WEX Inc (NYSE:WEX) shares, rose in value on Friday, March 07, with the stock price up by 2.96% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $158.76.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $154.20. The PE ratio was 21.15 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $244.04, and the low was $146.03. On the whole, WEX has fluctuated by -15.00% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of WEX Inc currently standing at about $6.16 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in April.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that WEX’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 50% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Sell.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 3.07, with the price of WEX currently trading nearly 2.58% and -5.94% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 47.35, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 2.80% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 3.43%. Furthermore, WEX Inc (WEX)’s beta value is 1.36, and its average true range (ATR) is 5.06.
A comparison of WEX Inc (WEX) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. WEX showed an intraday change of 2.96% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -29.11%%.
Data on historical trading for WEX Inc (NYSE:WEX) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 515.90K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 39.00 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 0.83% of WEX Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 104.28% of the company’s shares. The stock has fallen by -9.45% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the WEX stock heading into the next quarter.
