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WEX (WEX) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share : $8.58 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is WEX Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

WEX's adjusted free cash flow per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-4.417. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $8.58 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

During the past 12 months, WEX's average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 30.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 18.70% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate was 30.50% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted FCF Growth Rate of WEX was 37.50% per year. The lowest was -4.90% per year. And the median was 24.50% per year.

As of today (2024-06-04), WEX's current stock price is $182.82. WEX's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $8.58. WEX's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is 21.31.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of WEX was 5793.00. The lowest was 21.54. And the median was 45.10.


WEX Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for WEX's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share 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 FCF per Share Chart

WEX Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.44 5.12 5.09 6.57 8.56

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 FCF per Share 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 6.58 6.76 7.09 8.56 8.58

Competitive Comparison of WEX's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, WEX's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, WEX's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where WEX's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



WEX Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

What is Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share?

Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share of a company over the past 10 years. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the free cash flow per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 free cash flow per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent free cash flow in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent free cash flow in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's free cash flow is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 free cash flow in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent free cash flow per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get Cyclically Adjusted FCF 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.

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

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare= Free Cash Flow per Share /CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=-4.417/131.7762*131.7762
=-4.417

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

WEX Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 -2.743 100.560 -3.595
201409 3.951 100.428 5.184
201412 7.190 99.070 9.564
201503 4.097 99.621 5.419
201506 -3.460 100.684 -4.528
201509 4.513 100.392 5.924
201512 4.667 99.792 6.163
201603 1.697 100.470 2.226
201606 -4.077 101.688 -5.283
201609 -0.778 101.861 -1.006
201612 -1.790 101.863 -2.316
201703 -1.916 102.862 -2.455
201706 -1.082 103.349 -1.380
201709 0.664 104.136 0.840
201712 3.634 104.011 4.604
201803 1.681 105.290 2.104
201806 -4.003 106.317 -4.962
201809 5.401 106.507 6.682
201812 4.099 105.998 5.096
201903 0.958 107.251 1.177
201906 -0.242 108.070 -0.295
201909 2.168 108.329 2.637
201912 9.883 108.420 12.012
202003 7.360 108.902 8.906
202006 8.336 108.767 10.099
202009 0.686 109.815 0.823
202012 -1.323 109.897 -1.586
202103 -5.313 111.754 -6.265
202106 1.709 114.631 1.965
202109 2.058 115.734 2.343
202112 -1.389 117.630 -1.556
202203 -4.258 121.301 -4.626
202206 -3.860 125.017 -4.069
202209 8.932 125.227 9.399
202212 12.224 125.222 12.864
202303 -0.183 127.348 -0.189
202306 0.869 128.729 0.890
202309 0.233 129.860 0.236
202312 16.862 129.419 17.169
202403 -4.417 131.776 -4.417

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.


WEX  (NYSE:WEX) Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share may underestimate the company's free cash flow. Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can seem to be too high even the actual Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, the free cash flow per share of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/FCF calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is also called CAPFCF Ratio.

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 Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

WEX's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=182.82/8.58
=21.31

* 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.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF of WEX was 5793.00. The lowest was 21.54. And the median was 45.10.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real free cash flow value.


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WEX (WEX) Business Description

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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