WEX Inc. (WEX)Technology | Software - Infrastructure | Portland, United States | NYSE
174.71 USD
+2.05
(1.187%)
⇧
(Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 172.33 -2.38 (-2.380%) ⇩ (Oct. 13, 2026, 7:31 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 8:21 a.m. EDT
WEX offers a compelling growth story backed by robust 30% returns on equity and accelerating earnings, yet the stock is currently correcting below its 50-day moving average, creating a short-term headwind despite the analyst consensus pointing to upside. The absence of a dividend yield makes it unsuitable for income seekers, while the high leverage ratio introduces balance sheet risk that contrasts with the strong cash generation. Options positioning suggests traders are establishing a downside floor around 140 while betting on a rebound toward 190, highlighting the tension between the company's strong fundamentals and its current technical weakness. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.040656 |
| AutoETS | 0.040656 |
| AutoTheta | 0.040964 |
| MSTL | 0.042377 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 42% |
| H-stat | 3.14 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.063 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.11 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 398.423 |
| Revenue per Share | 80.93 |
| Market Cap | 5,954,398,720 |
| Trailing P/E | 17.42 |
| Forward P/E | 8.22 |
| Beta | 0.85 |
| Profit Margins | 12.56% |
| Website | https://www.wexinc.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 8:21 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning a defensive floor with heavy put open interest at the 140 and 150 strikes, highlighted by a massive implied volatility spike on the 140 strike. Conversely, call buyers are targeting the 190 and 210 levels, suggesting a belief in a recovery toward the 52-week high despite the current technical weakness.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.13413036 |
| Address1 | 1 Hancock Street |
| All Time High | 244.04 |
| All Time Low | 8.21 |
| Ask | 200.0 |
| Ask Size | 200 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.4 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 555,610 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 641,668 |
| Average Volume | 641,668 |
| Average Volume10Days | 555,610 |
| Beta | 0.845 |
| Bid | 124.46 |
| Bid Size | 200 |
| Board Risk | 3 |
| Book Value | 39.201 |
| City | Portland |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 2 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 174.71 |
| Current Ratio | 1.045 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 175.595 |
| Day Low | 173.345 |
| Debt To Equity | 398.423 |
| Display Name | WEX |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,784,815,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,784,815,200 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.571 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.593 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,784,750,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,217,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,217,600 |
| Ebitda | 920,800,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.32979 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 5.658 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.866 |
| Enterprise Value | 5,209,998,336 |
| Eps Current Year | 20.12705 |
| Eps Forward | 21.26627 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 10.03 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 20 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 187.4968 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -12.786789 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.06819737 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 13.413036 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 203.99 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -29.279999 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.14353643 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 125.29 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 49.420006 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.39444494 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 125.29 - 203.99 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,108,564,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 29,675,540 |
| Forward Eps | 21.26627 |
| Forward P E | 8.215358 |
| Free Cashflow | 1,331,299,968 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 6,600 |
| Fullday Change | 2.050003 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 1.1873063 |
| Fullday Price | 174.71 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.73232 |
| Gross Profits | 2,044,700,032 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.01318 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.18544 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 34,081,611 |
| Industry | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Disp | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Key | software-infrastructure |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | WEX Inc. operates a commerce platform in the United States and internationally. The Mobility segment offers fleet payment solutions, transaction processing, and information management services; and provides account activation and account retention services; authorization and billing inquiries, and account maintenance services; account management; credit and collections services; merchant services; analytics solutions; and ancillary services and offerings. This segment markets its products directly and indirectly to businesses and government agencies with fleets of commercial vehicles; and indirectly through co-branded and private label relationships. The Corporate Payments segment provides payment solutions, including embedded payments; and accounts payable automation and spend management solutions. This segment also markets its products directly and indirectly to customers in travel, fintech, insurance, consumer bill pay, and media verticals. The Benefits segment offers software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for consumer directed healthcare benefits and full-service benefit enrollment solutions. In addition, its SaaS platform includes embedded payment solutions and plan administration services for consumer-directed health benefits; COBRA accounts; and benefit enrollment and administration services. Further, it offers custodial and depository services for health savings accounts; and markets its products through third-party administrators, financial institutions, payroll providers, and health plans. WEX Inc. was formerly known as Wright Express Corporation and changed its name to WEX Inc. in October 2012. WEX Inc. was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Portland, Maine. |
| Long Name | WEX Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 5,954,398,720 |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_36731 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 350,700,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 6,176,610,361 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 11 |
| Open | 173.27 |
| Operating Cashflow | 262,900,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.26941 |
| Overall Risk | 1 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.88 |
| Phone | 207 773 8171 |
| Post Market Change | -2.380005 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -1.3622602 |
| Post Market Price | 172.33 |
| Post Market Time | 1,791,934,300 |
| Previous Close | 172.66 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 8.680358 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 4.456774 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.132588 |
| Profit Margins | 0.12560001 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.982 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.4 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 2.05 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 1.18731 |
| Regular Market Day High | 175.595 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 173.345 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 173.345 - 175.595 |
| Regular Market Open | 173.27 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 172.66 |
| Regular Market Price | 174.71 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,791,921,603 |
| Regular Market Volume | 573,861 |
| Return On Assets | 0.02892 |
| Return On Equity | 0.3019 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.142 |
| Revenue Per Share | 80.93 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.17502642 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 3 |
| Shares Outstanding | 34,081,611 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0813 |
| Shares Short | 2,769,971 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,427,226 |
| Short Name | WEX Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.107 |
| Short Ratio | 4.96 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | ME |
| Symbol | WEX |
| Target High Price | 224.0 |
| Target Low Price | 172.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 195.36365 |
| Target Median Price | 195.0 |
| Total Cash | 6,101,600,256 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 179.029 |
| Total Debt | 5,357,199,872 |
| Total Revenue | 2,792,100,096 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 10.03 |
| Trailing P E | 17.418745 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 0.9584 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 162.28966 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 12.420349 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.076531984 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 573,861 |
| Website | https://www.wexinc.com |
| Zip | 4,101 |