Firstenergy Corp (FE) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $39.81, with 5.15 million shares of worth about $205.04 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -8.88% during that period and on March 20, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 0.63%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 576.61M shares, out of which, 575.74M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 1.71% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -2.09%. Year-to-date (YTD), FE shares are showing a performance of 0.08% which increased to 4.19% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $36.81 but also hit the highest price of $44.97 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Firstenergy Corp shares is 4.94 million. The stock is currently trading -0.24% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -0.24% for SMA50 and it goes to -3.14% lower than SMA200.
Firstenergy Corp (NYSE: FE) currently have 576.61M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 90.93% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $22.96B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.41. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 23.47, while it has posted earnings per share of $1.70 in the same period. Its PEG reads 5.04 and has Quick Ratio of 0.45 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 1.95. 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 1.64% while standing at 2.39% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 0.37% while it is estimated to increase by 6.03% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 4.66% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 1.59% 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.
