Update shared on09 Oct 2025
Fair value Increased 1.44%Analysts have raised their price target for FirstEnergy from $46.25 to $46.92 per share, citing slightly improved revenue growth projections, although there is a modest decrease in expected profit margins.
What's in the News
- A new substation in Morgan County, West Virginia is improving power reliability for nearly 2,000 Potomac Edison customers. Smart grid technology detects and isolates problems automatically, reducing outages (Key Developments).
- FirstEnergy launched a major reliability project in Adams County, Pennsylvania, featuring a new substation and a 115-kilovolt transmission line to enhance service for almost 2,300 residents and businesses, including critical facilities such as Hanover Hospital (Key Developments).
- Jersey Central Power & Light, a FirstEnergy company, invested $1.6 million to modernize the electric system in Northern Monmouth County, New Jersey. This effort is supporting fewer and shorter power disruptions for thousands of customers as part of a multi-year reliability improvement project (Key Developments).
- FirstEnergy reaffirmed its 2025 core earnings guidance, maintaining expectations of $2.40 to $2.60 per share and projecting results near the upper end of this range (Key Developments).
Valuation Changes
- Consensus Analyst Price Target has risen slightly from $46.25 to $46.92 per share.
- Discount Rate remains unchanged at 6.78%.
- Revenue Growth projection has increased modestly from 4.09% to 4.26%.
- Net Profit Margin has edged down from 11.03% to 10.98%.
- Future P/E ratio has increased slightly from 18.93x to 19.20x.
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