WEX
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2027)

202520262027
Price/Earnings ratio
14.5111.767.35
Price/Sales ratio
2.612.422.22
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$11.84$14.61$23.4

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
19.0233.6375.1037.8735.9158.42-31.8146.1136.0731.2339.6835.91
Price/Sales ratio
4.704.014.474.854.045.265.723.393.093.263.405.26
Price/Book Value ratio
3.623.163.043.543.384.704.683.414.404.574.843.38
Price/Cash Flow ratio
12.977.70-30.1345.6515.1013.6810.4141.7410.699.1711.7613.68
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
16.148.98-20.99113.0819.3016.1911.4997.5412.9010.9014.1916.19
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.53-0.68-1.730.257.88-7.350.11-0.310.730.830.000.00
Dividend Yield
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
56.06%52.97%50.40%59.21%63.29%61.72%56.84%62.05%60.41%58.58%69.95%63.29%
Operating Profit Margin
37.45%26.77%19.15%19.13%25.50%22.38%10.96%18.48%19.98%25.39%19.98%22.38%
Pretax Profit Margin
36.89%21.63%8.55%14.28%15.98%12.56%-19.30%11.02%11.08%14.47%11.08%12.56%
Net Profit Margin
24.73%11.92%5.95%12.81%11.27%9.00%-17.98%7.35%8.56%10.46%8.57%9.00%
Effective Tax Rate
33.68%40.72%34.01%10.92%28.85%28.27%6.84%33.24%35.72%27.71%35.72%28.85%
Return on Assets
4.91%2.64%0.99%2.37%2.48%1.87%-3.42%1.32%1.74%1.92%1.74%1.87%
Return On Equity
19.07%9.40%4.05%9.36%9.42%8.05%-14.72%7.40%12.20%14.64%11.47%9.42%
Return on Capital Employed
8.61%6.88%3.79%4.26%8.53%7.35%3.14%5.78%8.97%12.06%8.97%8.53%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
3.853.542.492.821.471.251.27N/AN/AN/A1.081.25
Quick Ratio
3.863.542.522.821.411.161.061.020.911.040.881.16
Cash ratio
0.500.520.200.440.230.260.310.130.140.110.140.26
Days of Sales Outstanding
832.78644.29736.37716.81631.92563.50466.42570.26508.66511.31508.66563.50
Days of Inventory outstanding
-6.020.00-8.460.0082.20156.36309.52412.30424.03N/AN/A156.36
Operating Cycle
826.75644.29727.91716.81714.12719.86775.94982.57932.70511.31125.42719.86
Days of Payables Outstanding
432.75344.06445.96538.39542.73536.52421.94531.25480.54457.79705.95542.73
Cash Conversion Cycle
394.00300.23281.95178.41171.39183.34353.99451.31452.1553.51-197.29183.34
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.320.280.320.350.340.350.360.270.230.270.850.34
Debt Equity Ratio
1.271.021.331.411.311.521.581.551.652.125.981.31
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.560.500.570.540.540.580.600.590.600.600.600.54
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.560.500.570.580.560.600.610.600.620.670.620.56
Interest Coverage Ratio
7.735.121.782.513.672.861.08N/AN/AN/A3.592.86
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.210.40-0.070.050.170.220.280.050.240.230.240.17
Company Equity Multiplier
3.883.564.063.933.794.304.295.606.987.626.983.79
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.360.52-0.140.100.260.380.540.080.280.350.280.26
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.800.851.430.400.780.840.900.420.820.840.820.78
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.210.40-0.070.050.170.220.280.050.240.230.240.17
Short Term Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/A0.331.842.665.610.963.350.873.351.84
Dividend Payout Ratio
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