First Solar Q2 EPS $0.77 Beats $0.64 Estimate, Sales $629.18M Beat $617.22M Estimate

First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) reported quarterly earnings of $0.77 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.64 by 20.31 percent. This is a 97.44 percent increase over earnings of $0.39 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $629.18 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $617.22 million by 1.94 percent. This is a 2.06 percent decrease over sales of $642.41 million the same period last year.