First Solar, Inc. (FSLR) Tops Q3 Earnings Estimates

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) released its earnings report for the three months through September this afternoon after the market closed on Wall Street on Thursday afternoon. The company showed earnings per share of $2.28 for the quarter on revenue totaling $1.27 billion. On today's market shares in the solar panel manufacturer fell in anticipation of the earnings report, and closed at $50.28 per share.

In the run-up to the release of this earnings report, analysts studying First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) were looking for earnings per share of $1 from the firm....