FirstEnergy (FE) – Investment Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates

Several analysts have recently updated their ratings and price targets for FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE):

• 11/2/2026 – FirstEnergy was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “buy (b-)” to “buy (b)”.
• 10/26/2026 – FirstEnergy is now covered by BMO Capital Markets. They set an “outperform” rating and a $50.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/26/2026 – FirstEnergy is now covered by BMO Capital Markets. They set an “outperform” rating and a $50.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/22/2026 – FirstEnergy had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by Jefferies Financial Group.
• 10/22/2026 – FirstEnergy is now covered by HSBC. They set a “buy” rating and a $50.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/21/2026 – FirstEnergy had its price target raised by Morgan Stanley from $49.00 to $50.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/19/2026 – FirstEnergy had its price target lowered by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $52.00 to $50.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 10/13/2026 – FirstEnergy was given a new $47.00 price target by New Street Research.
• 10/12/2026 – FirstEnergy was given a new $47.00 price target by Mizuho.
• 10/12/2026 – FirstEnergy had its price target lowered by Barclays from $54.00 to $49.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 9/19/2026 – FirstEnergy was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “sell” to “hold”.
• 9/18/2026 – FirstEnergy had its price target lowered by Morgan Stanley from $52.00 to $49.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 9/14/2026 – FirstEnergy had its “buy (b-)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 9/5/2026 – FirstEnergy was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “sell”.

FirstEnergy Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of FE traded down $0.03 on Wednesday, reaching $47.16. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 7,470,659 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,667,295. The company has a current ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 0.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.79. FirstEnergy Corporation has a twelve month low of $42.67 and a twelve month high of $52.34. The stock has a market capitalization of $27.30 billion, a PE ratio of 22.67, a PEG ratio of 2.80 and a beta of 0.39. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $45.46 and a 200-day moving average of $47.52.

FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 27th. The utilities provider reported $0.98 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.90 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $4.56 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.24 billion. FirstEnergy had a return on equity of 11.07% and a net margin of 7.40%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 12.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.83 EPS. Equities analysts predict that FirstEnergy Corporation will post 2.74 EPS for the current year.

FirstEnergy Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 6th will be paid a $0.4650 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 6th. This represents a $1.86 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.9%. FirstEnergy’s dividend payout ratio is presently 89.42%.

FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) is an electric utility company focused on the transmission and distribution of electricity. Through its regulated utility subsidiaries, the company delivers power to residential, commercial and industrial customers and maintains the poles, lines, substations and other infrastructure that support electric service.

FirstEnergy’s distribution operations serve customers across parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia and Maryland. Its utility companies include Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company, Toledo Edison, Jersey Central Power & Light, Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power, West Penn Power, Mon Power and The Potomac Edison Company.