- Price is above Fair Value, showing premium demand versus the model.
- Next-week expectancy is positive at 57.75% based on similar historical setup states.
WEC
NYSE
Week ended 07 Aug 2026
Weekly Investor Report
WEC Energy Group Inc · Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Electric
Latest close
107.6 USD
-1.6%
latest week
Weekly setup
Weak trend
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -4.8% below the Trend Line and sits at 34.2% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -1.6%, after a -6.4% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality is middle-of-the-pack; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive. Options positioning is bullish with 56/100 conviction, while the latest news-sentiment score is 55/100.
Setup score
40
out of 100
Latest Close
107.6 USD
7 Aug 2026
1W Return
-1.6%
latest completed week
4W Return
-6.4%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
-1.4%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
78.8%
41 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
1.2x
vs 13-week average
- The trend backdrop is inactive, so price action has not confirmed a constructive regime.
- Price is below the Trend Line, which keeps downside pressure in focus.
- Activity pressure is negative, which weakens the current setup.
- 2 reversal markers appear in the recent smart-money tape.
- Trend Line remains the key weekly regime level.
- Activity pressure is the gauge to monitor for confirmation or fade.
- A volume ratio above 1.5x would show stronger participation in the next move.
Price follow-through
-1.6%
Latest completed week; four-week move -6.4%.
Indicator stack
43/0
Trend and activity pressure are weighted against the latest 12-week confirmation window.
Trend backdrop
Active
The trend backdrop defines the current weekly regime.
Patient Capital
Quiet
Activity-pressure buy-signal status for institutional accumulation timing.
Next-Week Expectancy
Positive 57.75%
Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed.
Options pressure
Bullish
56/100 conviction; expected move 2.1%.
News sentiment
55/100
54 relevant articles in the latest sentiment read.
01 · Price action
Study the full chart
Where price is—and whether the trend supports it
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -4.8% below the Trend Line and sits at 34.2% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -1.6%, after a -6.4% four-week move.
52-week price path
Price vs Trend Line and Fair Value
Price
Trend Line
Fair Value
02 · Volume and demand
Is real participation confirming the move?
Latest weekly volume is 1.2x the 13-week average. Participation is around or above normal and provides reasonable confirmation.
26-week volume confirmation
Bar height shows volume; colour shows the weekly price direction
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Demand beneath price
Activity pressure and institutional-style signals
These indicators assess whether participation is improving beneath the headline price move. They are supporting evidence, not proof of institutional buying.
Activity pressure path
Latest 0.5012-week average 0.57
12-week confirmation
Trend active11/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure2/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership1/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.50Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals0Accumulation signal count in the latest 12 weeks.
Reversal markers22 reversal markers
No recent accumulation markers. 2 reversal markers.
03 · Momentum and leadership
Is performance persistent—and is the stock leading?
Performance is -6.4% over four weeks, -1.4% over 12 weeks, and 0.8% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.
Performance by holding period
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year41
Trend breadth78.8%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-0.53Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-814.6%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-13.39Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-116.1%Four-week change in relative leadership.
04 · Fundamentals and valuation
Open full factor analysis
What investors are paying for—and the quality behind it
The latest factor snapshot indicates quality is middle-of-the-pack; growth is moderate; valuation is neither clearly cheap nor expensive.
Factor week 09 Aug 2026
Financial statements through 30 Jun 2026
Field coverage 100%
Model confidence 100%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength36/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 65; rank 1 is best.
Value32/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 69; rank 1 is best.
Quality79/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 22; rank 1 is best.
Momentum30/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 71; rank 1 is best.
Growth24/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 77; rank 1 is best.
Quality and valuation are separate questions
A strong company can still carry a demanding valuation. This report shows profitability, growth, balance-sheet strength, and the price paid for those characteristics separately.
Value-quality framework24/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Valuation
How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.
- P/E
- 20.7x Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- 3.5x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- 14.2x Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- 14.5% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 62.0% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 25.6% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- 83.8% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 6.5% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- 8.9% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- 1.7% Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- 30.7% Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
- Piotroski F-score
- 6/9 Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.
Shareholder return and balance sheet
Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.
- Dividend yield
- 3.4% Cash dividends relative to market value.
- Buyback yield
- -1.1% Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- 2.3% Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 5.6x Balance-sheet debt relative to operating cash earnings.
05 · Ownership, options, and sentiment
What other market participants are doing
Options, insider transactions, market sentiment, and activity-pressure signals can confirm or challenge the price story. None should be used alone.
Options positioningBullish
WEC shows bullish options pressure with a 56/100 conviction score, put-call volume ratio of 0.03, expected move of 2.1%, and Sharemaestro trend signal inactive.
Conviction56/100
Expected move2.1%
Put/call volume0.03
Insider activity9 / 5
9 acquisitions and 5 disposals in the latest 180-day insider tape.
Acquisitions / disposals over the latest 180 days. Insider activity is context, not a stand-alone signal.News sentiment55/100
Weighted news tone is neutral across 54 relevant articles.
18 positive · 34 neutral · 2 negativePatient CapitalQuiet
Activity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal
06 · Catalysts and risk
What can move the shares—and how volatile the path has been
Event timing, options-implied movement, drawdown, and weekly return distribution frame the risk around the current setup.
Next earnings-No event is currently stored.
Options expected move2.1%Nearest-chain priced movement where available.
52-week drawdown-10.2%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility2.9%Standard deviation of weekly returns.
Weekly gains and losses
Latest 26 completed weeksEach bar is one week. Gains rise above the zero line; losses fall below it. Taller bars mean a larger weekly move.
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8 May
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3 Jul
7 Aug
Weeks higher11 of 2615 weeks finished lower.
Best week+6.0%Week of 26 Jun.
Worst week-5.5%Week of 31 Jul.
Latest week-1.6%Week of 7 Aug.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains2
Modest gains9
Flat weeks0
Modest losses12
Sharp losses3
Recent vol2.9%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol2.4%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split28/24Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew1.8% / -2.0%Average positive week versus average negative week.
07 · Sector and peer context
Is this stock leading—or simply moving with its group?
Sector and industry breadth distinguish company-specific strength from a broad group move.
SectorUS Utilities
4-week rank78 / 100
Group average-2.4%
Trend breadth40.0%
Trend40.0%active weekly trend signals
MD32.0%positive activity pressure
RS6.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryUS Utilities - Regulated Electric
4-week rank34 / 43
Group average-3.0%
Trend breadth58.1%
Trend58.1%active weekly trend signals
MD30.2%positive activity pressure
RS4.7%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
08 · Evidence and weekly data
The underlying research record
Every top-level statement above should be traceable to a stored market, fundamental, event, or positioning observation.
Weekly tape39/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 39/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis42/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 11/12, activity pressure 2/12, relative leadership 1/12.
Activity pressure 0.50; 2 reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyPositive 57.75%Next-week expectancy is positive with a 57.75% historical one-week setup read.
Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors44/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 77 SVQF24/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Composite rank 779.0 of 1018 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Options50/100WEC shows bullish options pressure with a 56/100 conviction score, put-call volume ratio of 0.03, expected move of 2.1%, and Sharemaestro trend signal inactive.
Bullish · Call-side pressure · Expected move 2.1% Sentiment55/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 54 relevant articles.
Results: WEC Energy Group, Inc. Beat Earnings Expectations And Analysts Now Have New Forecasts Insiders9 / 59 acquisitions and 5 disposals in the latest 180-day insider tape.
Earnings50/100No stored earnings event is currently attached to this ticker.
| Week | Close | Return | Trend Line | Fair Value | Pressure | Leadership | Volume | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Aug 2026 | 107.6 USD | -1.6% | 113.1 USD | 94.35 USD | -0.53 | -13.39 | 12.2M | Off |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 109.4 USD | -5.5% | 112.9 USD | 94.17 USD | -0.34 | -9.19 | 11.4M | On |
| 24 Jul 2026 | 115.8 USD | 2.1% | 112.8 USD | 93.97 USD | -0.16 | -3.18 | 9.0M | On |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 113.3 USD | -1.4% | 112.4 USD | 93.75 USD | 0.01 | -5.89 | 8.7M | On |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 115.0 USD | -3.3% | 112.0 USD | 93.55 USD | 0.07 | -6.20 | 9.7M | On |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 118.8 USD | -0.0% | 111.6 USD | 93.34 USD | -0.00 | -1.87 | 7.2M | On |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 118.8 USD | 6.0% | 111.1 USD | 93.09 USD | -0.06 | 0.23 | 12.2M | On |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 112.2 USD | -1.1% | 110.8 USD | 92.84 USD | -0.42 | -7.67 | 11.8M | On |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 113.4 USD | 0.4% | 110.7 USD | 92.62 USD | -0.41 | -5.99 | 9.5M | On |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 113.0 USD | 1.7% | 110.5 USD | 92.42 USD | -0.54 | -6.08 | 12.6M | On |
| 29 May 2026 | 111.0 USD | -2.1% | 110.4 USD | 92.22 USD | -0.63 | -10.17 | 9.2M | On |
| 22 May 2026 | 113.4 USD | 3.9% | 110.4 USD | 92.01 USD | -0.36 | -7.28 | 11.7M | On |
| 15 May 2026 | 109.2 USD | -1.4% | 110.4 USD | 91.78 USD | -0.29 | -10.27 | 8.8M | On |
| 8 May 2026 | 110.7 USD | -4.9% | 110.5 USD | 91.60 USD | 0.06 | -9.09 | 10.3M | On |
How to use this report
This is a completed-week research summary. It explains the available evidence and its conflicts; it does not predict a guaranteed outcome or replace your own risk assessment. Fundamental figures may refer to an earlier financial reporting period, which is shown above.