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WEC WEC Energy Group

utility · 2026-10-01

N/A
too hard · 39
Owner-earnings value$80.91
Price$100.78
Margin of safety -19.7%

Quality gate · 39/100

Returns on capital 3.0/30
Consistency 19.5/22
Margins / pricing power 11.6/16
Balance sheet 1.3/16
Cash conversion 0/10
Capital allocation 3.5/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 7% < 9%) · over-levered (net debt/EBITDA 5.3x > 4x)

Median ROIC7.1%
Gross margin41.8%
Net debt / EBITDA5.3x
FCF conversion-5%
Share count / yr+1.1%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)1.69B
Owner-earnings yield5.2%
Free-cash-flow yield-4.2%
Growth used (normalized)0.7%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)5.9%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)9.0%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
11.70B 0.7%1.56B
21.72B 1.0%1.45B
31.74B 1.2%1.34B
41.77B 1.5%1.25B
51.80B 1.7%1.17B
61.83B 2.0%1.09B
71.87B 2.2%1.03B
81.92B 2.5%963.94M
91.97B 2.7%908.62M
102.03B 3.0%858.61M

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⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~6%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 1%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-01 39 $100.78 $80.91 -19.7% N/A
2026-08-20 39 $109.34 $80.91 -26.0% N/A
2026-07-02 39 $116.22 $78.37 -32.6% N/A
2026-06-25 39 $115.61 $78.37 -32.2% N/A
2026-06-23 39 $114.14 $78.37 -31.3% N/A