FirstEnergy (FE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) is a U.S.-based electric utility holding company headquartered in Akron, Ohio. The company’s primary business is the delivery of electricity through its regulated transmission and distribution utilities, serving residential, commercial and industrial customers across parts of the Midwest and Mid‑Atlantic. FirstEnergy’s service territory includes states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and West Virginia, and it operates primarily within the PJM regional transmission organization.

FirstEnergy’s core activities center on owning and operating electric distribution networks and transmission systems, maintaining and upgrading grid infrastructure, managing storm response and restoration, and offering customer programs that include energy efficiency and reliability services. The company’s regulated subsidiaries handle meter services, outage management, vegetation management, and capital projects to modernize the grid, including investments in transmission improvements and system hardening to improve reliability.

Since its formation in the late 1990s, FirstEnergy has focused on regulated utility operations. It previously had a competitive generation business that underwent restructuring, and the company has since emphasized its transmission and distribution operations and related investments. FirstEnergy engages with state regulators and regional market operators on rate-making, infrastructure planning and reliability standards that affect its operations.

Strategically, FirstEnergy emphasizes reliability, customer service and grid modernization as it manages aging infrastructure and adapts to changing regulatory and policy expectations. The company communicates and coordinates with regulators and stakeholders to pursue capital investments, compliance initiatives and customer programs intended to sustain long‑term service quality across its service territories.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $44.27 to $44.61
• 50-Day Range: $44.32 to $51.91
• 52-Week Range: $39.28 to $52.34
• Volume: 709,790 shs
• Average Volume: 4.96 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $25.64 billion
• P/E Ratio: 24.12
• Dividend Yield: 4.20%
• Price Target: $51.92
• Consensus Rating: Hold

FirstEnergy Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

FirstEnergy scored higher than 82% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 25th out of 94 stocks in the utilities sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

FirstEnergy has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.46, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 6 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

FirstEnergy has a consensus price target of $51.92, representing about 16.4% upside from its current price of $44.62.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

FirstEnergy has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.69%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for FirstEnergy are expected to grow by 7.69% in the coming year, from $2.73 to $2.94 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of FirstEnergy is 24.25, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.31.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of FirstEnergy is 24.25, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 22.94.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

FirstEnergy has a PEG Ratio of 2.13. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

FirstEnergy has a P/B Ratio of 1.85. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.37% of the float of FirstEnergy has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

FirstEnergy has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.3.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in FirstEnergy has recently increased by 4.27%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

FirstEnergy is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.20%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

FirstEnergy has only been increasing its dividend for 3 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of FirstEnergy is 101.09%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, FirstEnergy will have a dividend payout ratio of 63.27% next year. This indicates that FirstEnergy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.92

News Sentiment

FirstEnergy has a news sentiment score of 0.92. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.67 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for FirstEnergy this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

13 people have searched for FE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 86% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added FirstEnergy to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -67% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, FirstEnergy insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,989,532.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.14% of the stock of FirstEnergy is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

89.41% of the stock of FirstEnergy is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 3/1 Dividend: 2/06/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 3/1 Dividend: 2/06/2026
• Dividend Payable: 3/01/2026
• Last Earnings: 4/28/2026
• Record date for 6/1 Dividend: 5/07/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/1 Dividend: 5/07/2026
• Today: 5/12/2026
• AGM 2026: 5/20/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/01/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/29/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: UTIL - ELEC PWR
• Sub-Industry: Electric Utilities
• Current Symbol: NYSE:FE
• CIK: 1031296
• Web: www.firstenergycorp.com
• Phone: (800) 736-3402
• Fax: 330-384-3866
• Employees: 11,186
• Year Founded: 1997

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for FirstEnergy: $51.92
• High Price Target: $56.00
• Low Price Target: $46.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +17.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.46
• Research Coverage: 13 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.84
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 24.12
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.24
• P/E Growth: 2.13
• Net Income: $1.02 billion
• Net Margins: 6.86%
• Pretax Margin: 10.45%
• Return on Equity: 10.66%
• Return on Assets: 2.70%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.87
• Current Ratio: 0.52
• Quick Ratio: 0.42

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $15.09 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.70
• Cash Flow: $5.23 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.47
• Book Value: $24.11 per share
• Price / Book: 1.84

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 578,430,000
• Free Float: 577,621,000
• Market Cap: $25.64 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.48