2Q First Look: Beat & Raise on Fuel, Strong CP Margins, But Macro Still Sluggish; Buybacks Activated

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2Q First Look: Beat & Raise on Fuel, Strong CP Margins, But Macro Still Sluggish; Buybacks Activated

J P M O R G A N North America Equity Research

22 July 2026

WEX Inc. Neutral

WEX, WEX US

2Q First Look: Beat & Raise on Fuel, Strong CP Price (22 Jul 26):$155.68

Margins, But Macro Still Sluggish; Buybacks Activated

Payments, Processors & IT Services

Quick Take: Higher fuel prices drove the beat and raise, while organic growth Tien-tsin Huang, CFA AC

metrics remain muted. Questions ahead of the call at 10am ET could include (1-212) 622-6632

Corporate Payments margin drivers and Mobility Finance Fee upside as tien-tsin.huang@jpmorgan.com

underlying volume/transaction trends underwhelm. Expected stock reaction pre- Brendan Biles

call: mixed, as core growth metrics remain sluggish despite positive updates on (1-212) 270-0880

fuel prices and Corporate Payments margins plus an earlier than expected return brendan.biles@jpmorgan.com

of share repurchases. Connor Allen

(1-212) 270-2895

connor.allen@jpmorgan.com

WEX 2Q26 revenue exceeded guidance, led by fuel prices, directionally J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

consistent with expectations. 2Q26 adj EPS exceeded guidance and expectations,

mostly on higher operating earnings, driven by higher fuel prices, finance fees and

better Corporate Payments incremental margins with some small help from share Earnings Call Thursday 4/23/26 @ 10AM

count. 3Q guidance calls for revenue of $733-753M (ahead of JPMe/Street @ ET.

$728M/$738M), driven almost entirely by higher implied retail fuel price

expectations of $3.90 (vs. prior guide implied ~$3.55). 3Q adj. EPS of $5.45-$5.65

roughly brackets JPMe/Street. FY26 guidance now calls for $2.86 - 2.90B in

revenue (up +7-9% from +6-8% prior)), with the increase almost entirely driven

by fuel prices.