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美國銀行表示，WEX和Corpay預計將受惠於燃油交易收入成長，實現第一季業績提振。

-- 美國銀行證券週三在一份報告中指出，WEX (WEX) 和 Corpay (CPAY) 預計將在第一季受益於美國燃油價格的上漲，這將提振其車隊和車輛支付業務的交易收入。 報告稱，WEX 的季度業績超出預期，隨著燃油價格上漲帶動其燃油相關支付業務的成長，其營收和調整後每股收益可能超出市場預期。美國銀行預測 WEX 第一季營收為 6.76 億美元，調整後每股收益為 4.11 美元，均高於華爾街預期。 報告還指出，Corpay 的業績預計將與市場預期基本一致，投資者關注的焦點在於其前景展望的更新以及併購和剝離計劃的進展。美國銀行預測 Corpay 第一季營收為 12.1 億美元，調整後每股收益為 5.45 美元。 WEX將於4月22日公佈業績，Corpay將於5月6日公佈業績。 美國銀行將WEX股票的目標價從180美元上調至193美元，並維持「買入」評級。對於Corpay，美國銀行將目標價從384美元下調至377美元，但重申「買入」評級。 WEX股價週三上漲2.2%，Corpay股價上漲0.9%。

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