Firstenergy (FE) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Firstenergy (FE) posted Operating Margin of 20.52% for Q3 2026, up 0.51 percentage points from 20.01% a year earlier and up 2.11 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Firstenergy (FE) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Sep 30, 2026, Operating Margin at Firstenergy was 14.88%, down 4.77 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 14.62%, down 3.01 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Operating Margin shows a five-year change of -5.42 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Firstenergy's Operating Margin was 17.63% in FY2024 (+0.02 pp), 17.61% in FY2023 (+2.28 pp), 15.33% in FY2022 (-0.17 pp) and 15.50% in FY2021 (-4.53 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Operating Margin since Q3 2020.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Margin increased in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.38 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin in the past five years was Q2 2025, with a gain of 6.22 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2025, with a drop of 19.93 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin for the three prior quarters was 18.41% (Q2 2026), 19.70% (Q1 2026) and -0.63% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enel Chile | 299.49 Bn | 296.88 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Nextera Energy | 179.92 Bn | 166.66 Bn | - | 32.44% |
| 3 | Southern | 105.56 Bn | 96.61 Bn | 5.92 Bn | 25.46% |
| 4 | Duke Energy | 99.44 Bn | 95.69 Bn | 5.66 Bn | 26.99% |
| 5 | National Grid | 82.69 Bn | 64.32 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | American Electric Power | 68.52 Bn | 66.31 Bn | 4.75 Bn | 26.52% |
| 7 | Dominion Energy | 59.67 Bn | 57.66 Bn | - | 7.34% |
| 8 | Entergy | 52.06 Bn | 38.50 Bn | - | 33.93% |
| 9 | Sempra | 51.32 Bn | 50.45 Bn | 2.89 Bn | 17.45% |
| 10 | Firstenergy | 26.75 Bn | 26.53 Bn | - | 20.52% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 20.52% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 18.41% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 19.70% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -0.63% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 20.01% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 19.11% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 20.03% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 19.30% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 19.50% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 12.90% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 18.62% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 18.05% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 19.10% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 16.00% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 17.05% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 12.56% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 14.53% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 15.86% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 18.70% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 8.42% |
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Firstenergy Operating Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=FE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "FE", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=FE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();