Company Analysis

WEX Inc. (WEX)

NYSE: WEX · Services-Business Services, NEC · Portland, ME · filing with the SEC since 2004
Grade5.4
◀ Past 6.6● Present 6.1▶ Future 4.1

The grade of WEX Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.4/10
◀ Past6.625% of the headline
● Present6.135% of the headline
▶ Future4.140% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.6/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
5.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2019-03-04.

weight 22% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 105 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

WEX Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 2 times, the latest 2019-03-04) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+11.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

WEX Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.0 billion in fiscal 2016 to $2.7 billion in fiscal 2025, up 11.3% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 10% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span11.3%bottom 41% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 40% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 23% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak9.5%bottom 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 7.0% a year. 95% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 45 sales, 2 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 87th percentile among 70 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, WEX Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 7.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 95% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 45 sales (29 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 2 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-12, buying about $359 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 8% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.1/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 25%: 25¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 91%: owes 91¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 98 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, WEX Inc. earned about 25 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 11 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 91 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 13.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 17% of its family
  • return on equitytop 22% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 21% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 2% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 40% of 101 in its family; net margin 11.4%.

weight 45% of this tense · 60th percentile among 101 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

WEX Inc.'s standing among 101 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.7 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 34% by size; a net margin of 11.4% ranks in the top 24%; revenue growth of 4.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 39% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$2.66Btop 34% of its family
  • net margin11.4%top 24% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth4.2%bottom 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
7.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 27% of 65 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2014.

weight 22% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 65 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

WEX Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Smith, Melissa D (CEO and President, as filed), filing under that title since 2014-02-20, 12.7 years (top 13% of its family); the 22 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.8 years (bottom 41%); 4 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 22 people in charge now (top 10%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge4 in three years among 22 peopletop 10% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.8 yearsbottom 41% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record12.7 yearstop 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 47% of 99 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 47th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

WEX Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $906 million against debt of $3.5 billion leaves -18.2% of its assets as net cash, bottom 24% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 11.8% of revenue (top 48%); a gross margin of 58.6% (top 36%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-18.2%bottom 24% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue11.8%top 48% of its family
  • gross margin58.6%top 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 40% of 99 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 40th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

WEX Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 4.2% a year over the last three filed years against 11.3% over all 10, slowing (bottom 36% of its family); the newest year grew 1.2% (bottom 32%); capital spending grew 7.6% a year (top 47%) (its annual reports). WEX Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Mobility at $1.4 billion (52%), Benefits at $797 million (30%), Corporate Payments at $477 million (18%); 1 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-7.1 points a yearbottom 36% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth1.2%bottom 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending7.6%top 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 36% of 93 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 36th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

WEX Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.7 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 4.2% below the $2.8 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 34% of its family); net income of $304 million against a prior three-year average of $248 million (bottom 32%); a net margin of 11.4% against 9.8% before (bottom 41%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-4.2%bottom 34% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+23%bottom 32% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+1.6 pointsbottom 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton WEX · research, not advice