Wise (WISE) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Wise plc provides cross-border and domestic financial services for personal and business customers in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Asia-Pacific, North America, and internationally. Its product portfolio includes international money transfer, wise account, international debit card, amount transfer, receive money, wise platform, business debit card, and mass payment services. The company was formerly known as 456 Newco plc and changed its name to Wise plc in June 2021. Wise plc was founded in 2010 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 824.80 to 838.80
• 50-Day Range: 788.43 to 969.77
• 52-Week Range: 754 to 1,101.50
• Volume: 739,014 shs
• Average Volume: 17.40 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £8.04 billion
• P/E Ratio: 17.18
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: GBX 1,192
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Wise Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Wise scored higher than 67% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Wise has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.80, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Wise has a consensus price target of GBX 1,192, representing about 43.3% upside from its current price of GBX 831.80.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Wise has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Wise is 17.18, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.05.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Wise is 17.18, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 44.75.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Wise has a PEG Ratio of 1.28. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Wise has a P/B Ratio of 9.15. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for WISE.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Wise does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Wise does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.05

News Sentiment

Wise has a news sentiment score of 1.05. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.62 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Wise this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Wise insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

38.16% of the stock of Wise is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

51.14% of the stock of Wise is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: IT Services
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:WISE
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.wise.com
• Phone: 44 20 7964 0500
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 5,500
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Wise: GBX 1,192
• High Price Target: GBX 1,350
• Low Price Target: GBX 900
• Potential Upside/Downside: +43.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.80
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 48.43
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 17.18
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: 1.28
• Net Income: £335.18 million
• Net Margins: 18.42%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 26.12%
• Return on Assets: 2.23%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 25.12
• Current Ratio: 1,467.09
• Quick Ratio: 0.06

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £2.70 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.98
• Cash Flow: GBX 45.35 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 18.35
• Book Value: GBX 90.87 per share
• Price / Book: 9.16

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 965,813,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £8.04 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.55