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Earnings per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Reconciliation of Income and Share Data Used in Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share Computations

The following is a reconciliation of the income and share data used in the basic and diluted earnings per share computations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012:

	Three months ended   September 30,								Nine months ended   September 30,
	2013				2012				2013				2012
Net earnings attributable to WEX Inc. available for common stockholders – Basic and Diluted	$	43,838			$	14,298			$	114,740			$	67,869
Weighted average common shares outstanding – Basic	38,978				38,793				38,934				38,832
Unvested restricted stock units	74				96				125				130
Stock options	29				106				43				122
Weighted average common shares outstanding – Diluted	39,081				38,995				39,102				39,084

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 260

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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