FE short interest surges, indicating growing pessimism among investors

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Firstenergy Corp shares valued at $503,652 were sold by Lisowski Jason on May 22 ’25. At $41.97 per share, Lisowski Jason sold 12,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 183 shares worth approximately $7442.610000000001 following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Lisowski Jason purchased 12,000 shares, netting a total of over 503,652 in proceeds.

Before that, K. Jon Taylor had sold 12,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $516,360, the SVP, CFO and Strategy traded Firstenergy Corp shares for $43.03 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 12,000 shares, worth approximately $4.06 million.

As published in a research note from BofA Securities on April 23, 2025, Firstenergy Corp [FE] has been rated up from an Underperform to a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $45. Analysts at Wolfe Research downgraded the stock from ‘”an Outperform”‘ to ‘”a Peer perform”‘ outlook in a report released in late January. As of December 12, 2024, Scotiabank has increased its “Sector perform” rating to a “Sector outperform” for FE. Earlier on October 31, 2024, Seaport Research Partners downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for FE stock which previously was a “a Buy”.

Analyzing FE Stock Performance

On last trading session,, Firstenergy Corp [NYSE: FE] rose 1.14% to $40.67. The stock’s lowest price that day was $40.2713, but it reached a high of $40.825 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.15%. Over the course of the year, Firstenergy Corp shares have jumped approximately 2.24%.

Support And Resistance Levels for Firstenergy Corp (FE)

RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 43.36 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Firstenergy Corp subject to short interest?

Stocks of Firstenergy Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-05-30 jumping by 0.6 million shares to 15.91 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 15.31 million shares. A jump of 3.76% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.91 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.91.

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In terms of Firstenergy Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 44.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 10.67% from the previous closing price of $40.21. Analysts anticipate Firstenergy Corp stock to reach 46 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 43. In spite of this, 7 analysts ranked Firstenergy Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On October 14, 2024, Jefferies assigned a price target of “a Hold” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $46.

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