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$137.34 +4.34 (+3.26%)
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WEX vs. JKHY, G, EXLS, PAY, EEFT, MMS, WU, CSGS, EVRI, and INOD

Should you be buying WEX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WEX include Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), Genpact (G), ExlService (EXLS), Paymentus (PAY), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), Maximus (MMS), Western Union (WU), CSG Systems International (CSGS), Everi (EVRI), and Innodata (INOD). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.

WEX vs.

Jack Henry & Associates (NASDAQ:JKHY) and WEX (NYSE:WEX) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Jack Henry & Associates presently has a consensus target price of $184.10, indicating a potential upside of 1.24%. WEX has a consensus target price of $182.40, indicating a potential upside of 32.81%. Given WEX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe WEX is more favorable than Jack Henry & Associates.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Jack Henry & Associates
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.08
WEX
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.23

WEX received 201 more outperform votes than Jack Henry & Associates when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.60% of users gave WEX an outperform vote while only 52.71% of users gave Jack Henry & Associates an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Jack Henry & AssociatesOutperform Votes
302
52.71%
Underperform Votes
271
47.29%
WEXOutperform Votes
503
59.60%
Underperform Votes
341
40.40%

98.8% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.5% of WEX shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Jack Henry & Associates shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of WEX shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Jack Henry & Associates has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WEX has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Jack Henry & Associates has higher earnings, but lower revenue than WEX. WEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Jack Henry & Associates, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Jack Henry & Associates$2.32B5.71$381.82M$5.8730.98
WEX$2.61B1.80$309.60M$7.7617.70

In the previous week, WEX had 7 more articles in the media than Jack Henry & Associates. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for WEX and 16 mentions for Jack Henry & Associates. Jack Henry & Associates' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat WEX's score of 0.83 indicating that Jack Henry & Associates is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Jack Henry & Associates
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
WEX
9 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Jack Henry & Associates has a net margin of 17.83% compared to WEX's net margin of 11.78%. WEX's return on equity of 32.35% beat Jack Henry & Associates' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Jack Henry & Associates17.83% 21.55% 14.05%
WEX 11.78%32.35%3.89%

Summary

WEX beats Jack Henry & Associates on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WEX vs. The Competition

MetricWEXBusiness services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.70B$21.40B$24.27B$19.30B
Dividend YieldN/A2.62%2.48%3.84%
P/E Ratio18.3136.9833.0934.53
Price / Sales1.8013.91283.6434.83
Price / Cash8.3332.3030.9317.51
Price / Book3.675.865.414.69
Net Income$309.60M$686.94M$195.96M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.17%-0.95%-0.21%-1.74%
1 Month Performance10.67%27.19%16.44%7.50%
1 Year Performance-29.49%36.20%18.15%4.15%

WEX Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WEX
WEX
4.5357 of 5 stars
$137.34
+3.3%
$182.40
+32.8%
-30.9%$4.70B$2.61B18.315,600News Coverage
JKHY
Jack Henry & Associates
3.8322 of 5 stars
$184.29
+0.9%
$184.10
-0.1%
+8.2%$13.42B$2.32B33.276,850
G
Genpact
4.0265 of 5 stars
$44.08
-0.2%
$50.71
+15.1%
+28.5%$7.71B$4.85B15.52109,600Positive News
EXLS
ExlService
3.9299 of 5 stars
$46.29
+0.5%
$52.33
+13.1%
+47.5%$7.53B$1.90B40.6145,400Positive News
PAY
Paymentus
2.9191 of 5 stars
$39.75
+2.1%
$36.00
-9.4%
+108.7%$4.97B$962.11M128.231,260Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
EEFT
Euronet Worldwide
4.4601 of 5 stars
$110.87
-0.2%
$125.57
+13.3%
-6.7%$4.79B$4.05B17.149,500Positive News
Gap Up
MMS
Maximus
3.8147 of 5 stars
$75.16
+0.2%
$90.00
+19.7%
-15.4%$4.24B$5.40B16.1639,500Positive News
WU
Western Union
4.5351 of 5 stars
$9.88
-0.6%
$10.78
+9.1%
-25.3%$3.27B$4.14B3.628,900Positive News
Dividend Announcement
CSGS
CSG Systems International
3.6254 of 5 stars
$64.73
-1.4%
$70.71
+9.2%
+52.0%$1.88B$1.20B21.295,700Analyst Upgrade
EVRI
Everi
1.3167 of 5 stars
$14.08
flat
$12.83
-8.9%
+90.2%$1.22B$749.85M93.871,550Positive News
INOD
Innodata
2.9445 of 5 stars
$38.49
+4.8%
$55.00
+42.9%
+183.5%$1.22B$202.30M45.284,210

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This page (NYSE:WEX) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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