As WEC Stock Nears 52-Week Low, Investors Consider Selling

WEC Energy Group, Inc ( NYSE: WEC) stock slipped 0.22% on the June 29 trading session. It opened trading at $86.87, dipped to $86.51, hit a high of $87.89, and closed trading at $87.25 with an intraday trading volume of 1.046 million.

In the past week, WEC stock price reflected a decline of 4.12%. In the last three months, prices slipped around 7.75%. The decline in prices of WEC indicates strong selling, although market watchers still believe that prices might bounce back in the near future.

The annual price target of WEC stock is $99.90, around 12-16% more than the current prices. In the past 52 weeks, the stock’s highest price point was $108.20 and the lowest traded price was $80.82.

After analyzing the fundamental and technical aspects of WEC Stock, it can be guessed that declining prices are a golden chance for investors to buy and hold more and more stocks at lower prices in order to gain long-term profits.

WEC Energy Group, Inc (NYSE: WEC) Earnings & Revenue

In Q1 2023, WEC Energy Group, Inc reported 1.17% more revenue than estimated figures. As per the estimation, the company was supposed to report $2.85 billion in revenue, but it reported $2.89 Billion, bypassing the estimated figures.

Since Q2 2022, WEC Energy Group, Inc has constantly reported positive revenue, and in the last quarter of 2022, the company reported 33.31% more than the estimated figures. WEC’s Earnings per share (EPS) bypassed the estimated EPS by 1.82%.

As per the prediction, WEC Energy Group, Inc might report $2.06 billion in revenue in Q2 and $2.16 billion in Q3 2023. The market capitalization of the company is $27.522 billion.

Over 314.974 Million WEC shares are free-floating, and 461,166 shares are either closely held by the company’s financial backers or by the board of members or directors. The company’s revenue to profit conversion consists of 19% gross profit, 29% Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA), 17% Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), and 15% net income.

A significant portion of the company’s revenue is generated by producing and distributing natural gas and electricity. It majorly leads its operations in the regions of the United States. The Q1 2023 generated revenue consists of $507.80 Million of net income and 17.58% of profit margin.

Over 1100 institutional investors majorly hold WEC shares, including Vanguard Group Inc, Blackrock Inc (NYSE: BLK), State Street Corp (NYSE: STT), Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC), JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM), Magellan Asset Management Ltd (ASX: MFG), Bank of America Corp (NYSE: BAC), Deutsche Bank (ETR: DBK), Geode Capital Management, LLC and Nuveen Asset Management Sa.

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