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accession: "0001031296-25-000096"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FE"
cik: "0001031296"
company_name: "FIRSTENERGY CORP"
filed_at: "2025-12-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:44:22.611169+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FirstEnergy initiates 2026 Core EPS guidance $2.62-$2.82; 7.5% YoY growth

## Summary
- 2026 Core EPS midpoint $2.72, 7.5% above revised 2025 midpoint of $2.53.
- Plans $6B capital investments in 2026, up 9% from $5.5B in 2025.
- Reaffirms 6-8% CAGR target through 2029, guiding to upper half of range.
- Plans to declare $1.86 per share total dividends for 2026, subject to board approval.
- 2026 investments focus on distribution grid modernization and transmission reliability.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001031296-25-000096
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FE
- cik: 0001031296
- company_name: FIRSTENERGY CORP
- filed_at: 2025-12-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1031296/000103129625000096/0001031296-25-000096-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1031296/000103129625000096/fe-20251209.htm

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