WEC Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own WEC shares is 1440, representing 81.32% of the company's common stock.

BESSEMER GROUP INC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in WEC by -6.95% restricting it's holding to 960.88 thousand shares of worth nearly $78.91M. BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ also lessened -14.63% of the WEC shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 548.23 thousand shares of worth $45.04M. UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC also shunned WEC shares holding by -0.55% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.29 million shares worth $105.86M.

As per its latest 13F filing, COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLS RETRMT SYS increased its stake in WEC by 6.63% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 632.69 thousand shares having worth more than $51.96M. CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD also added 3.9% more shares of WEC to its portfolio, raising its holding to 583.63 thousand shares of worth $47.93M. BENJAMIN F. EDWARDS & COMPANY, INC. also increased its WEC shares holding by 10.03% which brought its holding to 485.88 thousand shares worth $39.90M.

The insider with the most stakes in WEC is KLAPPA GALE E , director at the company. Additionally, WEC stock is highly held by President and CEO Lauber Scott J and Sr. Execuitve Vice Pres. KUESTER FREDERICK D among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.15% percent of WEC Energy Group, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 8 transaction(s) in which WEC insiders have sold stock, totaling 35.46K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include KLAPPA GALE E, LAUBER SCOTT J, and PAYNE ULICE JR.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which WEC Energy Group, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 899.67K WEC Energy Group, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.15% of WEC stock.

WEC director, KLAPPA GALE E holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. WEC shares owned by KLAPPA total nearly 273.25 thousand.

BESSEMER GROUP INC is the largest institutional owner in WEC which holds 960.88 thousand shares worth $78.91M or 0.3% of the total WEC shares outstanding followed by COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLS RETRMT SYS with ownership of 632.69 thousand shares representing 0.2% of the WEC ownership. CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD is the third largest stakeholder with 583.63 thousand shares or 0.19% of the ownership worth more than $47.93M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the WEC is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of WEC shares short is 10.12M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 316.35M shares of WEC are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, WEC has 315.57M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for WEC is 6.31.