Mary Beth Straka, senior vice president at WEC Energy Group, executed coordinated equity transactions on February 13, 2026. On that date she exercised stock options to purchase 2,815 shares of WEC Energy common stock at an exercise price of $66.015 per share, for a total cost of $185,832. Immediately following the exercise, Straka sold 2,815 shares of common stock for total proceeds of $325,131.
The sale was conducted at a weighted average price of $115.4995 per share, with the individual sale prices ranging between $115.47 and $115.5450. After these transactions, Straka’s direct holdings in WEC Energy amount to 4,707.058 shares.
WEC Energy, which trades under the ticker WEC, is a utility company with a market capitalization of $37.05 billion. The stock has been trading close to its 52-week high of $118.19 and exhibits relatively low price volatility, with a reported beta of 0.58.
Investor-oriented metrics highlighted in recent analysis include a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.69 and a dividend record stretching 56 consecutive years, with a current dividend yield of 3.3% as reported by InvestingPro. That same analysis indicates the stock is presently assessed as slightly overvalued relative to its Fair Value estimate.
WEC Energy’s latest quarterly and annual financial disclosures show mixed signals. For the fourth quarter of 2025 the company reported earnings per share of $0.97, below the expected $1.38 - a shortfall characterized as a 29.71% miss. Conversely, revenue for the quarter was $2.54 billion, exceeding forecasts by 12.89%.
In other analyst commentary, Scotiabank reiterated a Sector Outperform rating for WEC Energy and emphasized the company’s historical tendency to exceed earnings guidance. WEC Energy’s fourth-quarter EPS of $1.42 was reported to surpass Scotiabank’s internal estimate of $1.40 and the Street consensus of $1.39.
Mizuho subsequently increased its price target on WEC Energy to $121 from $117 while maintaining an Outperform rating. For the full year 2025 the company reported EPS of $5.27, slightly above the Street estimate of $5.25.
WEC Energy has issued a 2026 guidance range for EPS of $5.51 to $5.61 and has set a 2026 EPS compound annual growth rate forecast of 6.5% to 7% for the year, with a longer-term growth projection of 7% to 8% measured from the midpoint of guidance.
These developments - the insider option exercise and sale, the mixed quarterly earnings and revenue performance, analyst actions, and the new guidance range - form the backdrop for current market views of WEC Energy.