Ask a Fool: First Solar, Sell or Hold?

By Joel South and Taylor Muckerman – May 20, 2013 at 5:59PM

NASDAQ: FSLR

First Solar

Market Cap

$19B

Today's Change

(0.43%) $0.75

Current Price

$175.04

Price as of April 19, 2024, 4:00 p.m. ET

First Solar is down big over the past three-year period. Should you keep on holding, or cut your losses and run?

In the following video, Motley Fool energy analysts Joel South and Taylor Muckerman take a question from a Fool.com reader, who asks: "I bought First Solar (FSLR 0.43%) over three years ago and subsequently lost 80% of value. I have a couple of holdings like this. Having already lost ground, I see no compelling reason to sell. Am I a Fool for waiting it out?"

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