Morgan Stanley raised the firm’s price target on Wex (WEX) to $158 from $146 and keeps an Equal Weight rating on the shares ahead of the company’s reporting Q1 earnings on Wednesday, April 22. Higher fuel prices help, but the “bigger question” is whether improving freight indicators translate into durable same-store sales recovery after recent stock outperformance, the analyst tells investors.
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