WEX Inc. (NYSE:WEX) Accelerates Cash Returns While Momentum Signals Diverge

WEX delivered a quarter that strengthened revenue and adjusted earnings while capital allocation shifts increased shareholder cash-return capacity; technical momentum presents mixed signals for the immediate price path.

Recent News

On October 29, 2025 WEX reported third-quarter 2025 results showing revenue of $692 million and adjusted net income of $4.59 per diluted share, and raised full-year revenue and adjusted net income guidance; the company also announced a Board appointment effective November 3, 2025. On October 16, 2025 WEX confirmed the Q3 results release schedule and a conference call for October 30, 2025.

Technical Analysis

ADX at 16.14 indicates no trend, suggesting price may consolidate rather than extend a strong directional move; that context aligns with near-term range behavior and supports valuation-driven trading attention.

DI+ reads 20.42 with a peak-and-reversal characteristic, a bearish directional signal that increases the risk of short-term downward pressure on price relative to recent gains.

DI- at 18.27 trending lower provides a bullish offset by signaling weakening downside momentum; the juxtaposition of DI+ peak reversal and DI- decreasing creates a mixed directional profile for the coming weeks.

MACD sits at 0.80 and trades above its signal line (-0.21), which constitutes a bullish crossover signal, while the MACD trend shows a peak-and-reversal that indicates diminishing momentum; this contrast implies momentum may remain unstable near term.

MRO at -9.68 (negative) indicates price below the model target with potential upward pressure; the MRO trend moved higher, reinforcing the case for mean reversion toward the valuation target rather than momentum-driven decline.

RSI at 47.77 and rising points to building positive momentum without overextension; this supports a constructive tilt for short-term rallies while leaving room for further upside before reaching overbought conditions.

Price trades slightly above short- and medium-term averages (12-day EMA $151.03; 20-day avg $150.69; 200-day avg $150.73) and sits within the first Bollinger band (upper 1x SD $153.79), implying consolidation near recent means with resistance near the upper band and technical support around the super trend lower at $144.50.

 


Fundamental Analysis

Revenue totaled $691,700,000 with revenue growth of 4.87% (expressed as a decimal 0.04867), while quarter-over-quarter revenue expanded 34.71% and year-over-year revenue movement registered -509.68% by the provided value. QoQ revenue strength accompanied an operating margin of 26.514% and an EBIT margin of 26.052%, with EBIT margin improving 8.48% QoQ but falling 13.09% YoY.

EBIT margin at 26.05% sits below the industry peer mean of 49.53% and the industry peer median of 59.99% while remaining well above the industry peer low of -5.35%, indicating solid profitability but lower margin capture relative to peer averages.

Net income reached $80,300,000 and EPS printed $4.59 versus an estimate of $4.45, producing an EPS surprise ratio of 3.146%; earnings growth stands at 16.203% with YoY gain of 40.432% and QoQ gain of 29.252%, reflecting recovery in profitability metrics.

Free cash flow totaled $341,600,000 and produced a free cash flow yield of 6.24%, which outpaces the industry peer mean free cash flow yield of 0.95%, supporting the company’s capacity for buybacks and other cash returns.

Balance sheet metrics show $4,942,100,000 in cash and short-term investments against net debt of $4,212,900,000 and total debt of $5,025,800,000; debt-to-assets reads 34.82% and debt-to-equity registers 449.37%, while debt-to-EBITDA equals 19.04, and interest coverage sits at 2.82x compared with an industry peer mean of 7.53x, highlighting elevated leverage and tighter coverage versus peers.

Liquidity measures remain near peer central tendency: current ratio 1.05 approximates the industry peer mean of 1.05, while cash ratio at 53.41% offers moderate short-term cushion. Return on equity at 7.18% trails the industry peer mean of 12.23% but shows QoQ improvement of 3.191 percentage points and YoY growth of 17.052 percentage points.

Valuation metrics place price/earnings at 34.79 and EV-to-revenue at 8.03; price-to-book at 4.89 and price-to-sales at 7.91. WMDST values the stock as under-valued based on elevated free cash flow yield relative to peers and the company’s demonstrated ability to deploy capital through repurchases and guidance upgrades.

MOST-RECENT QUARTERLY REPORT
REPORT PERIOD ENDING: 2025-09-30
REPORT DATE: 2025-10-29
NEXT REPORT DATE: 2026-01-28
CASH FLOW  Begin Period Cash Flow 1.5 B
 Operating Cash Flow 376.6 M
 Capital Expenditures -35.00 M
 Change In Working Capital 125.3 M
 Dividends Paid
 Cash Flow Delta -50.00 M
 End Period Cash Flow 1.5 B
 
INCOME STATEMENT REVENUE
 Total Revenue 691.7 M
 Forward Revenue 326.0 M
COSTS
 Cost Of Revenue 274.3 M
 Depreciation 83.7 M
 Depreciation and Amortization 83.7 M
 Research and Development
 Total Operating Expenses 508.3 M
PROFITABILITY
 Gross Profit 417.4 M
 EBITDA 263.9 M
 EBIT 180.2 M
 Operating Income 183.4 M
 Interest Income
 Interest Expense 63.8 M
 Net Interest Income -63.80 M
 Income Before Tax 116.4 M
 Tax Provision 36.2 M
 Tax Rate 31.1 %
 Net Income 80.3 M
 Net Income From Continuing Operations 80.2 M
EARNINGS
 EPS Estimate 4.45
 EPS Actual 4.59
 EPS Difference 0.14
 EPS Surprise 3.146 %
 Forward EPS 4.42
 
BALANCE SHEET ASSETS
 Total Assets 14.4 B
 Intangible Assets 4.1 B
 Net Tangible Assets -3.03 B
 Total Current Assets 9.7 B
 Cash and Short-Term Investments 4.9 B
 Cash 812.9 M
 Net Receivables 3.8 B
 Inventory
 Long-Term Investments 214.7 M
LIABILITIES
 Accounts Payable 1.5 B
 Short-Term Debt 1.3 B
 Total Current Liabilities 9.3 B
 Net Debt 4.2 B
 Total Debt 5.0 B
 Total Liabilities 13.3 B
EQUITY
 Total Equity 1.1 B
 Retained Earnings 2.3 B
VALUATION & PER-SHARE METRICS EQUITY & PER-SHARE METRICS
 Book Value Per-Share 32.64
 Shares Outstanding 34.264 M
 Revenue Per-Share 20.19
VALUATION
 Market Capitalization 5.5 B
 Enterprise Value 5.6 B
 Enterprise Multiple 21.053
Enterprise Multiple QoQ -15.454 %
Enterprise Multiple YoY 14.9 %
Enterprise Multiple IPRWA high: 99.822
median: 99.822
mean: 88.395
WEX: 21.053
low: -15.894
 EV/R 8.032
CAPITAL STRUCTURE
 Asset To Equity 12.905
 Asset To Liability 1.084
 Debt To Capital 0.818
 Debt To Assets 0.348
Debt To Assets QoQ -6.105 %
Debt To Assets YoY 238.693 %
Debt To Assets IPRWA high: 0.854
WEX: 0.348
mean: 0.263
median: 0.253
low: 0.003
 Debt To Equity 4.494
Debt To Equity QoQ -19.178 %
Debt To Equity YoY 425.166 %
Debt To Equity IPRWA WEX: 4.494
high: 1.946
mean: 0.847
median: 0.677
low: -1.944
PRICE-BASED VALUATION
 Price To Book (P/B) 4.893
Price To Book QoQ -13.08 %
Price To Book YoY 2.967 %
Price To Book IPRWA high: 21.183
median: 17.962
mean: 15.591
WEX: 4.893
low: -8.617
 Price To Earnings (P/E) 34.794
Price To Earnings QoQ -5.367 %
Price To Earnings YoY -24.43 %
Price To Earnings IPRWA high: 157.367
median: 115.868
mean: 108.193
WEX: 34.794
low: -7.199
 PE/G Ratio 2.147
 Price To Sales (P/S) 7.911
Price To Sales QoQ -5.282 %
Price To Sales YoY -33.952 %
Price To Sales IPRWA high: 22.84
median: 17.45
mean: 17.274
WEX: 7.911
low: 0.971
FORWARD MULTIPLES
Forward P/E 38.299
Forward PE/G 2.364
Forward P/S 17.378
EFFICIENCY OPERATIONAL
 Operating Leverage 2.828
ASSET & SALES
 Asset Turnover Ratio 0.048
Asset Turnover Ratio QoQ 3.191 %
Asset Turnover Ratio YoY 0.742 %
Asset Turnover Ratio IPRWA high: 0.215
median: 0.107
mean: 0.104
WEX: 0.048
low: 0.026
 Receivables Turnover 0.179
Receivables Turnover Ratio QoQ 4.222 %
Receivables Turnover Ratio YoY 3.883 %
Receivables Turnover Ratio IPRWA high: 14.958
median: 3.547
mean: 2.966
low: 0.475
WEX: 0.179
 Inventory Turnover
Inventory Turnover Ratio QoQ
Inventory Turnover Ratio YoY
Inventory Turnover Ratio IPRWA
 Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) 510.608
CASH CYCLE
 Cash Conversion Cycle Days (CCC) 27.348
Cash Conversion Cycle Days QoQ
Cash Conversion Cycle Days YoY
Cash Conversion Cycle Days IPRWA high: 73.731
WEX: 27.348
mean: 15.402
median: 2.205
low: -86.183
CAPITAL DEPLOYMENT
 Cash Conversion Ratio 1.497
 CapEx To Revenue -0.051
 CapEx To Depreciation -0.418
 
CAPITAL, LIQUIDITY & COVERAGE CAPITAL STRUCTURE
 Total Capital 4.8 B
 Net Invested Capital 6.1 B
 Invested Capital 6.1 B
 Net Tangible Assets -3.03 B
 Net Working Capital 462.1 M
LIQUIDITY
 Cash Ratio 0.534
 Current Ratio 1.05
Current Ratio QoQ 0.756 %
Current Ratio YoY 0.484 %
Current Ratio IPRWA high: 1.947
median: 1.078
WEX: 1.05
mean: 1.048
low: 0.522
 Quick Ratio
Quick Ratio QoQ
Quick Ratio YoY
Quick Ratio IPRWA
COVERAGE & LEVERAGE
 Debt To EBITDA 19.044
 Cost Of Debt 0.84 %
 Interest Coverage Ratio 2.824
Interest Coverage Ratio QoQ 15.902 %
Interest Coverage Ratio YoY -17.319 %
Interest Coverage Ratio IPRWA high: 16.162
median: 8.638
mean: 7.532
WEX: 2.824
low: 1.341
 Operating Cash Flow Ratio 0.033
TIMING / LIQUIDITY
 Days Payables Outstanding (DPO) 483.26
DIVIDENDS
 Dividend Coverage Ratio
 Dividend Payout Ratio
 Dividend Rate
 Dividend Yield
PERFORMANCE GROWTH
 Asset Growth Rate -1.637 %
 Revenue Growth 4.867 %
Revenue Growth QoQ 34.708 %
Revenue Growth YoY -509.68 %
Revenue Growth IPRWA high: 13.199 %
median: 5.427 %
WEX: 4.867 %
mean: 3.193 %
low: -23.046 %
 Earnings Growth 16.203 %
Earnings Growth QoQ 29.252 %
Earnings Growth YoY 40.432 %
Earnings Growth IPRWA high: 41.406 %
WEX: 16.203 %
median: 10.177 %
mean: -3.318 %
low: -57.465 %
MARGINS
 Gross Margin 60.344 %
Gross Margin QoQ 2.902 %
Gross Margin YoY -3.51 %
Gross Margin IPRWA high: 81.527 %
median: 81.527 %
mean: 71.447 %
WEX: 60.344 %
low: -13.899 %
 EBIT Margin 26.052 %
EBIT Margin QoQ 8.482 %
EBIT Margin YoY -13.093 %
EBIT Margin IPRWA high: 59.987 %
median: 59.987 %
mean: 49.53 %
WEX: 26.052 %
low: -5.353 %
 Return On Sales (ROS) 26.514 %
Return On Sales QoQ 11.535 %
Return On Sales YoY -11.552 %
Return On Sales IPRWA high: 65.75 %
median: 65.75 %
mean: 52.631 %
WEX: 26.514 %
low: -37.205 %
CASH FLOW
 Free Cash Flow (FCF) 341.6 M
 Free Cash Flow Yield 6.242 %
Free Cash Flow Yield QoQ 49.509 %
Free Cash Flow Yield YoY -1668.342 %
Free Cash Flow Yield IPRWA WEX: 6.242 %
high: 5.031 %
mean: 0.954 %
median: 0.876 %
low: -1.699 %
 Free Cash Growth 48.522 %
Free Cash Growth QoQ -133.813 %
Free Cash Growth YoY -225.428 %
Free Cash Growth IPRWA high: 226.259 %
WEX: 48.522 %
median: -7.291 %
mean: -13.227 %
low: -145.344 %
 Free Cash To Net Income 4.254
 Cash Flow Margin 43.979 %
 Cash Flow To Earnings 3.788
VALUE & RETURNS
 Economic Value Added 0.02
 Return On Assets (ROA) 0.552 %
Return On Assets QoQ 15.966 %
Return On Assets YoY -24.384 %
Return On Assets IPRWA high: 5.099 %
median: 5.099 %
mean: 4.016 %
WEX: 0.552 %
low: 0.173 %
 Return On Capital Employed (ROCE) 3.479 %
 Return On Equity (ROE) 0.072
Return On Equity QoQ 3.191 %
Return On Equity YoY 17.052 %
Return On Equity IPRWA high: 0.19
median: 0.137
mean: 0.122
WEX: 0.072
low: -0.13
 DuPont ROE 7.658 %
 Return On Invested Capital (ROIC) 2.021 %
Return On Invested Capital QoQ 12.153 %
Return On Invested Capital YoY -139.22 %
Return On Invested Capital IPRWA high: 10.987 %
median: 8.441 %
mean: 7.216 %
WEX: 2.021 %
low: 0.783 %

Six-Week Outlook

Expect a consolidation regime with episodic directional attempts: mixed directional indicators and a sub-20 ADX suggest range trading, while negative MRO and rising RSI create a modest upside bias toward short-term moving averages and the upper Bollinger band near $153.79. Watch MACD’s momentum behavior; the existing crossover versus its peak-and-reversal profile leaves momentum fragile and susceptible to rapid shifts.

Leverage and coverage metrics represent the primary fundamental risk over the near term; any renewed guidance above current ranges could tilt sentiment, while lack of follow-through in momentum indicators may trap price inside the current band. Technical support clusters appear near the super trend lower at $144.50 and the 12-day EMA around $151; resistance clusters align with Ichimoku Senkou A near $152.85 and the Bollinger upper band.

About WEX Inc.

WEX Inc. (NYSE:WEX) develops a comprehensive commerce platform serving both the United States and international markets. The company’s Mobility segment delivers fleet vehicle payment solutions, handling transaction processing and information management services. It supports account activation, retention, and maintenance, while also managing credit and collections, merchant services, and analytics solutions. This segment targets businesses and government agencies with commercial vehicle fleets, utilizing direct and indirect marketing channels, including co-branded and private label partnerships. The Corporate Payments segment offers advanced payment solutions such as embedded payments and accounts payable automation. It enhances spend management for clients in diverse sectors like travel, fintech, insurance, consumer bill pay, and media. The segment’s marketing strategy includes direct and indirect approaches to reach its clientele. WEX’s Benefits Solutions segment provides a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for consumer-directed healthcare benefits and comprehensive benefit enrollment solutions. It integrates embedded payment solutions and plan administration services, covering COBRA accounts and health savings accounts. The company collaborates with third-party administrators, financial institutions, payroll providers, and health plans to market its products effectively. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Portland, Maine, WEX Inc. continues to expand its offerings and client base.



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