Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

COMMON STOCK

The common stock of FirstEnergy Corp. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “FE” and is traded on other registered exchanges.

HOLDERS OF COMMON STOCK

There were 63,973 holders of 570,261,104 shares of FE’s common stock as of December 31, 2021, and 63,715 holders of 570,344,389 shares of FE's common stock as of January 31, 2022. FE has historically paid quarterly cash dividends on its common stock. Dividend payments are subject to declaration by the FE Board and future dividend decisions determined by the Board may be impacted by earnings growth, cash flows, credit metrics, risks and uncertainties of the government investigations and other business conditions. Information regarding retained earnings available for payment of cash dividends is given in Note 9, "Capitalization," of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

SHAREHOLDER RETURN

The following graph shows the total cumulative return from a $100 investment on December 31, 2016, in FE’s common stock compared with the total cumulative returns of EEI’s Index of Investor-Owned Electric Utility Companies and the S&P 500.

FirstEnergy had no transactions regarding purchases of FE common stock during the fourth quarter of 2021.

FirstEnergy does not have any publicly announced plan or program for share purchases.