FirstEnergy
FE NYSE· Electric Utilities
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$46.27
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- FirstEnergy had $15.1B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 12.0% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +6.9% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 14.6%, down 3.0 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 15 is left after running the business.
- FirstEnergy made $1.0B of net profit in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was −$1.0B in fiscal 2025, −6.7% of revenue.
- FirstEnergy returned $1.0B to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 0.2%.
- FirstEnergy owes $26.5B more than it holds in cash, about 6.9 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$26.8B
P/E
25.3x
Revenue
$15.1B
Net income
$1.0B
Free cash flow
−$1.0B
Operating margin
14.6%
FirstEnergy in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+12.0%
Yes. Sales grew 12.0% last year.
Does it make a profit?
6.8%
A little. It keeps 6.8% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
−6.7%
No. It spent more cash than it brought in.
Is debt under control?
6.9x
Heavy. Repaying its debt would take 6.9 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
5 / 8
Mixed. It passes 5 of 8 health tests.
How is the share priced?
25.3x
One share costs 25.3 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 20.4x.
What FirstEnergy does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 18, 2026
- Legal name
- FIRSTENERGY CORP
- CIK
- 0001031296
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $11.1B | $12.5B | $12.9B | $13.5B | $15.1B |
| Revenue growth | 3.2% | 11.9% | 3.3% | 4.7% | 12.0% |
| Operating margin | 15.5% | 15.3% | 17.6% | 17.6% | 14.6% |
| Net income | $1.3B | $406M | $1.1B | $978M | $1.0B |
| Net margin | 11.5% | 3.3% | 8.6% | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| Diluted EPS | $2.35 | $0.71 | $1.92 | $1.70 | $1.76 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $2.8B | $2.7B | $1.4B | $2.9B | $3.7B |
| Capital expenditure | $2.5B | $2.8B | $3.4B | $4.0B | $4.7B |
| Free cash flow | $324M | −$165M | −$2.0B | −$1.1B | −$1.0B |
| FCF margin | 2.9% | −1.3% | −15.3% | −8.5% | −6.7% |
| Dividends paid | $849M | $891M | $906M | $970M | $1.0B |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share count change | 0.6% | 4.8% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.2% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $1.5B | $160M | $137M | $111M | $57.0M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $23.9B | $21.7B | $24.9B | $24.0B | $26.6B |
| Shareholders' equity | $8.7B | $10.2B | $10.4B | $12.5B | $12.5B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.6x | 6.7x | 6.7x | 6.0x | 6.9x |
| Current ratio | 0.7x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.6x | 0.6x |
| Interest coverage | 1.5x | 1.8x | 2.0x | 2.1x | 1.8x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 4.5% | 3.0% | 5.5% | 4.9% | 4.6% |
| Return on equity | 16.1% | 4.3% | 10.7% | 8.5% | 8.2% |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Altman Z'' | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$2.0M
3 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FirstEnergy FE | $26.8B | 12.0% | 14.6% | −6.7% | 4.6% | 25.3x | 5 |
| Eversource Energy ES | $25.5B | 13.8% | 22.1% | −0.3% | 6.4% | 17.6x | 6 |
| Entergy ETR | $50.1B | 9.0% | 24.7% | −19.6% | 5.6% | 27.7x | 7 |
| Vistra VST | $49.7B | 3.0% | 10.8% | 7.4% | 7.2% | 24.8x | 4 |
| Public Service Enterprise Gr... PEG | $36.3B | 18.3% | 24.5% | 0.2% | 6.7% | 18.1x | 7 |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $46.27 a share, the company is worth $26.8B: 25.3 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
FirstEnergy grew sales faster than 2 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 3 of 4.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001031296). Data updated October 9, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.