WEC Energy Group (WIC) Stock Price & Analysis
WIC Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- EUR 103.00 - EUR 105.00
- 52-Week Range
- EUR 87.70 - EUR 105.00
- Previous Close
- EUR 104.00
- Volume
- 0
- Average Volume (3M)
- 55
- Market Cap
- EUR 33.75B
- Enterprise Value
- EUR 56.64B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- EUR 58.80M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- EUR 23.17B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 20.9
- Beta
- 0.02
- Next Earnings
- Feb 04, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 1.1
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 3.07%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Regulated Utility Platform
WEC’s regulated electric and gas operations provide recurring revenue supported by approved rates and invested rate base recovery. This framework improves earnings visibility, supports infrastructure investment, and offers a durable foundation for dividends and long-term financial planning.
Customer-backed Capital Growth
The expanded capital program creates a substantial avenue for rate-base growth, while customer-funded projects reduce reliance on ordinary ratepayer demand. This combination can support sustained earnings expansion and improve the durability of planned investment returns.
Rising Electric Demand
Higher expected electricity demand strengthens the long-term utilization case for WEC’s generation, transmission, and distribution investments. Growth from large customers can support asset expansion and earnings, while the dedicated customer framework helps align new capacity with demand.
Bears Say
Meaningful Leverage
WEC’s elevated leverage increases sensitivity to financing costs and reduces balance-sheet flexibility as the company undertakes a very large investment program. Greater debt funding may pressure future cash allocation and make execution more dependent on supportive regulatory outcomes.
Volatile Free Cash Flow
Heavy capital requirements have repeatedly outpaced internally generated cash, creating uneven free-cash-flow conversion and potential reliance on debt or equity funding. That pattern can constrain shareholder distributions and raise execution risk during the expansion cycle.
Regulatory And Rate Pressure
Pending rate decisions create uncertainty around the timing and extent of cost recovery for WEC’s investment program. Higher interest expense adds further pressure, making earnings growth more dependent on favorable approvals and successful recovery of financing costs.
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Company Description
WEC Energy Group
WEC Energy Group, Inc. is a major energy provider operating across the United States, delivering regulated natural gas and electricity, as well as both regulated and non-regulated renewable energy services. The company's operations are divided into six main business segments: Wisconsin, Illinois, Other States, Electric Transmission, Non-Utility Energy Infrastructure, and Corporate and Other. Its electricity generation relies on a diverse portfolio of sources, including coal, natural gas, oil, hydroelectric, wind, solar, and biomass. Beyond power generation, WEC Energy Group also provides electric transmission services, manages retail natural gas distribution, handles natural gas transportation, and is involved in the production, distribution, and sale of steam. As of December 31, 2021, the company's vast infrastructure network included approximately 35,800 miles of overhead electricity distribution lines and 35,600 miles of underground cables. This electrical system was supported by 440 distribution substations and 510,500 line transformers. For natural gas, its network comprised 50,900 miles of distribution mains, 1,200 miles of transmission mains, 2.3 million lateral services, and 500 distribution and transmission gate stations. Furthermore, WEC Energy Group managed 68.2 billion cubic feet of working gas capacity within its underground natural gas storage facilities. The company, founded in 1981, was previously known as Wisconsin Energy Corporation until it officially adopted the name WEC Energy Group, Inc. in June 2015. Its corporate headquarters are located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Regulated Electric
- CEO
- Scott J. Lauber
- Employees
- 7,151
- Website
- www.wecenergygroup.com
- Address
- 231 West Michigan Street, Milwaukee, WI, 53201, US
WEC Energy Group (WIC) Earnings & Revenues
WIC Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call was strongly optimistic. WEC reported substantial earnings growth, raised 2026 guidance, expanded its capital plan by more than 26%, increased its long-term EPS growth outlook to 7%-9+%, and highlighted significant data center-driven demand and customer-funded investment. The company also identified challenges involving higher interest costs, pending regulatory approvals, flat full-year weather-normalized electric sales, and slower Illinois pipe-program execution, but management characterized the key projects and regulatory processes as progressing and maintained its positive outlook.
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Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 15 | 1 | 5 |
| Technical Analysis | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Moving Averages | 12 | 0 | 0 |