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FirstEnergy Corp. FE

$43.34 -0.12% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $25.08B

Next earnings report: Oct 27, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Net debt is 6.2× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
  2. The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
  3. Revenue over the last four quarters was $15.82B, up 12.6% from a year earlier.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Utilities sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth71Positive

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 22%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 12%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 26%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 27%
Quality62Neutral

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 31%
  • Gross marginTop 35%
  • Operating marginBottom 32%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 16%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 40%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 15%
  • Interest coverTop 48%
Value53Neutral

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldBottom 23%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 12%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 48%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 30%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 22%
Momentum48Neutral

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 42%
  • 6-month returnBottom 26%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 48%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 49%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 32%
Revisions24Very weak

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 34%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 14%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 46%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 43%
Stability75Positive

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 29%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 17%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 15%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 15%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)11.3%12.6%↑
EPS growth (YoY)-2.5%-17.1%↓
Gross margin67.3%53.4%↓
Operating margin19.5%18.6%↓
FCF margin-7.0%10.0%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)12.6%11.3%↑Top 22%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)-17.1%-2.5%↓Bottom 12%
Gross margin53.4%67.3%↓Top 35%
Operating margin18.6%19.5%↓Bottom 32%
Net margin6.9%9.3%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin10.0%-7.0%↑—
Return on invested capital4.4%—Top 31%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR6.6%—Top 26%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
2.87×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-3.5%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
-0.4%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-6.2 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
6.19×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
2.4×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
4.15%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.00%
Shareholder yield
4.15%
Share count change, 1 year
+0.2%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+0.3%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
4 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+2.4%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-0.4%
Positive 20 days after report
3 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$52.80
Target vs current price
+21.8%
Analysts with a rating
28
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
43%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 28, 2026-0.4%+0.7%-1.8%-5.6%—
Apr 28, 2026+0.6%+0.3%-5.4%-5.7%+0.1%
Feb 17, 2026-2.6%-1.5%+0.7%+3.3%-10.8%
Oct 22, 2025+12.0%+0.4%-2.0%-1.0%+0.6%
Jul 30, 2025+6.9%-0.0%+4.1%+4.3%+13.1%
Apr 23, 2025+10.6%-0.4%+0.8%+0.0%-4.5%
Feb 26, 2025-5.5%-1.0%-9.7%-12.8%-2.8%
Oct 29, 2024-5.6%-1.9%-4.9%-3.7%-6.4%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 28, 2026$0.50$0.50-0.4%$3.70B
Apr 28, 2026$0.72$0.72+0.6%$4.20B
Feb 17, 2026$0.53$0.54-2.6%$3.80B
Oct 22, 2025$0.83$0.74+12.0%$4.15B
Jul 30, 2025$0.52$0.49+6.9%$3.38B
Apr 23, 2025$0.67$0.61+10.6%$3.77B
Feb 26, 2025$0.67$0.71-5.5%$3.18B
Oct 29, 2024$0.85$0.90-5.6%$3.73B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)23.1×22.6×57thBottom 23%
P/E (forward)15.9×———
EV / EBITDA11.6×——Top 48%
EV / Sales3.41×——Top 30%
Free-cash-flow yield6.29%——Top 12%
Earnings yield4.33%——Bottom 23%

P/E over the past five years

Range 15.9× – 57.5× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
-5.7%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
-17.1%
Change in P/E multiple
+43.4%

Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-3.0%
200-day average slope (20 days)
-0.2%
Distance from 50-day average
-6.5%
Distance from 200-day average
-8.6%
RSI (14)
30.9
Relative volume
1.32×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
14.7%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
22th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
-0.03
Correlation with S&P 500
-0.03
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-16.5%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-17.1%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Apr 20, 2022Oct 2, 2023-32.7%364 days593 days (Feb 12, 2026)
Oct 27, 2020Nov 25, 2020-20.5%21 days56 days (Feb 18, 2021)
Apr 9, 2026Sep 28, 2026-17.1%118 daysNot yet recovered
Sep 2, 2021Sep 30, 2021-10.8%19 days51 days (Dec 13, 2021)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$25.08B
P/E (TTM)
23.1
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$1.88
Revenue (TTM)
$15.82B
Dividend yield
5.27%
52-week range
$42.67 – $52.34
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$11.13B$12.46B$12.87B$13.47B$15.09B
Gross profit$7.69B$7.87B$8.22B$9.10B$8.27B
Operating income$1.73B$1.91B$2.27B$2.38B$2.83B
Net income$1.28B$406.0M$1.10B$978.0M$1.02B
EPS (diluted)$2.35$0.71$1.92$1.70$1.76
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$3.73B$3.18B$3.77B$3.38B$4.15B$3.80B$4.20B$3.68B
Net income$419.0M$261.0M$360.0M$268.0M$441.0M-$49.0M$405.0M$289.0M
EPS (diluted)$0.73$0.45$0.62$0.46$0.76-$0.08$0.70$0.50
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$2.81B$2.68B$1.39B$2.89B$3.70B
Capital expenditure-$2.44B-$2.76B-$3.36B-$4.03B-$4.71B
Free cash flow$366.0M-$73.0M-$1.97B-$1.14B-$1.00B
Dividends paid-$849.0M-$891.0M-$906.0M-$970.0M-$1.02B
Net share buybacks$1.00B$0$0$0$0

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$63.0M
Total assets
$58.22B
Total liabilities
$43.80B
Total debt
$28.98B
Net debt
$28.92B
Shareholders’ equity
$12.94B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Nov 6, 2026$0.47Dec 1, 2026
Aug 7, 2026$0.47Sep 1, 2026
May 7, 2026$0.47Jun 1, 2026
Feb 6, 2026$0.45Mar 1, 2026
Nov 7, 2025$0.45Dec 1, 2025
Aug 7, 2025$0.45Sep 1, 2025
May 7, 2025$0.45Jun 1, 2025
Feb 7, 2025$0.43Mar 1, 2025

Short interest

Shares sold short
30,103,268
Days to cover
6.74
Change vs previous report
+3.4%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Apr 4, 2003
1-for-3