Why Firstenergy Corp (NYSE: FE) Is Worth Including On Your Watchlist

Firstenergy Corp (NYSE:FE)’s traded shares stood at 0.67 million during the latest session, with the company’s beta value hitting 0.39. At the last check today, the stock’s price was $41.99, to imply a decrease of -0.66% or -$0.28 in intraday trading. The FE share’s 52-week high remains $44.97, putting it -7.1% down since that peak but still an impressive 10.5% since price per share fell to its 52-week low of $37.58.

Analysts have given a consensus recommendation of Buy for Firstenergy Corp (FE), translating to a mean rating of 2.11. Of 7 analyst(s) looking at the stock, 0 analyst(s) give FE a Sell rating. 0 of those analysts rate the stock as Overweight while 3 advise Hold as 4 recommend it as a Buy.

Firstenergy Corp (NYSE:FE) trade information

After registering a -0.66% downside in the latest session, Firstenergy Corp (FE) has traded red over the past five days. The 5-day price performance for the stock is -1.05%, and -1.36% over 30 days. With these gigs, the year-to-date price performance is 5.56%.

The extremes give us $43 and $46 for target low and target high price respectively. As such, FE has been trading -9.55% off suggested target high and -2.41% from its likely low.

An assessment of the company’s 5-year growth patterns shows that annual earnings grew an estimated 1.59% for the past 5-year period. While 2025 is set for a -3.84% return in earnings, projections for the next 5 years are at 3.30% annually.

FE Dividends

Firstenergy Corp has its next earnings report out in June. However, it is important to take into account that this dividend yield ratio is just an indicator to only serve the purpose of guidance. Investors interested to invest in the stock should ponder company’s other fundamental and operations related aspects too. Firstenergy Corp has a forward dividend ratio of 1.72, with the share yield ticking at 4.10% to continue the rising pattern observed over the past year.

The next major institution holding the largest number of shares is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 64.88 million shares, or about 11.2829% of shares outstanding. As of the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were worth $2.48 billion.

We also have Income Fund of America and AMERICAN FUNDS FUNDAMENTAL INVESTORS as the top two Mutual Funds with the largest holdings of the Firstenergy Corp (FE) shares. Going by data provided on Mar 31, 2025 , Income Fund of America holds roughly 21.37 shares. This is just over 3.70% of the total shares, with a market valuation of $899.72 million. Data from the same date shows that the other fund manager holds a little less at 20.88, or 3.62% of the shares, all valued at about 879.21 million.