WEX Valuation

Is WEX undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of WEX when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: WEX ($230.64) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($396.35)

Significantly Below Fair Value: WEX is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for WEX?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

WEX key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue3.8x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA11.3x
PEG Ratio1.4x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does WEX's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for WEX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average28.9x
JKHY Jack Henry & Associates
32.2x9.2%US$12.0b
CPAY Corpay
22x13.5%US$21.6b
EEFT Euronet Worldwide
17x13.1%US$4.8b
FOUR Shift4 Payments
44.1x33.6%US$5.3b
WEX WEX
36.1x25.5%US$9.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WEX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36.1x) compared to the peer average (28.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does WEX's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Diversified Financial Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a15.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WEX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36.1x) compared to the US Diversified Financial industry average (14.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is WEX's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

WEX PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio36.1x
Fair PE Ratio22.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: WEX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (36.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.8x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst WEX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$230.64
US$255.08
+10.6%
9.4%US$285.00US$215.00n/a13
Apr ’25US$237.31
US$242.15
+2.0%
8.2%US$275.00US$210.00n/a13
Mar ’25US$220.12
US$237.71
+8.0%
7.8%US$272.00US$210.00n/a14
Feb ’25US$206.30
US$223.00
+8.1%
12.2%US$262.00US$180.00n/a14
Jan ’25US$194.55
US$216.86
+11.5%
12.0%US$262.00US$180.00n/a14
Dec ’24US$181.87
US$217.07
+19.4%
13.2%US$275.00US$180.00n/a14
Nov ’24US$169.11
US$217.07
+28.4%
13.2%US$275.00US$180.00n/a14
Oct ’24US$188.09
US$228.42
+21.4%
11.3%US$275.00US$194.00n/a12
Sep ’24US$200.47
US$225.23
+12.4%
10.0%US$270.00US$194.00n/a13
Aug ’24US$191.93
US$224.08
+16.7%
10.0%US$270.00US$194.00n/a13
Jul ’24US$182.07
US$218.00
+19.7%
11.7%US$270.00US$180.00n/a12
Jun ’24US$169.35
US$219.31
+29.5%
11.4%US$270.00US$180.00n/a13
May ’24US$174.06
US$219.31
+26.0%
11.4%US$270.00US$180.00n/a13
Apr ’24US$183.89
US$216.62
+17.8%
9.8%US$260.00US$185.00US$237.3113
Mar ’24US$193.78
US$218.92
+13.0%
8.8%US$260.00US$192.00US$220.1213
Feb ’24US$190.32
US$193.77
+1.8%
8.4%US$230.00US$157.00US$206.3013
Jan ’24US$163.65
US$184.77
+12.9%
8.4%US$213.00US$157.00US$194.5513
Dec ’23US$171.28
US$184.77
+7.9%
8.4%US$213.00US$157.00US$181.8713
Nov ’23US$165.73
US$185.54
+12.0%
9.6%US$220.00US$157.00US$169.1113
Oct ’23US$126.94
US$198.85
+56.6%
10.0%US$226.00US$160.00US$188.0913
Sep ’23US$153.71
US$206.92
+34.6%
8.2%US$230.00US$180.00US$200.4713
Aug ’23US$166.21
US$206.23
+24.1%
8.2%US$230.00US$180.00US$191.9313
Jul ’23US$158.38
US$209.00
+32.0%
9.5%US$235.00US$170.00US$182.0715
Jun ’23US$169.71
US$205.33
+21.0%
9.3%US$235.00US$180.00US$169.3515
May ’23US$166.24
US$205.33
+23.5%
9.3%US$235.00US$180.00US$174.0615
Apr ’23US$172.53
US$198.07
+14.8%
11.1%US$227.00US$155.00US$183.8914

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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