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Company snapshot — WEC Energy Group Inc

WEC in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
WEC Energy Group supplies regulated electricity and natural gas across Wisconsin, Illinois and other states, generating power from coal, natural gas, nuclear and renewable sources such as wind, solar, hydro and biomass. It also owns and operates electric transmission lines and non-utility energy infrastructure, and moves gas through an extensive network of distribution and transmission mains. The company, once known as Wisconsin Energy Corporation, is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Where it sits in the stack
WEC carries no seat in our Rubin index; it sits in the regulated utilities sleeve of our universe, grouped with electric and gas utilities that earn through rate-regulated returns rather than open-market pricing.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group for WEC is not defined in our records; the market commonly compares it with other Midwest regulated utilities such as NextEra Energy.
Why Closelook tracks it
WEC is an S&P 500 constituent but carries no Closelook score yet, and the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the recent slide below both the 50-day and 200-day averages persists and whether the lowered analyst target reflects a broader repricing of regulated-utility names.

WEC Energy Group Inc (WEC) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for WEC, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Truist, 2026-08-13

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for WEC from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Truist — target 114 from 122 Target cut to $114 from $122 (+3.9% to spot) 2026-08-13

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Utilities - Regulated Electric · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Utilities - Regulated Electric · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against WEC on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.58%, quarterly · last 0.95 USD on 2026-08-14

Dividends and capital return

What WEC pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 3.75 USD per share · a 3.58% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +6.8% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 3.51 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.95 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-14
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.79 USD (partial) · 2024: 3.34 USD · 2025: 3.57 USD · 2026: 2.86 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-13

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is WEC Energy Group Inc (WEC)?

WEC Energy Group Inc trades as WEC on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is WEC in a Closelook index?

Not currently — WEC Energy Group Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does WEC trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -4% vs the 50-day and -5.4% vs the 200-day average, 12.7% below the 52-week high and +3.5% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 7 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does WEC Energy Group Inc do?

WEC Energy Group supplies regulated electricity and natural gas across Wisconsin, Illinois and other states, generating power from coal, natural gas, nuclear and renewable sources such as wind, solar, hydro and biomass. It also owns and operates electric transmission lines and non-utility energy infrastructure, and moves gas through an extensive network of distribution and transmission mains. The company, once known as Wisconsin Energy Corporation, is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Closelook's peer group for WEC is not defined in our records; the market commonly compares it with other Midwest regulated utilities such as NextEra Energy.

Where does WEC Energy Group Inc sit in the AI build-out?

WEC carries no seat in our Rubin index; it sits in the regulated utilities sleeve of our universe, grouped with electric and gas utilities that earn through rate-regulated returns rather than open-market pricing. WEC is an S&P 500 constituent but carries no Closelook score yet, and the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.

Does WEC Energy Group Inc pay a dividend?

WEC Energy Group Inc has paid 3.75 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 3.58% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.95 USD on 2026-08-14. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on WEC Energy Group Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on WEC Energy Group Inc on the Closelook wire is a price target by Truist on 2026-08-13 (target 114 from 122). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for WEC, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Utilities - Regulated Electric. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.