Growth Metrics

Firstenergy (FE) FCF Payout Ratio (2011 - 2026)

Firstenergy (FE) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.97 for Q1 2026, down 239.86% year-over-year from 0.7 in Q1 2025, and down 1662.5% on a QoQ basis from 0.06 in Q4 2025.

Firstenergy (FE) has 16 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.97 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 239.86% year-over-year to 0.97 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.38 (up 185.41% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.3, up 135.73% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio fell to 0.97 in Q1 2026 per FE's latest filing, from 0.06 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 2.87 in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 1.98 in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.23 (2023), against an average of 0.13.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when FCF Payout Ratio sank 301.02%; it then surged 1077.99% in 2024.
  • Tracing FE's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.29 in 2022, then decreased by 2.24% to 0.28 in 2023, then tumbled by 259.66% to 0.45 in 2024, then soared by 113.76% to 0.06 in 2025, then sank by 1662.5% to 0.97 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest FE FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 0.97 (Q1 2026), 0.06 (Q4 2025), and 0.33 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Fortis 645.09 Bn 644.83 Bn 1.70 Bn -0.02
2 Enel Chile 264.22 Bn 263.80 Bn 1.12 Bn -
3 Dominion Energy 56.77 Bn 60.97 Bn 4.03 Bn 0.08
4 Xcel Energy 47.77 Bn 45.88 Bn 3.35 Bn 0.91
5 Wec Energy 35.40 Bn 35.76 Bn 2.83 Bn 0.25
6 Ameren 29.12 Bn 29.24 Bn 1.69 Bn -0.18
7 Korea Electric Power 28.73 Bn 13.96 Bn - -
8 Energy Co Of Parana 27.30 Bn 26.65 Bn - -
9 Edison International 26.69 Bn 26.53 Bn 3.85 Bn -1.06
10 Firstenergy 26.26 Bn 27.64 Bn 2.74 Bn -0.97

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.97
Dec 31, 2025 0.06
Sep 30, 2025 -0.33
Jun 30, 2025 -0.73
Mar 31, 2025 0.70
Dec 31, 2024 -0.45
Sep 30, 2024 -0.21
Jun 30, 2024 -0.28
Mar 31, 2024 2.87
Dec 31, 2023 0.28
Sep 30, 2023 1.86
Jun 30, 2023 -0.26
Mar 31, 2023 -0.29
Dec 31, 2022 0.29
Sep 30, 2022 -1.98
Jun 30, 2022 1.58
Dec 31, 2021 -17.75
Sep 30, 2021 0.99
Jun 30, 2021 1.10
Mar 31, 2021 -2.99
Dec 31, 2020 -1.99
Sep 30, 2020 15.14
Jun 30, 2020 6.21
Mar 31, 2020 -0.18
Dec 31, 2019 -35.13
Sep 30, 2019 -0.93
Jun 30, 2019 1.52
Mar 31, 2019 -0.27
Dec 31, 2018 0.08
Sep 30, 2018 0.05
Jun 30, 2018 -0.16
Mar 31, 2018 -0.01
Dec 31, 2017 0.53
Sep 30, 2017 0.23
Jun 30, 2017 5.16
Mar 31, 2017 0.81
Dec 31, 2016 1.37
Sep 30, 2016 0.34
Jun 30, 2016 5.46
Mar 31, 2016 -3.17
Dec 31, 2015 0.33
Sep 30, 2015 0.19
Jun 30, 2015 -7.19
Mar 31, 2015 -0.32
Dec 31, 2014 1.11
Sep 30, 2014 0.33
Jun 30, 2014 -0.55
Mar 31, 2014 -0.17
Dec 31, 2013 0.73
Sep 30, 2013 0.37
Jun 30, 2013 -1.61
Mar 31, 2013 -0.30
Dec 31, 2012 4.42
Sep 30, 2012 0.52
Jun 30, 2012 2.84
Mar 31, 2012 -0.25
Dec 31, 2011 1.36
Sep 30, 2011 0.33
Jun 30, 2011 -7.93
Mar 31, 2011 4.52