WEC Energy Group (WEC): Today's Weak On High Volume Stock

Trade-Ideas LLC identified WEC Energy Group (WEC) as a weak on high relative volume candidate
By TheStreet Wire ,

Trade-Ideas LLC identified

WEC Energy Group

(

WEC

) as a weak on high relative volume candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified WEC Energy Group as such a stock due to the following factors:

  • WEC has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $83.0 million.
  • WEC has traded 130,349 shares today.
  • WEC is trading at 2.12 times the normal volume for the stock at this time of day.
  • WEC is trading at a new low 3.04% below yesterday's close.

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More details on WEC:

WEC Energy Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, generates and distributes electric energy. The company operates in two segments, Utility Energy and Non-Utility Energy. It generates electricity from coal, natural gas, oil, hydroelectric, wind, and biomass. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 3.4%. WEC has a PE ratio of 23. Currently there are 5 analysts that rate WEC Energy Group a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

The average volume for WEC Energy Group has been 2.1 million shares per day over the past 30 days. WEC Energy Group has a market cap of $16.4 billion and is part of the utilities sector and utilities industry. The stock has a beta of 0.25 and a short float of 5.4% with 7.35 days to cover. Shares are down 2% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

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TheStreetRatings.com

Analysis:

TheStreet Quant Ratings

rates WEC Energy Group as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, increase in net income, growth in earnings per share, solid stock price performance and good cash flow from operations. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.

Highlights from the ratings report include:

  • WEC's very impressive revenue growth greatly exceeded the industry average of 9.4%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues leaped by 64.4%. This growth in revenue appears to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, improving the earnings per share.
  • The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Multi-Utilities industry. The net income increased by 44.5% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from $126.30 million to $182.50 million.
  • WEC ENERGY GROUP INC's earnings per share improvement from the most recent quarter was slightly positive. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past year. We feel that this trend should continue. During the past fiscal year, WEC ENERGY GROUP INC increased its bottom line by earning $2.58 versus $2.51 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($2.72 versus $2.58).
  • The stock has risen over the past year as investors have generally rewarded the company for its earnings growth and other positive factors like the ones we have cited in this report. The stock's price rise over the last year has driven it to a level which is somewhat expensive compared to the rest of its industry. We feel, however, that other strengths this company displays justify these higher price levels.
  • Net operating cash flow has increased to $357.30 million or 14.04% when compared to the same quarter last year. Despite an increase in cash flow, WEC ENERGY GROUP INC's average is still marginally south of the industry average growth rate of 17.97%.

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