How FirstEnergy Corp. stacks up

FE · against 56 other Utilities companies of similar size

Profitability

29/ 100

Near the bottom of its peers.

Ranked #48 of 57 · scores higher than 16% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

5 peers with a profitability score of 20–29, including FE · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 29?

Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.

Mainly because of its return on assets and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Utilities peers.

a lower return on assets: weaker than 71% of peers. Return on assets: 1.9% vs peer median 2.7%
a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 61% of peers. Return on invested capital: 4.4% vs peer median 5.2%
Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 14.6% vs peer median 18.6%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = FE, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	FE	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 56 reported	4.4%	5.4%	22%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 56 reported	14.6%	21.1%	20%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 54 reported	1.9%	2.9%	9%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 54 reported	9.5%	9.9%	42%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 57 reported	68.6%	44.0%	91%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around FE

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESPSBS · US-listed	15.5B USD	99	72
2	Adani Power LimitedADANIPOWER.NS · India	3.77T INR (≈$45.2B)	96	62
3	Naturgy Energy Group, S.A.NTGY.MC · Europe	27.0B EUR (≈$29.7B)	94	63
4	Power Grid Corporation of India LimitedPOWERGRID.NS · India	2.41T INR (≈$29.0B)	91	69
5	AXIA EnergiaAXIA · US-listed	23.3B USD	90	78
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44	Public Power Corporation S.A.PPC.AT · Europe	13.8B EUR (≈$15.2B)	36	64
45	DTE Energy CompanyDTE · US-listed	27.9B USD	35	41
46	Tenaga Nasional Berhad5347.KL · Southeast Asia	76.7B MYR (≈$16.9B)	32	58
46	Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.9532.T · Japan	2.24T JPY (≈$15.2B)	32	55
48	FirstEnergy Corp.FE · US-listed	27.3B USD	29	39
49	Gulf Development Public Company LimitedGULF.BK · Southeast Asia	896.4B THB (≈$25.1B)	28	44
50	NRG Energy, Inc.NRG · US-listed	20.2B USD	27	40
51	Consolidated Edison, Inc.ED · US-listed	43.2B USD	24	54
51	PG&E CorporationPCG · US-listed	39.9B USD	24	54

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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