Firstenergy Corp [NYSE: FE] traded at a low on 2025-07-02, posting a -1.54 loss after which it closed the day’ session at $39.76.
The results of the trading session contributed to over 5212179 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Firstenergy Corp stands at 1.45% while the volatility over the past one month is 1.39%.
The market cap for FE stock reached $22.95 billion, with 577.16 million shares outstanding and 575.41 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 5.14M shares, FE reached a trading volume of 5212179 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Firstenergy Corp [FE]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for FE shares is $44.83 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on FE stock is a recommendation set at 2.19. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
BofA Securities have made an estimate for Firstenergy Corp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Neutral, with their previous recommendation back on April 23, 2025. The new note on the price target was released on January 23, 2025, representing the official price target for Firstenergy Corp stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $50, while Scotiabank analysts kept a Sector Outperform rating on FE stock.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.83, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.28.
How has FE stock performed recently?
Firstenergy Corp [FE] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -0.40. With this latest performance, FE shares dropped by -4.19% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 0.23% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -0.05% in the past year of trading.
Firstenergy Corp [FE]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Firstenergy Corp [FE] shares currently have an operating margin of 18.04% and a Gross Margin at 26.93%. Firstenergy Corp’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 7.78%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 2.09%, with Return on Assets sitting at 2.09%.
Earnings analysis for Firstenergy Corp [FE]
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for FE. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Firstenergy Corp go to 3.48%.
Insider trade positions for Firstenergy Corp [FE]
The top three institutional holders of FE stocks are: CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS with ownership of 78.04 million shares, which is approximately 13.5722%. VANGUARD GROUP INC, holding 64.88 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$2.48 billion in FE stocks shares; and VANGUARD GROUP INC, currently with $$1.65 billion in FE stock with ownership which is approximately 7.4819%.
