WEC Energy Group (NYSE:WEC) Issues FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

WEC Energy Group (NYSE:WEC) issued an update on its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 5.510-5.610 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 5.600. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have commented on WEC shares. Barclays boosted their price target on shares of WEC Energy Group from $111.00 to $117.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, April 20th. KeyCorp boosted their target price on WEC Energy Group from $117.00 to $126.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 4th. Wells Fargo & Company restated an “overweight” rating and set a $127.00 price target on shares of WEC Energy Group in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. BTIG Research restated a “buy” rating and set a $135.00 target price on shares of WEC Energy Group in a report on Friday, January 30th. Finally, Truist Financial initiated coverage on WEC Energy Group in a research report on Monday, April 20th. They set a “hold” rating and a $124.00 price target on the stock. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have issued a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $121.94.

WEC Energy Group Stock Down 0.3%

Shares of WEC Energy Group stock traded down $0.30 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $116.14. The company had a trading volume of 560,569 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,111,291. WEC Energy Group has a fifty-two week low of $100.61 and a fifty-two week high of $119.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 0.44 and a current ratio of 0.59. The company has a market cap of $37.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.50. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $115.66 and its 200-day moving average is $111.96.

WEC Energy Group (NYSE:WEC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The utilities provider reported $2.45 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.33 by $0.12. WEC Energy Group had a return on equity of 12.40% and a net margin of 15.90%.The business had revenue of $3.43 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.32 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $2.27 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 9.0% on a year-over-year basis. WEC Energy Group has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.510-5.610 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that WEC Energy Group will post 5.6 EPS for the current year.

WEC Energy Group Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, May 14th will be given a dividend of $0.9525 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 14th. This represents a $3.81 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.3%. WEC Energy Group’s payout ratio is currently 78.88%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Gale E. Klappa sold 25,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $115.44, for a total transaction of $2,886,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 276,600 shares in the company, valued at $31,930,704. The trade was a 8.29% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Ulice Payne, Jr. sold 1,450 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $114.60, for a total value of $166,170.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 20,541 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,353,998.60. This trade represents a 6.59% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 42,354 shares of company stock worth $4,855,505. 0.46% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Empowered Funds LLC lifted its position in shares of WEC Energy Group by 16.9% in the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 16,698 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,820,000 after acquiring an additional 2,417 shares during the period. Woodline Partners LP increased its holdings in WEC Energy Group by 41.3% in the first quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 26,839 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $2,925,000 after purchasing an additional 7,841 shares during the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC grew its stake in WEC Energy Group by 7.3% in the second quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 44,286 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $4,616,000 after acquiring an additional 3,006 shares during the period. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd raised its holdings in shares of WEC Energy Group by 477.4% in the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 333,552 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $34,756,000 after purchasing an additional 275,786 shares during the last quarter. Finally, NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of WEC Energy Group by 8.8% during the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 58,364 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $6,082,000 after buying an additional 4,730 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 77.20% of the company’s stock.

WEC Energy Group Company Profile

WEC Energy Group is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin–based regulated energy holding company whose primary businesses are the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity and the distribution of natural gas. The company operates through a set of utility subsidiaries that provide bundled energy service, customer billing and energy-related programs to residential, commercial and industrial customers. As a regulated utility group, WEC’s operations focus on delivering reliable service while managing infrastructure investment and compliance with state and federal utility regulation.

Its utility subsidiaries include well-known regional operators such as We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service, along with Chicago-area natural gas utilities that were part of the Integrys Energy Group acquisition.