FirstEnergy (FE) Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for FirstEnergy in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" FE shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in FE, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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8 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for FirstEnergy's stock. Their FE share price forecasts range from $39.00 to $48.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $43.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.8% from the stock's current price.
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FirstEnergy's stock was trading at $41.94 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, FE shares have decreased by 11.5% and is now trading at $37.13.
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FirstEnergy saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 11,280,000 shares, an increase of 110.8% from the April 30th total of 5,350,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,980,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.8 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 25th 2023.
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FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE:FE) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, April, 28th. The utilities provider reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.61 by $0.01. The utilities provider earned $3.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.04 billion. FirstEnergy had a net margin of 3.23% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.60%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 6.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.60 earnings per share.
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FirstEnergy declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 22nd. Investors of record on Friday, May 5th will be given a dividend of $0.39 per share on Thursday, June 1st. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.20%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 4th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) stock in their portfolio include Timothy Plan Market Neutral ETF (TPMN), TrueShares Low Volatility Equity Income ETF (DIVZ), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RYU), Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU), AAM S&P 500 High Dividend Value ETF (SPDV), Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU), Invesco DWA Utilities Momentum ETF (PUI) and Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF (FUTY).

FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.22%. FE has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 219.72%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, FE will have a dividend payout ratio of 58.87% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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FirstEnergy issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 27th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.44-$2.64 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.53. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

63 employees have rated FirstEnergy Chief Executive Officer Chuck Jones on Glassdoor.com. Chuck Jones has an approval rating of 76% among the company's employees.

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FirstEnergy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FE."

FirstEnergy's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (7.51%), BlackRock Inc. (7.48%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (3.36%), Ameriprise Financial Inc. (2.05%), Boston Partners (2.02%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.01%).
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Shares of FE stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of FE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $37.13.

FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) has a market capitalization of $21.27 billion and generates $12.46 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $406 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.71 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 12,335 workers across the globe.

FirstEnergy's mailing address is 76 SOUTH MAIN ST, AKRON OH, 44308. The official website for the company is www.firstenergycorp.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (800) 736-3402, via email at firstenergy@amstock.com, or via fax at 330-384-3866.