WEX INC WEX
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 96208T104 · ISIN US96208T1043
Provider of payment processing and information management services
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryServices-Business Services, NEC
- HeadquartersPortland, ME
- Founded1983
- Websitewexinc.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($16.3m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 43.0m as of 2023-07-20, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $182.07. Options: 5 managers hold calls ($54.7m notional), 5 hold puts ($1.5m).
Trends to Q2 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 355 |
| Q4 2022 | 366 |
| Q1 2023 | 405 |
| Q2 2023 | 409 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 169 | 168 |
| Q1 2023 | 212 | 156 |
| Q2 2023 | 166 | 209 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $98.2m | $37.6m | 0.38 |
| Q4 2022 | $123.7m | $45.9m | 0.37 |
| Q1 2023 | $56.8m | $4.9m | 0.09 |
| Q2 2023 | $54.7m | $1.5m | 0.03 |
Biggest buyers
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC | Added | +223.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +140.9k |
| River Road Asset Management, LLC | Added | +133.9k |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +112.7k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | New | +103.8k |
| Invenomic Capital Management LP | Added | +92.6k |
| LORING WOLCOTT & COOLIDGE FIDUCIARY ADVISORS LLP/MA | Added | +90.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +74.4k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | New | +61.8k |
| Harbor Spring Capital, LLC | New | +55.1k |
Biggest sellers
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -259.6k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ | Reduced | -247.6k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -245.7k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -199.2k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -165.1k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Reduced | -160.6k |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. | Reduced | -160.0k |
| Maple Rock Capital Partners Inc. | Sold out | -157.8k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | Reduced | -152.8k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -144.9k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $48.7m267.7k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $5.0m27.7k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $892.0k4.9k shares |
| Carmichael Hill & Associates, Inc. | Unchanged | $36.4k200 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Reduced | $655.5k3.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $473.4k2.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $345.9k1.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $54.0k300 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 13G · institution +1.0 pts · filed 2025-08-14 | 11.3% |
| PAR INVESTMENT PARTNERS LP 13G · exempt (held before listing) +1.2 pts · filed 2026-02-17 | 6.6% |
| MORGAN STANLEY 13G · institution -1.3 pts · filed 2026-05-12 | 5.8% |
| FMR LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-08-06 | 5.2% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: Impactive Capital LP (4.9%, 2026-04-01), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 3 | $934.9k | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 3 | $593.8k | — |
| Q3 2022 | 1 | $74.6k | 3 | $460.5k | — |
| Q4 2022 | 1 | $211.8k | 2 | $1.2m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 5 | $5.1m | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $479.1k | $129.2k |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-02 | Deshaies Robert Joseph COO, Americas | Sold plan | $129.2k750 shares |
| 2023-05-17 | Kimball Jennifer Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $165.3k939 shares |
| 2023-05-03 | Deshaies Robert Joseph COO, Americas | Sold | $184.6k1.1k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.46% of their portfolio | 4.1m $740.4m | Added +223.8k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 4.0m $737.0m | Reduced -245.7k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.8m $699.0m | Reduced -165.1k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.10% of their portfolio | 3.0m $553.1m | Reduced -75.0k |
| Impactive Capital LP 16.24% of their portfolio | 2.1m $383.4m | Unchanged |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.9m $345.8m | Reduced -199.2k |
| PAR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 11.75% of their portfolio | 1.9m $337.6m | Reduced -2.2k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.3m $231.5m | Reduced -65.2k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $215.9m | Reduced -12.0k |
| LORING WOLCOTT & COOLIDGE FIDUCIARY ADVISORS LLP/MA 1.59% of their portfolio | 815.5k $148.5m | Added +90.0k |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 795.6k $144.9m | Reduced -259.6k |
| River Road Asset Management, LLC 1.91% of their portfolio | 759.1k $138.2m | Added +133.9k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 701.5k $127.7m | Added +25.2k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 691.3k $125.9m | Reduced -66.2k |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC 0.18% of their portfolio | 624.5k $113.7m | Reduced -7.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 621.7k $113.2m | Reduced -144.9k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.24% of their portfolio | 611.2k $111.3m | Added +950 |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 542.4k $98.7m | Reduced -44.5k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.08% of their portfolio | 499.9k $91.0m | Reduced -247.6k |
| NORGES BANK 0.02% of their portfolio | 466.4k $84.9m | Added +8.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 425.8k $77.5m | Added +140.9k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.02% of their portfolio | 400.7k $73.0m | Reduced -24.2k |
| Stephens Investment Management Group LLC 1.04% of their portfolio | 367.3k $66.9m | Added +8.5k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 332.6k $60.5m | Reduced -10.2k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.15% of their portfolio | 324.7k $59.1m | Reduced -55.0k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 317.3k $57.8m | Reduced -5.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 316.5k $57.6m | Added +24.6k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 304.9k $55.5m | Reduced -5.9k |
| Invenomic Capital Management LP 2.98% of their portfolio | 293.3k $53.4m | Added +92.6k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 287.6k $52.4m | Reduced -14.5k |
| BAMCO INC /NY/ 0.14% of their portfolio | 278.3k $50.7m | Unchanged |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.08% of their portfolio | 265.9k $48.4m | Reduced -10.7k |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC 0.68% of their portfolio | 259.9k $47.3m | Reduced -5.0k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.18% of their portfolio | 258.0k $47.0m | First filing |
| Premier Fund Managers Ltd 1.82% of their portfolio | 254.0k $45.8m | Unchanged |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 176.1k $32.1m | Reduced -21.0k |
| RENAISSANCE GROUP LLC 1.23% of their portfolio | 155.8k $28.4m | Added +28.8k |
| WESTFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LP 0.17% of their portfolio | 150.1k $27.3m | Added +39.6k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 142.6k $26.0m | Reduced -14.1k |
| BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL 0.09% of their portfolio | 141.8k $25.8m | Reduced -2.8k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 141.8k $25.8m | Added +18.6k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.03% of their portfolio | 141.6k $25.8m | Added +945 |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.03% of their portfolio | 138.2k $25.2m | Reduced -160.6k |
| PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.14% of their portfolio | 133.7k $24.3m | Added +112.7k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.07% of their portfolio | 131.6k $24.0m | Added +5.7k |
| Williams Jones Wealth Management, LLC. 0.35% of their portfolio | 130.1k $23.7m | Reduced -2.4k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 125.0k $22.8m | Reduced -152.8k |
| Incline Global Management LLC 6.04% of their portfolio | 118.7k $21.6m | Added +35.5k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.08% of their portfolio | 110.0k $20.0m | Added +16.2k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.01% of their portfolio | 109.0k $19.8m | Reduced -15.4k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.05% of their portfolio | 103.8k $18.9m | New |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 101.2k $18.4m | Added +10.5k |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 99.6k $18.1m | Reduced -7.2k |
| WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 99.6k $18.2m | Added +3.4k |
| Freshford Capital Management, LLC 2.73% of their portfolio | 98.0k $17.9m | Added +8.0k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 93.9k $17.1m | Reduced -100 |
| NEW SOUTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.73% of their portfolio | 90.6k $16.5m | Reduced -5.8k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 90.5k $16.5m | Added +53.6k |
| Hill City Capital, LP 2.37% of their portfolio | 85.0k $15.5m | Unchanged |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 84.3k $15.3m | Reduced -7.1k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.01% of their portfolio | 82.6k $15.0m | Reduced -35.9k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.07% of their portfolio | 82.1k $14.9m | Reduced -1.8k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 78.9k $14.4m | Added +9.8k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 77.0k $14.2m | Unchanged |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 76.6k $14.0m | Reduced -1.2k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 74.6k $13.6m | Added +74.4k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.0k $13.3m | Added +955 |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.15% of their portfolio | 71.9k $13.1m | Added +54.1k |
| Creative Planning 0.02% of their portfolio | 68.2k $12.4m | Added +962 |
| THOMPSON SIEGEL & WALMSLEY LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 68.1k $12.4m | Added +6.5k |
| TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY 0.12% of their portfolio | 67.0k $12.2m | Added +1.1k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 65.2k $11.9m | Reduced -44.3k |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. 0.07% of their portfolio | 64.8k $11.8m | Reduced -2.6k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 64.7k $11.8m | Added +1.5k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 61.8k $11.3m | New |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 60.1k $10.9m | Added +47.6k |
| CAMBIAR INVESTORS LLC 0.46% of their portfolio | 59.6k $10.9m | Added +5.1k |
| PEREGRINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.29% of their portfolio | 58.2k $10.6m | Reduced -19 |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.02% of their portfolio | 57.4k $10.5m | Reduced -200 |
| Harbor Spring Capital, LLC 5.73% of their portfolio | 55.1k $10.0m | New |
| ClariVest Asset Management LLC 0.49% of their portfolio | 53.8k $9.8m | Reduced -10.2k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 52.7k $9.6m | Reduced -3.1k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 52.3k $9.5m | Reduced -5.4k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 48.4k $8.8m | Reduced -98 |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.02% of their portfolio | 45.5k $8.3m | Added +212 |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 45.4k $8.3m | Added +13.3k |
| Boston Partners 0.01% of their portfolio | 43.5k $7.9m | Reduced -2.5k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.9k $7.3m | Reduced -1.8k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 38.4k $7.0m | Added +9.8k |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.08% of their portfolio | 38.2k $6.9m | New |
| TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORP 0.06% of their portfolio | 37.7k $6.9m | Reduced -1.4k |
| Smith, Graham & Co., Investment Advisors, LP 0.76% of their portfolio | 34.5k $6.3m | Reduced -1.5k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.4k $6.3m | Added +23.7k |
| AXA S.A. 0.02% of their portfolio | 33.7k $6.1m | Added +3.7k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.9k $6.0m | Added +10.7k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.01% of their portfolio | 32.9k $6.0m | Added +17.5k |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 32.3k $5.9m | Added +435 |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.01% of their portfolio | 32.2k $5.9m | Reduced -2.7k |
| HM PAYSON & CO 0.13% of their portfolio | 32.0k $5.8m | Added +125 |
| MUTUAL OF AMERICA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 31.2k $5.7m | Reduced -3.9k |