FirstEnergy Corp.

NYSE:FE Stock Report

Market Cap: US$24.1b

FirstEnergy Valuation

Is FE undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of FE when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
US$30.47
Fair Value
40.2% overvalued intrinsic discount
13
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: FE ($42.71) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($30.47)

Significantly Below Fair Value: FE is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for FE?

Key metric: As FE is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for FE. This is calculated by dividing FE's market cap by their current earnings.
What is FE's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio18.8x
EarningsUS$1.31b
Market CapUS$24.12b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does FE's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for FE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average19x
ES Eversource Energy
28.9x14.53%US$24.2b
PPL PPL
26.6x13.00%US$26.6b
PCG PG&E
13.1x12.95%US$30.8b
EIX Edison International
7.3x-0.93%US$19.9b
FE FirstEnergy
18.8x8.18%US$24.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: FE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.8x) compared to the peer average (19x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does FE's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Electric Utilities Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies available in this PE range
FE 18.8xIndustry Avg. 21.3xNo. of Companies5PE01020304050+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: FE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.8x) compared to the US Electric Utilities industry average (22x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is FE's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

FE PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio18.8x
Fair PE Ratio20.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: FE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.5x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst FE forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$42.71
US$44.77
+4.82%
3.41%US$47.00US$43.00n/a13
Jul ’26US$40.38
US$44.77
+10.86%
3.79%US$47.00US$42.00n/a14
Jun ’26US$41.94
US$44.76
+6.72%
4.46%US$48.00US$42.00n/a15
May ’26US$42.75
US$44.69
+4.55%
4.25%US$47.00US$42.00n/a15
Apr ’26US$40.40
US$43.23
+7.00%
5.36%US$48.00US$39.00n/a15
Mar ’26US$38.77
US$43.81
+13.01%
6.25%US$52.00US$41.00n/a15
Feb ’26US$39.80
US$46.21
+16.12%
7.32%US$52.00US$42.00n/a15
Jan ’26US$39.78
US$47.06
+18.31%
5.23%US$50.00US$42.00n/a16
Dec ’25US$42.55
US$46.62
+9.57%
5.91%US$50.00US$41.00n/a17
Nov ’25US$41.73
US$46.80
+12.15%
6.34%US$52.00US$41.00n/a17
Oct ’25US$44.51
US$45.51
+2.24%
6.75%US$51.00US$40.00n/a17
Sep ’25US$43.92
US$45.04
+2.54%
6.01%US$50.00US$40.00n/a17
Aug ’25US$42.72
US$42.86
+0.32%
6.79%US$48.00US$35.00US$42.7117
Jul ’25US$38.31
US$41.74
+8.96%
6.68%US$47.00US$35.00US$40.3817
Jun ’25US$40.26
US$41.86
+3.97%
6.95%US$47.00US$35.00US$41.9417
May ’25US$38.70
US$41.56
+7.40%
6.34%US$47.00US$35.00US$42.7517
Apr ’25US$38.37
US$40.87
+6.51%
8.70%US$47.00US$30.00US$40.4015
Mar ’25US$36.50
US$40.80
+11.78%
8.69%US$47.00US$30.00US$38.7715
Feb ’25US$37.32
US$40.60
+8.79%
8.23%US$47.00US$32.00US$39.8015
Jan ’25US$36.66
US$39.40
+7.47%
7.40%US$44.00US$32.00US$39.7815
Dec ’24US$37.36
US$39.07
+4.58%
7.07%US$43.00US$32.00US$42.5514
Nov ’24US$36.05
US$38.93
+7.98%
7.03%US$43.00US$32.00US$41.7314
Oct ’24US$34.18
US$41.33
+20.93%
6.10%US$45.00US$36.00US$44.5115
Sep ’24US$35.69
US$41.93
+17.49%
7.10%US$48.00US$36.00US$43.9215
Aug ’24US$38.99
US$43.21
+10.83%
6.32%US$48.00US$37.00US$42.7214
AnalystConsensusTarget
Consensus Narrative from 13 Analysts
US$44.77
Fair Value
4.6% undervalued intrinsic discount
13
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/07/31 13:30
End of Day Share Price 2025/07/31 00:00
Earnings2025/06/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

FirstEnergy Corp. is covered by 35 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jacob KilsteinArgus Research Company
Nicholas CampanellaBarclays
Gregg OrrillBarclays