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

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, July 18th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 14th will be given a dividend of $0.59 per share on Sunday, September 1st. This represents a $2.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.55%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 13th. View WEC Energy Group's Dividend History.

WEC Energy Group Inc (NYSE:WEC) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August, 5th. The utilities provider reported $0.74 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.70 by $0.04. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.59 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.65 billion. WEC Energy Group had a return on equity of 11.00% and a net margin of 14.24%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 4.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.73 earnings per share. View WEC Energy Group's Earnings History.

WEC Energy Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for WEC Energy Group.

WEC Energy Group updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Monday, August, 5th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.50-3.53 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.51.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for WEC Energy Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $66.00 to $85.00. On average, they expect WEC Energy Group's stock price to reach $76.7273 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 17.3%. 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, 4 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for WEC Energy Group.

Press coverage about WEC stock has trended positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. WEC Energy Group earned a daily sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for WEC Energy Group.

WEC Energy Group saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 11,651,000 shares, an increase of 9.9% from the June 30th total of 10,599,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,640,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 7.1 days. Approximately 3.7% of the company's stock are sold short. View WEC Energy Group's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to WEC Energy Group include Duke Energy (DUK), Exelon (EXC), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), E.ON SE Sponsored ADR (Germany) (EONGY), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), Alliant Energy (LNT), NiSource (NI), United Utilities Group (UUGRY), PG&E (PCG), ALLETE (ALE), NorthWestern (NWE), Avista (AVA) and Innergex Renewable Energy (INGXF).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other WEC Energy Group investors own include AT&T (T), Xcel Energy (XEL), Altria Group (MO), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Verizon Communications (VZ), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Procter & Gamble (PG), Southern (SO), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Intel (INTC).

WEC Energy Group's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (12.50%), BlackRock Inc. (8.93%), BlackRock Inc. (8.93%), Magellan Asset Management Ltd (2.16%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.12%) and Bank of America Corp DE (1.99%). Company insiders that own WEC Energy Group stock include Allen L Leverett, Barbara L Bowles, Charles R Matthews, Frederick D Kuester, Gale E Klappa, Joseph Kevin Fletcher, Scott J Lauber, Susan H Martin, 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 Renaissance Technologies LLC, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, JPMorgan Chase & Co., APG Asset Management N.V., Westwood Holdings Group Inc., Baillie Gifford & Co. and Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co.. Company insiders that have sold WEC Energy Group company stock in the last year include Allen L Leverett, Barbara L Bowles, Charles R Matthews, Gale E Klappa, Joseph Kevin Fletcher, Scott J Lauber, Tom Metcalfe, Ulice Payne, Jr and William J Guc. View Insider Buying and Selling for WEC Energy Group.

WEC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Magellan Asset Management Ltd, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Scout Investments Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Carillon Tower Advisers Inc. and California Public Employees Retirement System. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WEC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $92.73.

WEC Energy Group has a market capitalization of $29.25 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]