Q4 EPS Estimates for FirstEnergy Decreased by Zacks Research

FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE:FE) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for FirstEnergy in a report issued on Wednesday, April 2nd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the utilities provider will earn $0.80 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.82. The consensus estimate for FirstEnergy’s current full-year earnings is $2.66 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for FirstEnergy’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.63 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently commented on the stock. UBS Group raised their price objective on shares of FirstEnergy from $41.00 to $43.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, March 21st. Morgan Stanley cut their price target on FirstEnergy from $52.00 to $48.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, March 20th. Guggenheim decreased their price objective on FirstEnergy from $52.00 to $45.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 28th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on FirstEnergy from $48.00 to $41.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 28th. Finally, Scotiabank decreased their price target on FirstEnergy from $50.00 to $44.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 28th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $45.00.

FirstEnergy Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:FE opened at $39.38 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.71 billion, a PE ratio of 25.41, a P/E/G ratio of 2.07 and a beta of 0.41. The company has a quick ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 0.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.58. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $39.97 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $40.98. FirstEnergy has a twelve month low of $36.81 and a twelve month high of $44.97.

FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 26th. The utilities provider reported $0.67 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.70 by ($0.03). FirstEnergy had a return on equity of 11.38% and a net margin of 6.64%. The firm had revenue of $3.20 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.53 billion.

Institutional Trading of FirstEnergy

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in FirstEnergy by 0.8% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 65,843,901 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $2,619,270,000 after purchasing an additional 508,570 shares in the last quarter. Boston Partners increased its position in shares of FirstEnergy by 73.5% during the 4th quarter. Boston Partners now owns 16,503,080 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $656,309,000 after purchasing an additional 6,991,866 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of FirstEnergy by 2.7% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 12,527,440 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $497,009,000 after buying an additional 329,049 shares in the last quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lifted its position in FirstEnergy by 2.4% in the 4th quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 9,318,905 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $371,911,000 after buying an additional 220,433 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Soroban Capital Partners LP boosted its stake in FirstEnergy by 60.2% in the fourth quarter. Soroban Capital Partners LP now owns 8,340,760 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $331,795,000 after buying an additional 3,133,083 shares in the last quarter. 89.41% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

FirstEnergy Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Sunday, June 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 7th will be issued a $0.445 dividend. This is a positive change from FirstEnergy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.43. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 7th. This represents a $1.78 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.52%. FirstEnergy’s dividend payout ratio is presently 104.71%.

About FirstEnergy

FirstEnergy Corp., through its subsidiaries, generates, transmits, and distributes electricity in the United States. It operates through Regulated Distribution and Regulated Transmission segments. The company owns and operates coal-fired, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind, and solar power generating facilities.