The Western Union Company
General ticker "WU" information:
- Sector: Financials
- Industry: Financial - Credit Services
- Capitalization: $2.8B (TTM average)
The Western Union Company follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 14.6%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.9%: low 7.20$, high 7.48$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-03-17, amount 0.23$ (Y12.83%)
- Total employees count: 9100 as of 2024
- US accounted for 36.5% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Economic downturns and volatility, Market competition, Technological changes, Business interruptions, Regulatory and compliance
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 3 months up through Q1 are below our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-12-31 to 2027-12-31
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [7.13$, 12.51$]
- 2026-12-31 to 2027-12-31 estimated range: [8.57$, 14.41$]
Financial Metrics affecting the WU estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 5.4 at the end of fiscal year the price was low
- Positive: Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 17.70 > 12.90
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 18.70 > 18.39
- Positive: 1.81 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 5.67
- Positive: Industry earnings per price (median), % of 4.73 > 4.45
- Positive: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 11.53 <= 19.24
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -7.50 <= -4.41
- Negative: -0.16 < Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0
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Long-term WU plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $4,357.00MM | $4,209.70MM | $4,050.70MM |
| Operating Expenses | $3,539.50MM | $3,483.90MM | $3,293.40MM |
| Operating Income | $817.50MM | $725.80MM | $757.30MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-71.70MM | $-107.20MM | $-131.60MM |
| Interest Expense | $105.30MM | $119.80MM | $143.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $745.80MM | $618.60MM | $625.70MM |
| Taxes | $119.80MM | $-315.60MM | $126.10MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $626.00MM | $934.20MM | $499.60MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $479.00MM | $968.90MM | $957.80MM |
| Assets | $8,198.80MM | $8,370.50MM | $8,305.90MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $783.10MM | $406.30MM | $543.70MM |
| Capital expenditure | $147.80MM | $37.40MM | $150.80MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-140.80MM | $-16.30MM | $-230.30MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-896.80MM | $-69.30MM | $-782.60MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $1.69 | $2.75 | $1.53 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.