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.

Below Fair Value: FE ($38.13) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($63.29)

Significantly Below Fair Value: FE is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

FE key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue3.7x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA12.4x
PEG Ratio1.7x

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 Average19.1x
ETR Entergy
10.7x2.5%US$22.7b
EIX Edison International
22.5x13.9%US$27.0b
XEL Xcel Energy
16.3x9.0%US$30.0b
PPL PPL
27x11.9%US$19.9b
FE FirstEnergy
20.2x12.1%US$21.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: FE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.2x) compared to the peer average (19.1x).


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
Industry Avg.n/a9.1%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a9.1%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: FE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.2x) compared to the US Electric Utilities industry average (18.3x).


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 Ratio20.2x
Fair PE Ratio22.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: FE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.1x).


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$38.13
US$41.27
+8.2%
6.5%US$47.00US$35.00n/a17
Apr ’25US$38.37
US$40.87
+6.5%
8.7%US$47.00US$30.00n/a15
Mar ’25US$36.50
US$40.80
+11.8%
8.7%US$47.00US$30.00n/a15
Feb ’25US$37.32
US$40.60
+8.8%
8.2%US$47.00US$32.00n/a15
Jan ’25US$36.66
US$39.40
+7.5%
7.4%US$44.00US$32.00n/a15
Dec ’24US$37.36
US$39.07
+4.6%
7.1%US$43.00US$32.00n/a14
Nov ’24US$36.05
US$38.93
+8.0%
7.0%US$43.00US$32.00n/a14
Oct ’24US$34.18
US$41.33
+20.9%
6.1%US$45.00US$36.00n/a15
Sep ’24US$35.69
US$41.93
+17.5%
7.1%US$48.00US$36.00n/a15
Aug ’24US$38.99
US$43.21
+10.8%
6.3%US$48.00US$37.00n/a14
Jul ’24US$38.88
US$43.29
+11.3%
6.0%US$48.00US$39.00n/a14
Jun ’24US$37.18
US$43.23
+16.3%
5.2%US$46.00US$39.00n/a13
May ’24US$39.01
US$43.93
+12.6%
6.2%US$48.00US$39.00n/a14
Apr ’24US$40.06
US$43.50
+8.6%
6.3%US$48.00US$38.00US$38.3714
Mar ’24US$38.74
US$44.00
+13.6%
6.0%US$48.00US$38.00US$36.5015
Feb ’24US$41.14
US$44.23
+7.5%
6.8%US$49.00US$38.00US$37.3215
Jan ’24US$41.94
US$42.17
+0.5%
8.3%US$48.00US$34.00US$36.6615
Dec ’23US$41.38
US$41.56
+0.4%
7.6%US$48.00US$34.00US$37.3616
Nov ’23US$38.42
US$41.38
+7.7%
7.3%US$48.00US$34.00US$36.0516
Oct ’23US$37.00
US$44.85
+21.2%
8.5%US$53.00US$39.00US$34.1817
Sep ’23US$40.17
US$44.91
+11.8%
7.6%US$53.00US$39.00US$35.6917
Aug ’23US$40.52
US$44.50
+9.8%
6.8%US$49.00US$39.00US$38.9917
Jul ’23US$39.33
US$46.26
+17.6%
6.5%US$51.00US$40.00US$38.8817
Jun ’23US$42.56
US$46.59
+9.5%
6.5%US$51.00US$41.00US$37.1817
May ’23US$43.31
US$48.00
+10.8%
7.4%US$53.00US$41.00US$39.0117
Apr ’23US$46.59
US$44.81
-3.8%
6.0%US$50.00US$41.00US$40.0616

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


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