WEX NYSE Russell 1000 Earnings call
WEX Inc. (WEX) · Q2 2026 results and valuation
Share price: $182.29 · 2026-11-11
Results Q2 2026 vs Q1 2026 · previous quarter · published 23 Jul 2026 and 23 Apr 2026
Net income up 39.6% on the previous quarter. Management sounded upbeat, though noticeably less so answering analysts.
Only a basic analysis is available for this company at the moment.
1 · Numbers
+39.6%
Net income vs Q1 2026
Outlook given
Net income 108.5M vs 77.7M
Revenue +11.8%
Against the same quarter last year (Q2 2025) it is +59.3%, so it is not just seasonal.
2 · How management spoke
Upbeat
More upbeat than 75% of company calls
Answers to analysts: restrained, but clearly less so than the script.
Similar to last call.
3 · What stood out
Guidance
WEX expects adjusted net income EPS to be between $5.45 and $5.65 per diluted share for the updated guidance.
Valuation
Is WEX Inc. undervalued?
Reverse DCF on net income from the last full fiscal year (no meaningful free cash flow: a bank, insurer or a year of negative cash flow) (2025-12-31), grown for 10 years, discounted back, plus a terminal value. “Implied growth” is the rate the current price assumes.
At 4.2% growth a year (3-year revenue growth), the model's fair value is $138.19 a share — the stock trades 32% above it. Today's price assumes 8.0% growth a year.
Current price
$182.29
close of 2026-11-11
Market implies growth of iThe yearly free-cash-flow growth, for the next 10 years, that today’s share price already assumes. If you believe the company grows faster than this, the stock is cheap under this model; slower, and it is expensive.
+8.0% for 10 yrs
Fair value / share
$138.19
Buy below
$103.64
Price vs fair value
Overvalued 32%
Price vs buy-below price
Overvalued 76%
Management expects
Revenue +5% · from the Q2 2026 report: “WEX expects to finish the year within its long-term organic revenue growth range of 5% due to confidence in its investment strategy and execution.”
A guidance figure for revenue, usually one year ahead, not a 10-year free-cash-flow rate.
Read between the lines
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Guidance
WEX expects to finish the year within its long-term organic revenue growth range of 5% due to confidence in its investment strategy and execution.
Source quote
“Combined, these factors give us confidence in our investments strategy and execution as we expect to exit the year within our long term organic revenue growth range of 5%...”
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Figure
Adjusted net income per diluted share rose 35.4% to $5.35, while adjusted EPS grew 10.1% when excluding fuel prices and foreign exchange.
Source quote
“Adjusted net income per diluted share was $5.35 up 35.4% Excluding fuel prices and foreign exchange, adjusted EPS grew 10.1%.”
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Fading
WEX reported 130 basis points of margin expansion in Q1, excluding credit loss noise, which remains embedded in the company's guidance.
Source quote
“And actually, we've seen really good progress in that. It's still embedded in our guidance. And I'm going to point back to the fact that we saw 130 basis points of margin expansion in Q1, excluding some of the noise we have in credit losses.”
Tone
How upbeat the language was, compared with other companiesiTone counts positive minus negative finance words, adjusted for length. Executives mostly speak positively, so the labels compare each call with every company's latest call: “typical” is the middle third, “very upbeat” the top tenth, “cautious” the bottom tenth.. Dot: Q2 2026. Ring: Q1 2026.
Management sounded noticeably less positive answering analysts than in its prepared script — a bigger drop than in 87% of calls. Scripts are polished in advance; a drop under questioning often marks the topics analysts pressed on, so the answers deserve a closer read than the script.
Sentences that drove the tone
“At the high end of our guidance range reinforcing our ability to leverage top line growth into even stronger earnings growth.”
“Growing these products is part of our strategy to accelerate growth by expanding our reach into new markets.”
“This pillar is foundational to how we accelerate growth as a company, and we are investing in both product development and our go to market approach to move deeper into...”
Full figures
USD · SEC EDGAR XBRL (10-Q, period end 2026-06-30)
| Metric | Q2 2026period end 2026-06-30 | Q1 2026period end 2026-03-31 | Change | Q2 2025 | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 753.5M | 673.8M | +11.8% | 659.6M | +14.2% |
| Gross profit | 463.8M | 393.7M | +17.8% | 386.9M | +19.9% |
| Operating income | 203.2M | 158.2M | +28.4% | 156.8M | +29.6% |
| Net income | 108.5M | 77.7M | +39.6% | 68.1M | +59.3% |
| EPS | 3.11 | 2.22 | +40.1% | 1.98 | +57.1% |
| P/E today 17.2 | 14.1 | 17.2 | −3.1 | 18.6 | −4.5 |
Topics
Most discussed now
- WEX is a business that generates strong recurring revenue which in turn produces reliable free cash flow.
- WEX's benefits segment, total revenue of $206 million rose 5.6%, reflecting the strong open enrollment season...
- The momentum WEX has built in the first half of the year is a great start, and it expects it...
- The impact of foreign exchange rates and fuel prices increased revenue growth by 10%.
- Q2 adjusted operating margin increased approximately 280 basis points, driven primarily by the increase in fuel prices in the quarter.
Faded since Q1 2026
- Fading Continuing to scale the business, and that's in the North American mobility portfolio.
- Fading Purchase volume also increased 3.6%, reflecting continued strength in WEX's travel customers.
- Fading There are 3 key things to remember when WEX talks about sensitivities and fuel price guidance, especially in periods of...
- Fading WEX talked a couple of years ago about all the work it, did adjusting the tools using AI and then...
Latest announcements
Official filings, newest first.
- Results of operations · SEC 8-K
- Shareholder vote results; Other events · SEC 8-K
- Material agreement; Regulation FD disclosure; Other events · SEC 8-K
- Results of operations · SEC 8-K
- Results of operations · SEC 8-K
- Director or officer change; Regulation FD disclosure · SEC 8-K
- Results of operations; Director or officer change · SEC 8-K
- Results of operations · SEC 8-K