Avoid the stress of overpaying for a stock or missing an opportunity by using the right tools and insights to evaluate WEX Inc. before investing.

In this article, we go over a few key elements for understanding WEX Inc.’s stock price such as:

• WEX Inc.’s current stock price and volume
• Why WEX Inc.’s stock price changed recently
• Upgrades and downgrades for WEX from analysts
• WEX’s stock price momentum as measured by its relative strength

About WEX Inc. (WEX)

Before we jump into WEX Inc.’s stock price, history, target price and what caused it to recently rise, let’s take a look at some background.

WEX Inc. operates a commerce platform in the United States and internationally. The Mobility segment offers fleet payment solutions, transaction processing, and information management services; and provides account activation and account retention services; authorization and billing inquiries, and account maintenance services; account management; credit and collections services; merchant services; analytics solutions; and ancillary services and offerings. This segment markets its products directly and indirectly to businesses and government agencies with fleets of commercial vehicles; and indirectly through co-branded and private label relationships. The Corporate Payments segment provides payment solutions, including embedded payments; and accounts payable automation and spend management solutions. This segment also markets its products directly and indirectly to customers in travel, fintech, insurance, consumer bill pay, and media verticals. The Benefits segment offers software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for consumer directed healthcare benefits and full-service benefit enrollment solutions. In addition, its SaaS platform includes embedded payment solutions and plan administration services for consumer-directed health benefits; COBRA accounts; and benefit enrollment and administration services. Further, it offers custodial and depository services for health savings accounts; and markets its products through third-party administrators, financial institutions, payroll providers, and health plans. WEX Inc. was formerly known as Wright Express Corporation and changed its name to WEX Inc. in October 2012. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Portland, Maine.

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WEX Inc.’s Stock Price as of Market Close

As of July 31, 2026, 4:00 PM, CST, WEX Inc.’s stock price was $186.960.

WEX Inc. is up 0.3% from its previous closing price of $186.400.

During the last market session, WEX Inc.’s stock traded between $183.320 and $187.420. Currently, there are approximately 34.70 million shares outstanding for WEX Inc..

WEX Inc.’s price-earnings (P/E) ratio is currently at 18.6, which is high compared to the Financial Services industry median of 15.1. The price-earnings ratio gauges market expectation of future performance by relating a stock’s current share price to its earnings per share.

WEX Inc. Stock Price History

WEX Inc.’s (WEX) price is currently up 32.51% so far this month.

During the month of July, WEX Inc.’s stock price has reached a high of $191.380 and a low of $141.515.

Over the last year, WEX Inc. has hit prices as high as $191.380 and as low as $125.290. Year to date, WEX Inc.’s stock is up 25.49%.

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What Caused WEX Inc. Stock’s Price to Rise?

Stock prices are primarily based on seller supply and buyer demand. But have you ever wondered about what other factors affect a stock's price?

When an analyst changes their opinion of a stock by upgrading or downgrading their rating, it often leads to a sudden stock price adjustment. As of July 31, 2026, there were 0 analysts who downgraded WEX Inc.’s stock and 1 analyst who upgraded over the last month.

Additionally, you'll want to evaluate WEX Inc.’s financial health and valuation. Investors can use AAII's Value Grade, which combines six key valuation metrics like P/E and P/S ratios for a comprehensive analysis to conduct analysis on WEX Inc.’s valuation and financial health. This approach mitigates the limitations of single-metric evaluations.

WEX Inc.’s current valuation based on AAII’s Value Grade is a D, which means it is considered to be Expensive.

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Lastly, news and media coverage as well as recent press reports about the company or its industry may cause stock prices to fluctuate. You can check out the most recent news articles about WEX Inc. (WEX) by visiting AAII Stock Evaluator.

Relative Price Strength of WEX Inc.

Relative price strength measures a stock's performance against the market, helping investors identify stocks that are outperforming benchmarks.

For AAII’s Momentum Grade, a weighted relative price strength is calculated. Follow this link to learn more about the Momentum Grade.

As of July 31, 2026, WEX Inc. has a weighted four-quarter relative price strength of 3.15%, which translates to a Momentum Score of 64 and is considered to be Strong.

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WEX Inc. Stock Price: Bottom Line

As of July 31, 2026, WEX Inc.’s stock price is $186.960, which is up 0.3% from its previous closing price.

AAII advises against making stock decisions based solely on price or past returns. Instead, consider a variety of metrics, fundamentals, and analytics to evaluate a stock like WEX Inc. stock prices are influenced by market supply and demand and offer just a snapshot of a company's overall health.

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