WEX vs Wise
WEX and WSE side by side, both in miscellaneous business services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How WEX and WSE compare
Wise grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (22.5% versus 9.7% for WEX).
Wise keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 26.3% compared with 14.0% at WEX.
WEX scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 7 for Wise), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | WEX | WSE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.3B | – |
| Share price | $184.61 | $10.67 |
| Change, 1 year | 19.8% | −18.9% |
| Change, 5 years | 18.4% | −4.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.03 | 1.01 |
| Employees | 6,600 | 8,000 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 14 (better) | 7 |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 15.9× | – |
| P/S | 2.2× | – |
| P/B | 5.5× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.2× | – |
| PEG | 0.68 | – |
| FCF yield | −5.0% | – |
| Fair value | $307.71 | – |
| Margin of safety | 40.0% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.7% | 22.5% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 11.3% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 42.6% (better) | −9.4% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 51.3% (better) | −8.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 60.4% | – |
| Operating margin | 26.6% | 31.2% (better) |
| Net margin | 14.0% | 26.3% (better) |
| FCF margin | −10.8% | 398% (better) |
| Return on equity | 35.6% (better) | 27.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 46.4% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 4.62 | 0.17 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.05 (better) | −52.97 |
| Interest coverage | – | 30.3× |
| Current ratio | 1.03 | 1.07 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 0.84 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | 4.2% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 4.2% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 116% | 21.7% |
| Held by insiders | 6.4% | 28.8% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$10.1M | −$1.3M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 8.7% | 0.53% |
Go deeper
- WEX stock overview
- WEX income statement
- WEX valuation and score
- WSE stock overview
- WSE income statement
- WSE valuation and score
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