NYSE:FE - FirstEnergy Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

FirstEnergy declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 16th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.38 per share on Sunday, September 1st. This represents a $1.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 6th. View FirstEnergy's Dividend History.

FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE:FE) released its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 23rd. The utilities provider reported $0.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.01. The utilities provider earned $2.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.66 billion. FirstEnergy had a return on equity of 20.29% and a net margin of 2.79%. FirstEnergy's quarterly revenue was down 3.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.62 earnings per share. View FirstEnergy's Earnings History.

FirstEnergy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for FirstEnergy.

FirstEnergy issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.45-2.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.52.

7 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for FirstEnergy's stock. Their predictions range from $37.00 to $46.00. On average, they anticipate FirstEnergy's stock price to reach $43.8571 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for FirstEnergy.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for FirstEnergy in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for FirstEnergy.

Press coverage about FE stock has trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. FirstEnergy earned a coverage optimism score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for FirstEnergy.

Some companies that are related to FirstEnergy include Enel S.p.A. ADS (ENLAY), Dominion Energy (D), Southern (SO), American Electric Power (AEP), CLP (CLPHY), Edison International (EIX), Eversource Energy (ES), DTE Energy (DTE), Entergy (ETR), PPL (PPL), Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNABY), Fortis (FTS), Avangrid (AGR), CenterPoint Energy (CNP) and SSE PLC/S (SSEZY).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other FirstEnergy investors own include AT&T (T), General Electric (GE), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), Pfizer (PFE), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Procter & Gamble (PG), Bank of America (BAC) and Amgen (AMGN).

FirstEnergy's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (12.24%), BlackRock Inc. (10.07%), BlackRock Inc. (9.92%), Zimmer Partners LP (4.87%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (2.75%) and Invesco Ltd. (2.04%). Company insiders that own FirstEnergy stock include Christopher D Pappas, Donald T Misheff, Gurminder Singh Sangha, James F Pearson and Leila L Vespoli. View Institutional Ownership Trends for FirstEnergy.

FE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Zimmer Partners LP, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, LSV Asset Management, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC and Brookfield Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold FirstEnergy company stock in the last year include James F Pearson and Leila L Vespoli. View Insider Buying and Selling for FirstEnergy.

FE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Magellan Asset Management Ltd, Reaves W H & Co. Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Invesco Ltd. and Balyasny Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought FirstEnergy stock in the last two years include Christopher D Pappas, Donald T Misheff and Gurminder Singh Sangha. View Insider Buying and Selling for FirstEnergy.

Shares of FE can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $44.99.

FirstEnergy has a market capitalization of $24.29 billion and generates $11.26 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $1.35 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.59 on an earnings per share basis. FirstEnergy employs 12,494 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About FirstEnergy.

The official website for FirstEnergy is http://www.firstenergycorp.com/.

FirstEnergy's mailing address is 76 SOUTH MAIN ST, AKRON OH, 44308. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 800-736-3402 or via email at [email protected]