin layer of cadmium telluride semiconductor material to convert sunlight into ...

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R1000 (67.08) Submitted: 1/25/07 4:52 PM : Start Price: $29.71 FSLR Score: 765.16

This company has a proprietary technology for Sun energy conversion. They are developing many projects overseas. It will be interesting to see who gives them funding in the next 6 months.

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