WEC Energy Group (WEC) – Research Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes

WEC Energy Group (NYSE: WEC) has recently received a number of price target changes and ratings updates:

• 8/5/2026 – WEC Energy Group was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “buy (b)” to “buy (b-)”.
• 8/4/2026 – WEC Energy Group was downgraded by LADENBURG THALM/SH SH from “buy” to “neutral”. They now have a $110.50 price target on the stock.
• 7/23/2026 – WEC Energy Group had its price target lowered by KeyCorp from $126.00 to $117.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 7/22/2026 – WEC Energy Group had its price target lowered by BMO Capital Markets from $120.00 to $117.00. They now have a “market perform” rating on the stock.
• 7/16/2026 – WEC Energy Group had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $120.00 to $124.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 7/16/2026 – WEC Energy Group had its price target raised by Truist Financial Corporation from $119.00 to $122.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 6/26/2026 – WEC Energy Group had its “buy (b)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.

WEC Energy Group Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 1st. Investors of record on Friday, August 14th will be issued a dividend of $0.9525 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 14th. This represents a $3.81 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.5%. WEC Energy Group’s payout ratio is presently 73.84%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other WEC Energy Group news, EVP Daniel Krueger sold 4,665 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.96, for a total value of $517,628.40. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 7,346 shares in the company, valued at $815,112.16. This represents a 38.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.46% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.