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Active-Investors: EX-Dividend Schedule: WEC Energy Dividend by 6.5%; Will Trade Ex-Dividend on February 13, 2018

LONDON, UK / ACCESSWIRE / February 12, 2018 / Active-Investors has a free review on WEC Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE: WEC) following the Company's announcement that it will begin trading ex-dividend on February 13, 2018. To capture the dividend payout, investors must purchase the stock a day prior to the ex-dividend date that is by latest at the end of the trading session on February 12, 2018. Active-Investors has initiated due-diligence on this dividend stock. Register with us for more free research including the one on WEC:

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Dividend Declared

On January 18, 2018, WEC Energy's Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.5525 per share on the Company's common stock, reflecting an increase of 6.25% over the earlier quarterly dividend of $0.52 per share. The higher dividend is payable March 01, 2018, to stockholders of record on February 14, 2018.

WEC Energy's indicated dividend represents a yield of 3.69%, which is substantially higher than the average dividend yield for the Utilities sector of 2.49%. This marks the 302nd consecutive quarter, dating back to 1942, that the Company will have paid a dividend to its stockholders.

Dividend Insight

WEC Energy has a dividend payout ratio of 67.0%, which indicates that the Company spends approximately $0.67 for dividend distribution out of every $1.00 earned. The dividend payout ratio reflects how much amount a company is returning to shareholders versus how much money it is keeping on hand to reinvest in growth, to pay off debt, and/or to add to its cash reserves.

According to analysts' estimates, WEC Energy is forecasted to report earnings of $3.48 for the next year, which is substantially higher than the Company's annualized dividend of $2.21 per share.

As of December 31, 2017, WEC Energy's cash and cash equivalents totaled $38.9 million compared to $37.5 million as on December 31, 2016. For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company's net cash flows from operating activities totaled $2.08 billion compared to $2.10 billion for the year ago same period. The Company's strong financial position indicates its ability to absorb any fluctuations in earnings and cash flow and to sustain the dividend distribution for a long period.

About WEC Energy Group, Inc.

WEC Energy, based in Milwaukee, is one of the United States' premier energy companies, serving 4.4 million customers in Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota. The Company's principal utilities are We Energies, Wisconsin Public Service, Peoples Gas, North Shore Gas, Michigan Gas Utilities, Minnesota Energy Resources and Upper Michigan Energy Resources. The Company's other major subsidiary, We Power, designs, builds and owns electric generating plants.

WEC Energy, a component of the S&P 500, has approximately 50,000 stockholders of record, 8,000 employees, and more than $31 billion in assets.

Stock Performance Snapshot

February 09, 2018 - At Friday's closing bell, WEC Energy's stock advanced 2.69%, ending the trading session at $61.10.

Volume traded for the day: 2.80 million shares, which was above the 3-month average volume of 1.79 million shares.

Stock performance in past twelve-month period - up 5.44%

After last Friday's close, WEC Energy's market cap was at $19.28 billion.

Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio was at 16.10.

The stock has a dividend yield of 3.62%.

The stock is part of the Utilities sector, categorized under the Electric Utilities industry. This sector was up 1.8% at the end of the session.

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