First Solar stock price drops after investors react to executive's tariff comments

First Solar's stock fell on Wednesday after investors reacted to the "significant challenges" that CEO Mark Widmar said President Donald Trump’s tariffs presented to the solar module maker. The company’s shares fell over 7.5% on Wednesday, the day after First Solar released its first-quarter financial results and held its earnings call to discuss them. Widmar told analysts and investors on the call that the Trump administration’s tariffs "introduced significant challenges to 2025 that were not known at the ...