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WEX (STU:WL9) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 3.98 (As of Jun. 10, 2024)


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What is WEX Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-06-10), WEX's current share price is €166.00. WEX's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €41.70. WEX's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 3.98.

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

STU:WL9' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.85   Med: 5.67   Max: 9.59
Current: 4.02

During the past years, WEX's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 9.59. The lowest was 2.85. And the median was 5.67.

STU:WL9's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
67.58% of 1422 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.5 vs STU:WL9: 4.02

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 €39.033. 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 €41.70 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 5.28

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
=166.00/41.7
=3.98

* 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)
=39.033/131.7762*131.7762
=39.033

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

WEX Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 18.712 100.560 24.521
201409 20.693 100.428 27.152
201412 22.108 99.070 29.407
201503 24.728 99.621 32.710
201506 24.716 100.684 32.349
201509 24.252 100.392 31.834
201512 25.665 99.792 33.891
201603 25.882 100.470 33.947
201606 25.789 101.688 33.420
201609 31.335 101.861 40.538
201612 33.130 101.863 42.859
201703 33.585 102.862 43.026
201706 32.587 103.349 41.550
201709 31.755 104.136 40.184
201712 31.836 104.011 40.334
201803 33.139 105.290 41.475
201806 35.406 106.317 43.885
201809 36.577 106.507 45.255
201812 36.394 105.998 45.245
201903 36.971 107.251 45.425
201906 37.487 108.070 45.710
201909 38.645 108.329 47.009
201912 40.033 108.420 48.657
202003 38.830 108.902 46.986
202006 40.343 108.767 48.877
202009 40.118 109.815 48.141
202012 35.436 109.897 42.491
202103 35.331 111.754 41.661
202106 33.257 114.631 38.231
202109 34.978 115.734 39.826
202112 36.302 117.630 40.668
202203 38.888 121.301 42.246
202206 38.584 125.017 40.670
202209 37.331 125.227 39.284
202212 36.028 125.222 37.914
202303 36.454 127.348 37.722
202306 38.054 128.729 38.955
202309 37.223 129.860 37.772
202312 39.845 129.419 40.571
202403 39.033 131.776 39.033

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  (STU:WL9) 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 (STU:WL9) Business Description

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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.

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