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WEC Energy Group
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What WEC Energy Group is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $10.1 billion, up 8.9% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to September 30, 2023: −$0.19 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to September 30, 2023: $2.73 billion, up 11% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $2.84 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (July 29, 2026): sentiment 0.60 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.80 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 0 outlook figures raised, 0 lowered, 1 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed February 20, 2026): 1 risk factor added, 1 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $0.1 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 1,411 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+29 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q1 2022: 1.U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Risk events (12 months): 1 — latest OSHA inspection, May 1, 2026 →
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What WEC Energy Group is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Steady · Mixed
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Steady
- Capital spending—
- Debt raised67th pct
- Buybacks vs capex—
- Hiring filings56th pct
- Deals and private raises48th pct
- Patent publications56th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Mixed
- Call sentiment57th pct
- Call confidence56th pct
- Guidance changes49th pct
- Risk factors added52nd pct
- Insider open-market trades40th pct
- + Call sentiment
- − Insider open-market trades
- + Call confidence
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver75th pct
- Stress filings49th pct
Credit
How these are built →WEC Energy Group's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$23.0B
- Due within a year $3.3B
- Longer term $19.6B
- Default point $13.2B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jun 30, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
$0.4B
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
| Priced | Amount | Coupon | Matures | Spread | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 2026 | $400M | 4.750% | 2028 (2y) | +45bp | 3.896% |
From the pricing term sheets WEC Energy Group filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
In the news
Headlines that name WEC Energy Group, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.
- PositiveWEC Energy: Back On The Buy List Now (Rating Upgrade) (NYSE:WEC)
seekingalpha.com · via Marketaux · Oct 6, 2026
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THORN RUN PARTNERS)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Oct 18, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (WEC ENERGY GROUP)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Aug 18, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Aug 11, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (WEC ENERGY GROUP)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THORN RUN PARTNERS)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- May 12, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- May 8, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- May 1, 2026Risk event
- Apr 18, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THORN RUN PARTNERS)first_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Apr 16, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (WEC ENERGY GROUP)first_quarter 2026 · $0.2 million
- Feb 20, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 1 removed
- Jan 21, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THORN RUN PARTNERS)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.0 million
- Jan 16, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (WEC ENERGY GROUP)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.4 million
- Dec 5, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Nov 25, 2025Patent
- May 13, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- May 12, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 21, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Jan 29, 2025Risk event
- Jan 17, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jan 3, 2025Risk event
- Dec 6, 20248-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 22, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
Peers
Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.
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|---|---|---|---|
| PPL Corporation PPL | $9.4B | −$1.6B | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Public Service Enterprise Group PEG | $12.5B | $0.3B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Entergy ETR | $13.3B | −$2.8B | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Eversource Energy ES | $14.0B | $0.3B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| FirstEnergy FE | $15.5B | −$1.7B | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Evergy EVRG | $5.8B | −$1.1B | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Vistra Corp. VST | $19.0B | $2.3B | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Edison International EIX | $19.6B | −$0.6B | Mar 31, 2026 |