Firstenergy Corp (FE) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $39.02, with 4.9 million shares of worth about $191.34 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -2.16% during that period and on January 23, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -1.01%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 576.32M shares, out of which, 575.49M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -0.51% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -0.36%. Year-to-date (YTD), FE shares are showing a performance of -1.91% which increased to 6.35% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $35.41 but also hit the highest price of $44.97 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Firstenergy Corp shares is 2.80 million. The stock is currently trading -1.42% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -3.65% for SMA50 and it goes to -4.53% lower than SMA200.
Firstenergy Corp (NYSE: FE) currently have 576.32M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 89.19% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $22.49B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.51. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 25.20, while it has posted earnings per share of $1.55 in the same period. Its PEG reads 3.81 and has Quick Ratio of 0.46 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 1.91. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for FE, volatility over the week remained 1.62% while standing at 1.47% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 4.21% while it is estimated to increase by 8.02% in next year. EPS is likely to shrink at an annualized rate of 6.62% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 11.68% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Coverage by Scotiabank stated Firstenergy Corp (FE) stock as a Sector outperform in their note to investors on December 12, 2024, suggesting a price target of $50 for the stock. On October 31, 2024, Seaport Research Partners Downgrade their recommendations, while on October 14, 2024, Jefferies Initiated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $46. Stock get a Buy rating from Argus on September 20, 2024.
