Company Analysis

WEC Energy Group, Inc. (WEC)

NYSE: WEC · Electric & Other Services Combined · Milwaukee, WI · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade5.5
◀ Past 6.4● Present 5.4▶ Future 4.9

The grade of WEC Energy Group, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.5/10
◀ Past6.425% of the headline
● Present5.445% of the headline
▶ Future4.930% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.4/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

WEC Energy Group, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
3.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+3.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 9.

weight 22% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

WEC Energy Group, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $7.5 billion in fiscal 2016 to $9.8 billion in fiscal 2025, up 3.1% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 10% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 9 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span3.1%bottom 21% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 12% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 38% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak10.4%bottom 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
7.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 0.8% a year. 33% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 16 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 71st percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, WEC Energy Group, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 33% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 16 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 31% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.4/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.6/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 11%: 11¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 73%: owes 73¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, WEC Energy Group, Inc. earned about 11 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 13 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 73 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 2.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 36% of its family
  • return on equitytop 8% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 50% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 43% of 18 in its family; net margin 15.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 57th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

WEC Energy Group, Inc.'s standing among 18 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $9.8 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 36% by size; a net margin of 15.9% ranks in the top 19%; revenue growth of 0.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 26% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$9.80Btop 36% of its family
  • net margin15.9%top 19% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth0.7%bottom 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 47% of 16 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.

weight 22% of this tense · 47th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

WEC Energy Group, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Lauber, Scott J (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-11-23, 4 years (bottom 47% of its family); the 24 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 7.1 years (top 21%); 11 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 24 people in charge now (bottom 15%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge11 in three years among 24 peoplebottom 15% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed7.1 yearstop 21% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record4.0 yearsbottom 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 23% of 17 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 77th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

WEC Energy Group, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $28 million against debt of $18 billion leaves -35.9% of its assets as net cash, top 36% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 34.5% of revenue (top 3%); a gross margin of 66.7% (top 30%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-35.9%top 36% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue34.5%top 3% of its family
  • gross margin66.7%top 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 40% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 40th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

WEC Energy Group, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 0.7% a year over the last three filed years against 3.1% over all 10, slowing (bottom 32% of its family); the newest year grew 14% (top 32%); capital spending grew 2.2% a year (bottom 21%) (its annual reports). WEC Energy Group, Inc. reported 5 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Public Utility at $9.5 billion, Wisconsin at $7.3 billion, Illinois at $1.7 billion, and 2 more. 5 of 5 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 48% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-2.4 points a yearbottom 32% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth14.0%top 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending2.2%bottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.2/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 42% of 17 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

WEC Energy Group, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $9.8 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 20.4% above the $8.1 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 21% of its family); net income of $1.6 billion against a prior three-year average of $1.4 billion (bottom 26%); a net margin of 15.9% against 15.8% before (bottom 21%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace20.4%top 21% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+9%bottom 26% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.1 pointsbottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton WEC · research, not advice