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WEX (WEX) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 4.59 (As of May. 14, 2024)


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What is WEX Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-14), WEX's current share price is $203.17. WEX's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $44.23. WEX's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 4.59.

The historical rank and industry rank for WEX's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

WEX' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.85   Med: 5.68   Max: 9.59
Current: 4.66

During the past years, WEX's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 9.59. The lowest was 2.85. And the median was 5.68.

WEX's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
71.72% of 1333 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.61 vs WEX: 4.66

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

WEX's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $42.427. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $44.23 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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WEX Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for WEX's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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WEX Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

WEX Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.04 6.16 3.74 3.96 4.43

WEX Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.34 4.22 4.30 4.43 5.37

Competitive Comparison of WEX's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, WEX's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


WEX's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, WEX's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where WEX's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



WEX Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

WEX's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=203.17/44.23
=4.59

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

WEX's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, WEX's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=42.427/129.4194*129.4194
=42.427

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

WEX Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 25.424 100.560 32.721
201409 26.666 100.428 34.364
201412 27.260 99.070 35.611
201503 26.762 99.621 34.767
201506 27.740 100.684 35.657
201509 27.219 100.392 35.089
201512 27.958 99.792 36.258
201603 28.821 100.470 37.125
201606 28.977 101.688 36.879
201609 35.168 101.861 44.683
201612 34.948 101.863 44.402
201703 35.920 102.862 45.194
201706 36.615 103.349 45.851
201709 37.849 104.136 47.039
201712 37.676 104.011 46.880
201803 40.861 105.290 50.225
201806 41.362 106.317 50.350
201809 42.680 106.507 51.862
201812 41.404 105.998 50.553
201903 41.776 107.251 50.411
201906 42.358 108.070 50.726
201909 42.561 108.329 50.847
201912 44.481 108.420 53.096
202003 42.906 108.902 50.990
202006 45.431 108.767 54.057
202009 47.254 109.815 55.690
202012 43.109 109.897 50.767
202103 42.061 111.754 48.710
202106 40.069 114.631 45.238
202109 41.151 115.734 46.017
202112 41.019 117.630 45.130
202203 42.828 121.301 45.694
202206 40.786 125.017 42.222
202209 36.961 125.227 38.199
202212 38.165 125.222 39.444
202303 39.030 127.348 39.665
202306 41.228 128.729 41.449
202309 39.726 129.860 39.591
202312 43.451 129.419 43.451
202403 42.427 129.419 42.427

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


WEX  (NYSE:WEX) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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WEX (WEX) Business Description

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Address
1 Hancock Street, Portland, ME, USA, 04101
WEX Inc is a provider of corporate payment solutions. The company operates three business segments: Fleet solutions, Travel & Corporate Solutions, and Health & Employee Benefit Solutions. Fleet Solutions, the largest segment by revenue, provides fleet vehicle payment-processing services for commercial and government fleets. Travel and corporate solutions offer business-to-business payment processing and transaction monitoring services. Health and employee benefit solutions generate revenue from healthcare payment products and its consumer-directed software platform. Wex's largest end market is the United States of America.
Executives
Jack Vanwoerkom director
Jennifer Kimball officer: Interim CFO C/O WEX INC., 97 DARLING AVENUE, SOUTH PORTLAND ME 04106
Stephen Montgomery Smith director C/O WEX INC., 97 DARLING AVENUE, SOUTH PORTLAND ME 04106
Robert Joseph Deshaies officer: President, WEX Health C/O WEX INC., 97 DARLING AVENUE, SOUTH PORTLAND ME 04106
Melanie J Tinto officer: Chief Human Resources Officer C/O WEX INC., 97 DARLING AVENUE, SOUTH PORTLAND ME 04106
James R Groch director 50 SOUTH 16TH STREET, SUITE 3000, PHILADELPHIA PA 19102
Carlos Carriedo officer: COO, International C/0 WEX INC., 97 DARLING AVENUE, SOUTH PORTLAND ME 04106
Melissa D Goodwin officer: SVP, Finance and CFO C/O WRIGHT EXPRESS CORPORATION, 97 DARLING AVENUE, SOUTH PORTLAND ME 04106
Regina O Sommer director 201 JONES RD, WALTHAM MA 02451
David G Cooper officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O WEX INC., 9, SOUTH PORTLAND ME 04106
Hilary A Rapkin officer: SVP, Gen. Counsel & Corp. Sec. C/O WRIGHT EXPRESS CORPORATION, 97 DARLING AVENUE, SOUTH PORTLAND ME 04106
Derrick A. Roman director C/O COMMSCOPE HOLDING COMPANY, INC., 1100 COMMSCOPE PLACE, SE, HICKORY NC 28602
Jagtar Narula officer: Chief Financial Officer 333 THREE D SYSTEMS CIRCLE, ROCK HILL SC 29730
Karen B. Stroup officer: Chief Digital Officer 440 S. CHURCH STREET, SUITE 700, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Bhavana Bartholf director C/O WEX INC., 97 DARLING AVENUE, SOUTH PORTLAND ME 04106