FirstEnergy (FE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) is an electric utility company focused on the transmission and distribution of electricity. Through its regulated utility subsidiaries, the company delivers power to residential, commercial and industrial customers and maintains the poles, lines, substations and other infrastructure that support electric service.

FirstEnergy’s distribution operations serve customers across parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia and Maryland. Its utility companies include Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company, Toledo Edison, Jersey Central Power & Light, Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, West Penn Power, Mon Power and The Potomac Edison Company. The company also owns and operates electric transmission assets in several regions of the United States.

FirstEnergy was formed in 1997 through the merger of Ohio Edison and Centerior Energy. In subsequent years, it expanded through acquisitions and later refocused its business on regulated transmission and distribution after exiting most of its competitive generation operations. Brian X. Tierney has served as FirstEnergy’s president and chief executive officer since 2023.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $45.86 to $46.41
• 50-Day Range: $43.00 to $47.43
• 52-Week Range: $42.67 to $52.34
• Volume: 3.95 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.65 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $26.71 billion
• P/E Ratio: 24.56
• Dividend Yield: 4.03%
• Price Target: $50.83
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

FirstEnergy Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

FirstEnergy scored higher than 68% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 52nd out of 98 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: 3.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

FirstEnergy has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.58, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 7 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

FirstEnergy has a consensus price target of $50.83, representing about 10.3% upside from its current price of $46.09.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

FirstEnergy has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.66%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for FirstEnergy are expected to grow by 7.66% in the coming year, from $2.74 to $2.95 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of FirstEnergy is 24.50, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.76.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of FirstEnergy is 24.50, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 23.69.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

FirstEnergy has a PEG Ratio of 2.67. 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 1.91. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.52% 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 8.26.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in FirstEnergy has recently increased by 6.05%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

FirstEnergy is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.09%, 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 98.94%. 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 63.05% next year. This indicates that FirstEnergy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.30

News Sentiment

FirstEnergy has a news sentiment score of 0.30. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 16 news articles for FirstEnergy this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

10 people have searched for FE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 25% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

4 people have added FirstEnergy to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, FirstEnergy insiders have not sold or bought any 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

• Last Earnings: 7/28/2026
• Record date for 9/1 Dividend: 8/07/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/1 Dividend: 8/07/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/01/2026
• Today: 10/23/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/27/2026
• Record date for 12/1 Dividend: 11/06/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 12/1 Dividend: 11/06/2026
• Dividend Payable: 12/01/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Electric Utilities
• 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: $50.83
• High Price Target: $56.00
• Low Price Target: $47.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +10.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.58
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.88
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 24.56
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.85
• P/E Growth: 2.67
• Net Income: $1.02 billion
• Net Margins: 6.86%
• Pretax Margin: 10.50%
• Return on Equity: 10.51%
• Return on Assets: 2.62%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.88
• Current Ratio: 0.54
• Quick Ratio: 0.45

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $15.09 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.77
• Cash Flow: $5.31 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.70
• Book Value: $24.11 per share
• Price / Book: 1.91

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 578,640,000
• Free Float: 577,830,000
• Market Cap: $26.71 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.43