In the latest trading session,, 1.56 million Firstenergy Corp (NYSE:FE) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 0.38. With the company’s most recent per share price at $40.06 changed hands at -$0.59 or -1.46% at last look, the market valuation stands at $23.12B. FE’s current price is a discount, trading about -12.26% off its 52-week high of $44.97. The share price had its 52-week low at $37.58, which suggests the last value was 6.19% up since then.
Analysts gave the Firstenergy Corp (FE) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 2.18. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 7 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 3 recommended FE as a Hold, 4 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight.
Firstenergy Corp (NYSE:FE) trade information
Instantly FE was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action -3.48%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 0.69%, with the 5-day performance at -3.48% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Firstenergy Corp (NYSE:FE) is -5.73% down.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 44.5, meaning bulls need an upside of 9.98% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, FE’s forecast low is 43 with 46 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -14.83% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -7.34% for it to hit the projected low.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 1.59%. The 2025 estimates are for Firstenergy Corp earnings to decrease by -3.82%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 3.29% per year.
FE Dividends
Firstenergy Corp is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in July. The 4.29% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 1.72. It is important to note, however, that the 4.29% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.
VANGUARD GROUP INC holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 11.2829% or 64.88 million shares worth $2.48 billion as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Mar 31, 2025 were Income Fund of America and AMERICAN FUNDS FUNDAMENTAL INVESTORS . With 21.37 shares estimated at $855.81 million under it, the former controlled 3.70% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, AMERICAN FUNDS FUNDAMENTAL INVESTORS held about 3.62% of the shares, roughly 20.88 shares worth around $836.3 million.
