FE’s short interest surges to 25.1 million shares

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Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. 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 $8542.44 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 $4.66 million.

As published in their initiating research note from Citigroup on October 08, 2025, Firstenergy Corp [FE] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $53. Analysts at Barclays upgraded the stock from ‘”an Equal weight”‘ to ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in late August. As of April 23, 2025, BofA Securities has increased its “an Underperform” rating to a “Neutral” for FE. Earlier on January 23, 2025, Wolfe Research downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Peer perform” for FE stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.

Analyzing FE Stock Performance

On last trading session, Firstenergy Corp [NYSE: FE] rose 0.58% to $46.68. The stock’s lowest price that day was $46.455, but it reached a high of $47.345 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.54%. Over the course of the year, Firstenergy Corp shares have jumped approximately 7.41%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $47.35 on 10/08/25 and a 52-week low of $37.58 on 04/09/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Firstenergy Corp (FE)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 46.31, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 45.94. In the upper region, resistance lies at 47.20. The next price resistance is at 47.72. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 76.01 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.

Is Firstenergy Corp subject to short interest?

Stocks of Firstenergy Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-09-15 jumping by 2.48 million shares to 25.1 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-15 was 22.62 million shares. A jump of 9.87% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 7.46 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 7.46.

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In terms of Firstenergy Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 46.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 0.19% from the previous closing price of $46.41. Analysts anticipate Firstenergy Corp stock to reach 49 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 December 12, 2024, Scotiabank assigned a price target of “a Sector outperform” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $50.

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