For the quarter ended September 2025, Wex (WEX) reported revenue of $691.8 million, up 4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $4.59, compared to $4.35 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.44% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $681.99 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $4.45, the EPS surprise was +3.15%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Wex performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Mobility - Average US fuel price: 3.38 $/gal compared to the 3.26 $/gal average estimate based on five analysts.
- Corporate Payments - Purchase volume: $23.18 billion compared to the $23.53 billion average estimate based on five analysts.
- Benefits - Purchase volume: $1.77 billion compared to the $1.85 billion average estimate based on five analysts.
- Mobility - Payment processing transactions: 140 million compared to the 142.98 million average estimate based on five analysts.
- Revenues- Mobility: $360.8 million compared to the $350.31 million average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of +1% year over year.
- Revenues- Corporate Payments: $132.8 million compared to the $144.49 million average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of +4.7% year over year.
- Revenues- Benefits: $198.1 million compared to the $185.18 million average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of +9.2% year over year.
- Revenues- Corporate Payments- Payment processing: $109.7 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $109.02 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +4.7%.
- Revenues- Benefits- Payment processing: $23.8 million compared to the $25.06 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +8.7% year over year.
- Revenues- Benefits- Account servicing: $113.3 million compared to the $113.54 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +3% year over year.
- Revenues- Benefits- Other: $61 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $57.99 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +23.5%.
- Revenues- Mobility- Payment processing: $168.2 million compared to the $172.04 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -8.2% year over year.
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Shares of Wex have returned +0.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.8% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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