Stocks · Utilities · Regulated Electric

WEC Energy Group, Inc. WEC

$101.59 -0.14% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $33.09B

High qualityLow risk

Next earnings report: Oct 29, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 6 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +6.1%).
  2. Net debt is 5.6× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
  3. The shares trade at 19.7× trailing earnings, lower than 86% of the company's own readings over the past five years.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Utilities sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth16Very weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 41%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 36%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 13%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 36%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 31%
Quality83Strong

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 13%
  • Gross marginTop 23%
  • Operating marginTop 35%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 41%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 39%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 38%
  • Interest coverTop 29%
Value39Weak

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldBottom 44%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 43%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 24%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 30%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 36%
Momentum42Weak

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 36%
  • 6-month returnBottom 34%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 42%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 34%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 32%
Revisions56Neutral

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 37%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 7%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 20%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 41%
Stability83Strong

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 41%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 6%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 24%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 38%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)11.2%8.9%↓
EPS growth (YoY)-2.3%-1.1%↑
Gross margin43.1%62.0%↑
Operating margin24.9%24.1%↓
FCF margin1.6%-13.8%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)8.9%11.2%↓Top 41%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)-1.1%-2.3%↑Bottom 36%
Gross margin62.0%43.1%↑Top 23%
Operating margin24.1%24.9%↓Top 35%
Net margin16.7%17.9%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin-13.8%1.6%↓—
Return on invested capital5.2%—Top 13%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR0.7%—Bottom 36%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
2.10×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-3.5%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-6.7 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
5.58×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
2.7×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
3.62%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
-1.24%
Shareholder yield
2.38%
Share count change, 1 year
+2.6%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+1.4%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
6
Beats in the last 8 reports
7 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+6.1%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-0.9%
Positive 20 days after report
3 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$119.80
Target vs current price
+17.9%
Analysts with a rating
35
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
29%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 29, 2026+13.2%-2.0%-3.8%-6.1%—
May 5, 2026+6.5%-1.0%-3.2%-5.3%-5.5%
Feb 5, 2026+2.2%-1.2%-0.2%+2.4%+3.6%
Oct 30, 2025+2.5%-1.7%-2.4%-2.0%-3.7%
Jul 30, 2025+7.8%-0.2%+1.3%-1.4%+8.1%
May 6, 2025+4.1%+1.0%-3.4%-1.2%+0.3%
Feb 4, 2025-4.0%-1.2%+0.8%+5.0%+9.0%
Oct 31, 2024+17.1%-0.5%-0.0%+6.0%+2.1%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 29, 2026$0.91$0.80+13.2%$2.06B
May 5, 2026$2.45$2.30+6.5%$3.43B
Feb 5, 2026$1.42$1.39+2.2%$2.54B
Oct 30, 2025$0.83$0.81+2.5%$2.10B
Jul 30, 2025$0.76$0.71+7.8%$2.01B
May 6, 2025$2.27$2.18+4.1%$3.15B
Feb 4, 2025$1.43$1.49-4.0%$2.28B
Oct 31, 2024$0.82$0.70+17.1%$1.86B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)19.7×21.4×14thBottom 44%
P/E (forward)18.1×———
EV / EBITDA13.6×——Bottom 24%
EV / Sales5.53×——Bottom 30%
Free-cash-flow yield-4.23%——Top 43%
Earnings yield5.08%——Bottom 44%

P/E over the past five years

Range 18.2× – 24.0× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
-10.1%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
-1.1%
Change in P/E multiple
+0.2%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✓ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-4.4%
200-day average slope (20 days)
-0.4%
Distance from 50-day average
-4.7%
Distance from 200-day average
-8.7%
RSI (14)
38.5
Relative volume
0.96×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
16.1%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
23th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.05
Correlation with S&P 500
0.04
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-14.5%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-15.2%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
May 24, 2022Feb 13, 2024-29.4%432 days262 days (Mar 3, 2025)
Nov 10, 2020Feb 26, 2021-23.1%73 days289 days (Apr 20, 2022)
Jun 26, 2026Sep 30, 2026-15.2%66 daysNot yet recovered
Oct 20, 2025Dec 11, 2025-11.9%37 days55 days (Mar 4, 2026)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$33.09B
P/E (TTM)
19.7
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$5.16
Revenue (TTM)
$10.14B
Dividend yield
3.69%
52-week range
$99.80 – $119.91
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$8.32B$9.60B$8.89B$8.60B$9.80B
Gross profit$3.00B$3.30B$3.60B$3.79B$4.95B
Operating income$1.71B$1.92B$1.91B$2.15B$2.37B
Net income$1.30B$1.41B$1.33B$1.53B$1.56B
EPS (diluted)$4.11$4.45$4.22$4.83$4.83
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$1.86B$2.28B$3.15B$2.01B$2.10B$2.54B$3.43B$2.06B
Net income$240.4M$453.8M$724.5M$245.7M$271.3M$316.9M$804.7M$299.5M
EPS (diluted)$0.76$1.43$2.27$0.76$0.83$0.97$2.45$0.91
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$2.03B$2.06B$3.02B$3.21B$3.38B
Capital expenditure-$2.25B-$2.31B-$2.49B-$2.78B-$4.40B
Free cash flow-$220.1M-$254.2M$525.5M$430.7M-$1.02B
Dividends paid-$854.8M-$917.9M-$984.2M-$1.06B-$1.15B
Net share buybacks-$33.1M-$69.2M-$16.6M$160.2M$760.6M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$50.0M
Total assets
$52.75B
Total liabilities
$38.18B
Total debt
$22.98B
Net debt
$22.93B
Shareholders’ equity
$14.13B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 14, 2026$0.95Sep 1, 2026
May 14, 2026$0.95Jun 1, 2026
Feb 13, 2026$0.95Mar 1, 2026
Nov 14, 2025$0.89Dec 1, 2025
Aug 14, 2025$0.89Sep 1, 2025
May 14, 2025$0.89Jun 1, 2025
Feb 14, 2025$0.89Mar 1, 2025
Nov 14, 2024$0.84Dec 1, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
13,699,170
Days to cover
5.96
Change vs previous report
-8.3%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Mar 2, 2011
2-for-1
Jul 1, 1992
3-for-2
Jul 1, 1987
2-for-1
Jul 28, 1982
3-for-2