FirstEnergy Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for FirstEnergy in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" FirstEnergy stock. 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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FirstEnergy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 22nd 2021.
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FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE:FE) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 21st. The utilities provider reported $0.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.01. The utilities provider earned $2.73 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.78 billion. FirstEnergy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 20.15% and a net margin of 6.64%. FirstEnergy's revenue was up .6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.66 EPS.
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FirstEnergy's stock was trading at $43.13 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, FE stock has decreased by 13.0% and is now trading at $37.51.
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FirstEnergy announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 16th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 7th will be given a dividend of $0.39 per share on Tuesday, June 1st. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.16%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 6th.
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FirstEnergy pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.12%. FE has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. FirstEnergy does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of FirstEnergy is 60.47%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FirstEnergy will have a dividend payout ratio of 59.77% next year. This indicates that FirstEnergy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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FirstEnergy updated its second quarter 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.480-0.580 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.560. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for FirstEnergy's shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $52.00. On average, they anticipate FirstEnergy's share price to reach $39.42 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.1% from the stock's current price.
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63 employees have rated FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones on Glassdoor.com. Chuck Jones has an approval rating of 76% among FirstEnergy's employees.

Some companies that are related to FirstEnergy include NextEra Energy (NEE), Duke Energy (DUK), The Southern (SO), Eversource Energy (ES), Edison International (EIX), PPL (PPL), Entergy (ETR), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), Portland General Electric (POR), PNM Resources (PNM), ALLETE (ALE) and Array Technologies (ARRY).
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FirstEnergy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FE."

FirstEnergy's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Swiss National Bank (0.40%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.35%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (0.27%), Bank of Nova Scotia (0.27%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.20%) and Reaves W H & Co. Inc. (0.18%).
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FE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC, Reaves W H & Co. Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., LSV Asset Management, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Sentry Investment Management LLC, and Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc..
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FE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Nova Scotia, Great Lakes Advisors LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Edgestream Partners L.P., Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc., Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, and A. D. Beadell Investment Counsel Inc..
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Shares of FE 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 $37.51.

FirstEnergy has a market capitalization of $20.41 billion and generates $11.04 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $912 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.58 on an earnings per share basis.

FirstEnergy employs 12,153 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of FirstEnergy: Allegheny Energy, FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company, FirstEnergy Service Company, FirstEnergy Solutions Corp., FirstEnergy Transmission LLC, FirstEnergy Ventures Corp., GPU Inc, Jersey Central Power & Light Company, Marbel Energy Corp., Metropolitan Edison Company, Monongahela Power Company, Ohio Edison Company, Pennsylvania Electric Company, The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Compan, The Potomac Edison Company, The Toledo Edison Company, and West Penn Power Company.

FirstEnergy was founded in 1997.

The official website for FirstEnergy is www.firstenergycorp.com.

FirstEnergy is headquartered at 76 SOUTH MAIN ST, AKRON OH, 44308.

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]