The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. WEC Energy Group Inc shares valued at $659,032 were sold by Krueger Daniel on Aug 04 ’25. At $111.14 per share, Krueger Daniel sold 5,930 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 6,606 shares worth approximately $0.72 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Straka Mary Beth sold 2,500 shares, netting a total of over 276,362 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $110.55 each, the insider now holds 4,219 shares.
Before that, Reese Anthony had sold 4,177 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $460,743, the Vice President and Treasurer traded WEC Energy Group Inc shares for $110.30 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 4,177 shares, worth approximately $0.19 million.
As published in a research note from Goldman on June 25, 2025, WEC Energy Group Inc [WEC] has been rated down from a Neutral to a Sell and the price target has been revised to $100. Analysts at JP Morgan upgraded the stock from ‘”an Underweight”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in early April. As of January 02, 2025, Barclays has increased its “an Underweight” rating to a “an Equal weight” for WEC. Earlier on December 12, 2024, BofA Securities upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for WEC stock which previously was a “an Underperform”.
Analyzing WEC Stock Performance
On last trading session, WEC Energy Group Inc [NYSE: WEC] plunged -0.25% to $109.73. The stock’s lowest price that day was $109.34, but it reached a high of $110.99 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.26%. Over the course of the year, WEC Energy Group Inc shares have jumped approximately 21.71%.
Is WEC Energy Group Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of WEC Energy Group Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 0.2 million shares to 11.77 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 11.57 million shares. A jump of 1.72% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 6.08 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 6.08.
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In terms of WEC Energy Group Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 111 in the next 12 months, up nearly 0.91% from the previous closing price of $110.0. Analysts anticipate WEC Energy Group Inc stock to reach 115 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 107. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked WEC Energy Group Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On September 20, 2024, Jefferies assigned a price target of “a Hold” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $102.
