Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. WEC scored 56.8, MWH scored 72.0 — MWH leads.
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WEC
WEC Energy Group, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Electric · Quality-Growth
56.8
$103.74 · $33.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
15.2
MWH leads
MWH
SOLV Energy, Inc.
Utilities - Renewable · Quality-Growth
72
$26.21 · $5.3B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestWEC20.1x
Fastest growthMWH+34.8%
Strongest balance sheetMWH0.10
Highest qualityMWH74 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueMWH-23%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
WEC
stronger →← stronger
MWH
58
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
74
62
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
95
51
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
75
MWH is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
WEC
MWH
$877mC+
FCF
$295mC
+8.9%B
Rev
+34.8%A
1.58B
D/E
0.10A
20.1xB
P/E
55.8xD
2.03C
PEG
1.65C+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
WEC
MWH
141% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
23% below
~28%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~9%/yr
-60%
1-yr DCF upside
-1%
-59%
5-yr DCF upside
+29%
-56%
10-yr DCF upside
+90%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
WEC
Why this score
Raising its dividend
MWH
Why this score
Short track record
The companies
WECWEC Energy Group, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Electric · $103.74 · beta 0.44
Why now
Utilities - Regulated Electric · market cap $33.8b. 13% off the 52-week high of $119.91. 17 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $120.26 (implying +16% upside).
Moat
Net margin 17% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 12% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
MWHSOLV Energy, Inc.
Utilities - Renewable · $26.21
Why now
Utilities - Renewable · market cap $5.3b. Down 46% from 52-week high of $48.40 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +35% — in hypergrowth territory. 11 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $43.73 (implying +67% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income, mostly because of depreciation and amortization ($96m) — non-cash charges that hold down reported earnings while cash generation stays strong.
Risk
Trailing P/E 55.8x prices in sustained high growth — any quarter that disappoints triggers sharp re-rating. Down 46% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Net margin 3.8% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
MWH leads WEC by 10.9 points (72.0 to 61.1), its sharpest advantage coming in Rev (grade A). A contrarian could still prefer WEC for its stronger P/E (grade B). All screen as growth-type names but sit in different sectors (Utilities - Renewable versus Utilities - Regulated Electric), so their grades are relative to different peer sets.
Our AI analyst is busy right now, so this verdict is drawn directly from the pillars, grades and DCF above.
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Where WEC and MWH diverge
On the headline score the gap is 15.2 points in favor of MWH. The widest single difference is Growth, where MWH leads by 33.4 points.
GrowthWEC 62.0 · MWH 95.4MWH +33.4
ValueWEC 51.5 · MWH 74.9MWH +23.4
QualityWEC 57.5 · MWH 74.2MWH +16.7
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is MWH or WEC the better stock?
MWH scores higher: MWH 72.0, WEC 56.8 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do MWH and WEC differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where MWH leads by 33 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. MWH leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are MWH and WEC scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.