FirstEnergy (FE) Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 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, 5 hold ratings and 4 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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10 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for FirstEnergy's stock. Their FE share price forecasts range from $37.00 to $45.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $41.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 27.3% from the stock's current price.
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FirstEnergy's stock was trading at $41.94 at the beginning of the year. Since then, FE stock has decreased by 22.3% and is now trading at $32.60.
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FirstEnergy saw a drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 10,680,000 shares, a drop of 6.2% from the August 31st total of 11,380,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,990,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.6 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 24th 2023.
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FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE:FE) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 1st. The utilities provider reported $0.47 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.01. The utilities provider earned $3.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.89 billion. FirstEnergy had a net margin of 3.55% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.41%.
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FirstEnergy declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 26th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.41 per share on Tuesday, November 7th. This represents a $1.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 6th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.39.
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ETFs with the largest weight of FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) stock in their portfolio include TrueShares Low Volatility Equity Income ETF (DIVZ), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RYU), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RSPU), Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU), Invesco Dorsey Wright Utilities Momentum ETF (PUI), Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU), Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF (FUTY) and AAM S&P 500 High Dividend Value ETF (SPDV).

FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.56%. FE has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 197.47%. 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 57.99% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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FirstEnergy updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 1st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.44-$2.64 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $2.54. 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."

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One share of FE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.60.

FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) has a market capitalization of $18.69 billion and generates $12.46 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $406 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.79 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.