NYSE:WEC - WEC Energy Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

WEC Energy Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WEC."

WEC Energy Group announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.6325 per share on Sunday, March 1st. This represents a $2.53 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. This is an increase from WEC Energy Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.59. View WEC Energy Group's Dividend History.

WEC Energy Group Inc (NYSE:WEC) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 6th. The utilities provider reported $0.74 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.03. The utilities provider earned $1.61 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.68 billion. WEC Energy Group had a net margin of 14.32% and a return on equity of 10.91%. WEC Energy Group's quarterly revenue was down 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.74 EPS. View WEC Energy Group's Earnings History.

WEC Energy Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for WEC Energy Group.

WEC Energy Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

WEC Energy Group issued an update on its FY 2019 After-Hours earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 8th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.51-3.53 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.53.

12 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for WEC Energy Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $70.00 to $102.00. On average, they expect WEC Energy Group's stock price to reach $86.60 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for WEC Energy Group.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for WEC Energy Group in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for WEC Energy Group.

Media coverage about WEC stock has trended somewhat negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. WEC Energy Group earned a coverage optimism score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for WEC Energy Group.

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WEC Energy Group's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.83%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.25%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.15%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.13%) and Donaldson Capital Management LLC (0.12%). Company insiders that own WEC Energy Group stock include Allen L Leverett, Barbara L Bowles, Charles R Matthews, Curt S Culver, Frederick D Kuester, Gale E Klappa, Joseph Kevin Fletcher, Mary Beth Straka, Scott J Lauber, Tom Metcalfe, Ulice Payne, Jr and William J Guc. View Institutional Ownership Trends for WEC Energy Group.

WEC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Reilly Financial Advisors LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold WEC Energy Group company stock in the last year include Allen L Leverett, Barbara L Bowles, Charles R Matthews, Curt S Culver, Gale E Klappa, Joseph Kevin Fletcher, Mary Beth Straka, Scott J Lauber, Tom Metcalfe, Ulice Payne, Jr and William J Guc. View Insider Buying and Selling for WEC Energy Group.

WEC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, CWM LLC, Huntington National Bank, Loveless Wealth Management LLC, Strs Ohio, AdvisorShares Investments LLC, RFG Advisory LLC and Donaldson Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for WEC Energy Group.

Shares of WEC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WEC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $98.50.

WEC Energy Group has a market capitalization of $31.07 billion and generates $7.68 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $1.06 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.34 on an earnings per share basis. WEC Energy Group employs 7,878 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About WEC Energy Group.

The official website for WEC Energy Group is http://www.wecenergygroup.com/.

WEC Energy Group's mailing address is 231 WEST MICHIGAN STREET P O BOX 1331, MILWAUKEE WI, 53201. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 414-221-2345 or via email at [email protected]