Wise (WISE) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Wise plc provides cross-border and domestic financial services for personal and business customers in the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Asia-Pacific, North America, and internationally. Its product portfolio includes international money transfer, wise account, international debit card, amount transfer, receive money, wise platform, business debit card, and mass payment services. The company was formerly known as 456 Newco plc and changed its name to Wise plc in June 2021. Wise plc was founded in 2010 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 841 to 846.50
• 50-Day Range: 630 to 843.50
• 52-Week Range: 558 to 997.50
• Volume: 6.37 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.19 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £8.63 billion
• P/E Ratio: 2,489.71
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: GBX 952.75
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Wise Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Wise scored higher than 25% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Wise has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.20, and is based on 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Wise has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Wise is 2,489.71, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 136.48.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Wise is 2,489.71, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 269.76.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Wise has a PEG Ratio of 1.28. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Wise has a P/B Ratio of 8.82. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for WISE.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Wise does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Wise does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for WISE.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.63

News Sentiment

Wise has a news sentiment score of 0.63. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 19 news articles for Wise this week, compared to 19 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for WISE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Wise to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Wise insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £9,994.98 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

23.65% of the stock of Wise is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 28.20% of the stock of Wise is held by institutions.

WISE Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have WISE shares performed this year?

Wise's stock was trading at GBX 874 at the start of the year. Since then, WISE stock has decreased by 3.1% and is now trading at GBX 846.50.
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How do I buy shares of Wise?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Wise own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Wise investors own include Meta Platforms (META), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Moderna (MRNA), Virgin Galactic (SPCE), Tesla (TSLA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Barclays (BARC).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Information Technology Services
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:WISE
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.wise.com
• Phone: 44 20 7964 0500
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 5,500
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 952.75
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 1,123
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 660
• Potential Upside/Downside: +13.0%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.20
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.34
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 2,480.88
• Forward P/E Ratio: 22.35
• P/E Growth: 1.28
• Net Income: £354.60 million
• Net Margins: 25.11%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 45.56%
• Return on Assets: 2.23%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 22.88
• Current Ratio: 1.06
• Quick Ratio: 0.06

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £1.41 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.10
• Cash Flow: GBX 45.98 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 18.35
• Book Value: GBX 96 per share
• Price / Book: 8.79

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,020,000,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £8.60 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.75