First Solar (Germany) Market Value

F3A Stock  EUR 176.14  10.58  6.39%   
First Solar's market value is the price at which a share of First Solar trades on a public exchange. It measures the collective expectations of First Solar investors about its performance. First Solar is trading at 176.14 as of the 22nd of December 2024. This is a 6.39 percent increase since the beginning of the trading day. The stock's lowest day price was 176.14.
With this module, you can estimate the performance of a buy and hold strategy of First Solar and determine expected loss or profit from investing in First Solar over a given investment horizon. Check out First Solar Correlation, First Solar Volatility and First Solar Alpha and Beta module to complement your research on First Solar.
For more detail on how to invest in First Stock please use our How to Invest in First Solar guide.
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Please note, there is a significant difference between First Solar's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if First Solar is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, First Solar's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.

First Solar 'What if' Analysis

In the world of financial modeling, what-if analysis is part of sensitivity analysis performed to test how changes in assumptions impact individual outputs in a model. When applied to First Solar's stock what-if analysis refers to the analyzing how the change in your past investing horizon will affect the profitability against the current market value of First Solar.
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If you would invest  0.00  in First Solar on November 22, 2024 and sell it all today you would earn a total of 0.00 from holding First Solar or generate 0.0% return on investment in First Solar over 30 days. First Solar is related to or competes with SolarEdge Technologies, Xinyi Solar, Sunrun, JinkoSolar Holding, SMA SOLAR, and Canadian Solar. First Solar, Inc. provides photovoltaic solar energy solutions in the United States and internationally More

First Solar Upside/Downside Indicators

Understanding different market momentum indicators often help investors to time their next move. Potential upside and downside technical ratios enable traders to measure First Solar's stock current market value against overall market sentiment and can be a good tool during both bulling and bearish trends. Here we outline some of the essential indicators to assess First Solar upside and downside potential and time the market with a certain degree of confidence.

First Solar Market Risk Indicators

Today, many novice investors tend to focus exclusively on investment returns with little concern for First Solar's investment risk. Other traders do consider volatility but use just one or two very conventional indicators such as First Solar's standard deviation. In reality, there are many statistical measures that can use First Solar historical prices to predict the future First Solar's volatility.
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172.48176.14179.80
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Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
154.68158.34193.75
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LowNextHigh
163.40167.06170.72
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172.36186.08199.80
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First Solar Backtested Returns

First Solar secures Sharpe Ratio (or Efficiency) of -0.0718, which denotes the company had a -0.0718% return per unit of risk over the last 3 months. First Solar exposes twenty-four different technical indicators, which can help you to evaluate volatility embedded in its price movement. Please confirm First Solar's Mean Deviation of 2.67, standard deviation of 3.68, and Variance of 13.57 to check the risk estimate we provide. The firm shows a Beta (market volatility) of -0.36, which means possible diversification benefits within a given portfolio. As returns on the market increase, returns on owning First Solar are expected to decrease at a much lower rate. During the bear market, First Solar is likely to outperform the market. At this point, First Solar has a negative expected return of -0.27%. Please make sure to confirm First Solar's potential upside, kurtosis, and the relationship between the value at risk and skewness , to decide if First Solar performance from the past will be repeated at some point in the near future.

Auto-correlation

    
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Good reverse predictability

First Solar has good reverse predictability. Overlapping area represents the amount of predictability between First Solar time series from 22nd of November 2024 to 7th of December 2024 and 7th of December 2024 to 22nd of December 2024. The more autocorrelation exist between current time interval and its lagged values, the more accurately you can make projection about the future pattern of First Solar price movement. The serial correlation of -0.56 indicates that roughly 56.0% of current First Solar price fluctuation can be explain by its past prices.
Correlation Coefficient-0.56
Spearman Rank Test-0.74
Residual Average0.0
Price Variance79.54

First Solar lagged returns against current returns

Autocorrelation, which is First Solar stock's lagged correlation, explains the relationship between observations of its time series of returns over different periods of time. The observations are said to be independent if autocorrelation is zero. Autocorrelation is calculated as a function of mean and variance and can have practical application in predicting First Solar's stock expected returns. We can calculate the autocorrelation of First Solar returns to help us make a trade decision. For example, suppose you find that First Solar has exhibited high autocorrelation historically, and you observe that the stock is moving up for the past few days. In that case, you can expect the price movement to match the lagging time series.
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First Solar regressed lagged prices vs. current prices

Serial correlation can be approximated by using the Durbin-Watson (DW) test. The correlation can be either positive or negative. If First Solar stock is displaying a positive serial correlation, investors will expect a positive pattern to continue. However, if First Solar stock is observed to have a negative serial correlation, investors will generally project negative sentiment on having a locked-in long position in First Solar stock over time.
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First Solar Lagged Returns

When evaluating First Solar's market value, investors can use the concept of autocorrelation to see how much of an impact past prices of First Solar stock have on its future price. First Solar autocorrelation represents the degree of similarity between a given time horizon and a lagged version of the same horizon over the previous time interval. In other words, First Solar autocorrelation shows the relationship between First Solar stock current value and its past values and can show if there is a momentum factor associated with investing in First Solar.
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Additional Information and Resources on Investing in First Stock

When determining whether First Solar is a strong investment it is important to analyze First Solar's competitive position within its industry, examining market share, product or service uniqueness, and competitive advantages. Beyond financials and market position, potential investors should also consider broader economic conditions, industry trends, and any regulatory or geopolitical factors that may impact First Solar's future performance. For an informed investment choice regarding First Stock, refer to the following important reports:
Check out First Solar Correlation, First Solar Volatility and First Solar Alpha and Beta module to complement your research on First Solar.
For more detail on how to invest in First Stock please use our How to Invest in First Solar guide.
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First Solar technical stock analysis exercises models and trading practices based on price and volume transformations, such as the moving averages, relative strength index, regressions, price and return correlations, business cycles, stock market cycles, or different charting patterns.
A focus of First Solar technical analysis is to determine if market prices reflect all relevant information impacting that market. A technical analyst looks at the history of First Solar trading pattern rather than external drivers such as economic, fundamental, or social events. It is believed that price action tends to repeat itself due to investors' collective, patterned behavior. Hence technical analysis focuses on identifiable price trends and conditions. More Info...