First Solar Q3 EPS $5.30 Beats $4.60 Estimate, Sales $1.231B Miss $1.288B Estimate

First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) reported quarterly earnings of $5.30 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $4.60 by 15.22 percent. This is a 25 percent increase over earnings of $4.24 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.231 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $1.288 billion by 4.46 percent. This is a 23.06 percent decrease over sales of $1.600 billion the same period last year.