Zacks Research Predicts FirstEnergy’s Q1 Earnings (NYSE:FE)

FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE:FE) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for FirstEnergy in a report issued on Tuesday, January 7th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the utilities provider will post earnings of $0.68 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.67. The consensus estimate for FirstEnergy’s current full-year earnings is $2.68 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for FirstEnergy’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.63 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $0.94 EPS.

FE has been the subject of several other reports. Argus raised FirstEnergy from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $50.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Friday, September 20th. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of FirstEnergy from $40.00 to $46.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, October 7th. Morgan Stanley lowered their target price on shares of FirstEnergy from $52.00 to $50.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, November 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of FirstEnergy from $45.00 to $46.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, October 18th. Finally, Seaport Res Ptn cut shares of FirstEnergy from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $46.27.

FirstEnergy Trading Down 2.6 %

NYSE:FE opened at $38.75 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.58, a current ratio of 0.56 and a quick ratio of 0.46. FirstEnergy has a one year low of $35.41 and a one year high of $44.97. The company has a market cap of $22.33 billion, a PE ratio of 25.00, a PEG ratio of 2.18 and a beta of 0.52. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $40.74 and a 200-day moving average of $41.70.

FirstEnergy (NYSE:FE) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The utilities provider reported $0.85 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.90 by ($0.05). The firm had revenue of $3.73 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.96 billion. FirstEnergy had a return on equity of 11.38% and a net margin of 6.64%. FirstEnergy’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.88 earnings per share.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On FirstEnergy

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FE. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC boosted its holdings in FirstEnergy by 7.9% during the 3rd quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 2,346,263 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $104,057,000 after acquiring an additional 171,955 shares during the period. DRW Securities LLC bought a new position in shares of FirstEnergy in the third quarter worth approximately $1,154,000. Public Sector Pension Investment Board raised its holdings in FirstEnergy by 52.7% during the 2nd quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board now owns 87,811 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $3,361,000 after buying an additional 30,309 shares during the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in FirstEnergy in the 2nd quarter worth $596,000. Finally, Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. raised its stake in shares of FirstEnergy by 16.8% during the third quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 186,406 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $8,267,000 after acquiring an additional 26,874 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.41% of the company’s stock.

FirstEnergy Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Saturday, March 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 7th will be issued a $0.425 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 7th. This represents a $1.70 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.39%. FirstEnergy’s payout ratio is 109.68%.

FirstEnergy Company Profile

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.