WEX vs GPN vs DLO Stock Comparison

Wex, Global Payments and dLocal Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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WEX WEX Inc.
$183.29 +6.9% 1M +19.0% 1Y
Market cap
$6.29B
P/E
15.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.88B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
4 wins
GPN Global Payments Inc
$85.70 +2.8% 1M +8.2% 1Y
Market cap
$25.88B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$10.23B
Div. yield
0.01%
Payment Processing Technology
3 wins
DLO dLocal Ltd
$13.65 -0.3% 1M -11.4% 1Y
Market cap
$3.82B
P/E
18.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.36B
Div. yield
–
Payment Processing Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Wex leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Wex 4, dLocal 4, Global Payments 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionWEXGPNDLOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.29B $25.88B $3.82B GPN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 15.5x -27.7x 18.7x WEX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.6x 6.7x 16.2x GPN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.7% +32.5% +57.0% DLO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 14.0% -9.1% 15.0% DLO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.5% 2.3% 33.4% DLO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.0x 4.8x — WEX
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +19.0% +8.2% -11.4% WEX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +4.1%/yr -9.7%/yr -22.4%/yr WEX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 41.6% 39.9% 44.3% GPN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 55/100 49/100 73/100 DLO

Percentile Scorecard

WEXGPNDLO

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisWEXGPNDLO
Valuation 60 #40 of 99 72 #28 of 99 82 #19 of 99
Growth 43 #54 of 94 26 #70 of 94 83 #17 of 94
Profitability 71 #27 of 90 63 #34 of 90 91 #9 of 90
Financial Health 34 #70 of 105 24 #80 of 105 67 #35 of 105
Shareholder Returns 68 #20 of 60 61 #24 of 60 41 #36 of 60
Overall 55 49 73
  • WEX ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • GPN ranked among 109 companies in Fintech
  • DLO ranked among 109 companies in Fintech

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodWEXGPNDLOSPY
1 month +6.9%+2.8%-0.3% +0.7%
3 months -1.7%-1.3%-8.8% +3.7%
6 months +21.9%+19.1%-1.7% +7.1%
Year to date +23.0%+10.7%-3.5% +12.8%
1 year +19.0%+8.2%-11.4% +11.9%
3 years +12.1%-17.4%-19.6% +85.2%
3 years, per year +3.9%-6.2%-7.0% +22.8%
5 years +22.4%-40.1%-71.9% +67.6%
5 years, per year +4.1%-9.7%-22.4% +10.9%
10 years +62.3%+18.1%— +262.0%
10 years, per year +5.0%+1.7%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureWEXGPNDLOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 41.6%39.9%44.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 44.7%35.6%44.6% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.301.011.70 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.460.21-0.26 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -53.2%-58.8%-86.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -9.8%-9.6%-13.5% -1.2%
52-week high $203.22$94.85$15.78 $779.14
52-week low $126.86$62.47$11.01 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleWEXGPNDLO
P/E now vs peer median 15.4xmedian 19.5x -24.8xmedian 19.5x 19.5xmedian 19.5x
P/S now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 2.2x 2.2xmedian 2.2x 3.0xmedian 2.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 5.6xmedian 17.8x 10.9xmedian 17.8x —median 17.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median -21.0xmedian 16.1x 27.7xmedian 16.1x 9.4xmedian 16.1x
P/B now vs peer median 5.3xmedian 2.0x 1.0xmedian 2.0x 7.5xmedian 2.0x
PEG now vs peer median 0.66median 0.98 0.54median 0.98 1.14median 0.98

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsWEXGPNDLO
Revenue $2.88B $10.23B $1.36B
Gross profit $1.74B $6.54B $464.83M
Operating income $766.50M $1.27B $235.24M
Net income $404.60M -$873.78M $204.14M
Free cash flow -$291.30M $822.72M $427.30M
R&D – – $41.98M
EPS (diluted) $11.69 $-3.46 $0.68
Cash & equivalents $593.20M $5.41B $794.94M
Total debt $5.32B $23.56B $466.81M
Shares (diluted) 34.60M 270.12M 301.74M
Enterprise value -$15.73B $3.67B $514.19M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricWEXGPNDLO
P/E 15.4x -24.8x 19.5x
P/FCF -21.0x 27.7x 9.4x
P/Operating cash flow -48.9x 13.7x 9.4x
P/S 2.1x 2.2x 3.0x
P/B 5.3x 1.0x 7.5x
P/Tangible book 42.4x 5.2x 9.0x
EV/EBITDA 5.6x 10.9x –
EV/EBIT 8.0x 32.3x 13.9x
EV/Revenue 2.1x 4.0x 2.4x
EV/FCF -21.1x 49.7x 7.7x
EV/Operating cash flow -49.3x 24.7x 7.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.66 0.54 1.14

Growth

14 metrics
MetricWEXGPNDLO
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.7% 32.5% 57.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.8% 3.3% 36.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 12.2% 14.8% 34.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 4.3% 5.7% 24.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 17.0% -33.4% 27.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 6.0% -4.4% 16.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 42.6% -158.6% 39.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 14.4% -44.6% 15.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 43.4% -158.9% 41.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 23.4% -46.2% 17.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -115.7% -46.4% 234.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -29.5% -9.1% 16.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -144.3% -66.6% 230.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -35.8% -19.7% 16.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricWEXGPNDLO
Gross margin 60.4% 63.9% 34.3%
EBITDA margin 38.1% 36.8% –
Operating margin 26.6% 12.4% 17.3%
Pretax margin 19.3% 5.5% 18.2%
Net margin 14.0% -9.1% 15.0%
FCF margin -10.1% 8.0% 31.5%
Operating cash flow margin -4.3% 16.2% 31.6%
Return on equity 32.4% -3.5% 37.3%
Return on assets 2.5% -1.3% 10.2%
Return on invested capital 8.5% 2.3% 33.4%
Return on capital employed 15.0% 2.5% 64.3%
Asset turnover 0.2x 0.2x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.3x -1.9x 2.1x
Stock comp / revenue 4.5% 1.3% 1.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricWEXGPNDLO
Debt / assets 32.9% 37.1% 5.9%
Debt / equity 4.6x 1.0x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.0x 4.8x –
Debt / FCF -18.3x 28.6x 0.3x
Liabilities / assets 92.9% 62.6% 75.3%
Equity / assets 7.1% 37.4% 24.7%
Interest coverage 3.5x 1.5x 48.4x
Current ratio 1.0x 0.8x 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.7x 1.2x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.4x 0.5x
Altman Z-score 0.83 0.61 2.97

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricWEXGPNDLO
Dividend yield – 1.2% 1.5%
Net buyback yield 4.4% 6.9% –
Shareholder yield 4.4% 8.1% 1.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – -28.8% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 30.6% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 1.8% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -1.7% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusWEXGPNDLO
Forward P/E 8.6xFY2026 6.7xFY2026 16.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $21.31FY2026 $12.82FY2026 $0.84FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +32.4%FY2026 +4.9%FY2026 +9.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -6.7% +18.0% +21.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.97BFY2026 $12.66BFY2026 $1.64BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +11.5%FY2026 +35.9%FY2026 +50.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -3.1% +8.4% +20.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersWEXGPNDLO
Held by institutions 100.0% 100.0% 40.4%
Institutions holding 418 793 166
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.5% +7.4% +7.6%
Institutions buying 189 374 88
Institutions selling 166 308 49
Buyers to sellers 1.14 1.21 1.80

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

WEXGPNDLO
WEX 1.00 0.48 0.18
GPN 0.48 1.00 0.41
DLO 0.18 0.41 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, WEX, GPN and DLO?

Global Payments (GPN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Wex (WEX) $6.29B, Global Payments (GPN) $25.88B, dLocal (DLO) $3.82B.

Which stock is cheaper, WEX, GPN and DLO?

Wex (WEX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Wex (WEX) 15.5x, Global Payments (GPN) -27.7x, dLocal (DLO) 18.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Global Payments (GPN) is cheapest (Wex (WEX) 8.6x, Global Payments (GPN) 6.7x, dLocal (DLO) 16.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

dLocal (DLO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Wex (WEX) +9.7%, Global Payments (GPN) +32.5%, dLocal (DLO) +57.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

dLocal (DLO) has the highest net margin (Wex (WEX) 14.0%, Global Payments (GPN) -9.1%, dLocal (DLO) 15.0%). On return on invested capital, dLocal (DLO) leads (Wex (WEX) 8.5%, Global Payments (GPN) 2.3%, dLocal (DLO) 33.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Wex (WEX) returned the most: Wex (WEX) +19.0%, Global Payments (GPN) +8.2%, dLocal (DLO) -11.4%. Over five years, Wex (WEX) compounded fastest (Wex (WEX) +4.1%/yr, Global Payments (GPN) -9.7%/yr, dLocal (DLO) -22.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Wex (WEX) 0.00%, Global Payments (GPN) 0.01%, dLocal (DLO) 0.00%. Wex (WEX) and dLocal (DLO) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Global Payments (GPN) has been the steadiest (Wex (WEX) 41.6%, Global Payments (GPN) 39.9%, dLocal (DLO) 44.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, WEX, GPN and DLO?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Wex (WEX) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.