FirstEnergy cash flow statement
In fiscal 2025, FirstEnergy's operations generated $3.70bn of cash; it spent $4.71bn on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of −$1.00bn. It returned $1.02bn in dividends.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2009Dec 2009 | 2010Dec 2010 | 2011Dec 2011 | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 2,465 | 3,076 | 3,063 | 2,320 | 2,662 | 2,713 | 3,460 | 3,383 | 3,808 | 1,410 | 2,467 | 1,423 | 2,811 | 2,683 | 1,387 | 2,891 | 3,700 | 3,194 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 1,776 | 1,472 | 1,391 | 1,051 | 2,022 | 1,592 | 1,826 | 1,974 | 1,700 | 1,384 | 1,217 | 1,199 | 1,664 | 1,317 | 1,461 | 1,581 | 1,664 | 1,693 |
| Stock-based pay | 20 | −1 | −10 | 89 | 60 | 69 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Capital spending | 2,203 | 1,780 | 2,129 | 2,678 | 2,638 | 3,312 | 2,704 | 2,835 | 2,587 | 2,675 | 2,665 | 2,657 | 2,487 | 2,848 | 3,356 | 4,030 | 4,705 | 5,353 |
| Free cash flow | 262 | 1,296 | 934 | −358 | 24 | −599 | 756 | 548 | 1,221 | −1,265 | −198 | −1,234 | 324 | −165 | −1,969 | −1,139 | −1,005 | −2,159 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 242 | 1,297 | 944 | −447 | −36 | −668 | — | — | — | −1,265 | −198 | −1,234 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends paid | 670 | 670 | 881 | 920 | 920 | 604 | 607 | 611 | 639 | 711 | 814 | 845 | 849 | 891 | 906 | 970 | 1,016 | 1,052 |
| Share buybacks | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shares issued | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 850 | 0 | 0 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 1,044 | 637 | 1,082 | 845 | 1,136 | 148 | 989 | 921 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 403 | 411 | 415 | 417 | 421 | 421 | 424 | 427 |
| Capital spending | 1,294 | 1,005 | 1,228 | 1,306 | 1,166 | 1,255 | 1,345 | 1,587 |
| Free cash flow | −250 | −368 | −146 | −461 | −30 | −1,107 | −356 | −666 |
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