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FE FirstEnergy

utility · 2026-10-27

N/A
too hard · 38
Owner-earnings value$37.42
Price$46.18
Margin of safety -19.0%

Quality gate · 38/100

Returns on capital 0/30
Consistency 17.4/22
Margins / pricing power 15.7/16
Balance sheet 0.8/16
Cash conversion 0/10
Capital allocation 4.2/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 6% < 9%) · over-levered (net debt/EBITDA 6.4x > 4x)

Median ROIC5.7%
Gross margin63.5%
Net debt / EBITDA6.3x
FCF conversion-122%
Share count / yr+0.3%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)1.08B
Owner-earnings yield4.1%
Free-cash-flow yield-7.3%
Growth used (normalized)6.6%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)11.7%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)9.0%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
11.16B 6.6%1.06B
21.23B 6.2%1.03B
31.30B 5.8%1.00B
41.37B 5.4%970.19M
51.44B 5.0%934.56M
61.50B 4.6%896.82M
71.57B 4.2%857.31M
81.63B 3.8%816.40M
91.68B 3.4%774.45M
101.73B 3.0%731.82M

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~12%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 7%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-27 38 $46.18 $37.42 -19.0% N/A
2026-09-15 38 $45.83 $37.42 -18.4% N/A
2026-08-04 38 $48.43 $37.42 -22.7% N/A
2026-07-02 38 $47.07 $36.73 -22.0% N/A
2026-06-25 38 $47.82 $36.73 -23.2% N/A
2026-06-23 38 $47.45 $36.73 -22.6% N/A