The Western Union Company
General ticker "WU" information:
- Sector: Financials
- Industry: Financial Services
- Capitalization: $3.2B (TTM average)
The Western Union Company does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -12.4%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.4%: low 8.77$, high 9.02$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-09-16, amount 0.23$ (Y10.30%)
- 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 9 months up through Q3 exceed 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 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [6.67$, 11.92$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [6.54$, 11.65$]
Financial Metrics affecting the WU estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 6.1 at the end of fiscal year the price was very low
- Positive: 7.86 < Operating profit margin, % of 17.24
- Negative: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 11.58 <= 18.93
- Positive: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 12.45 > 10.33
- Negative: 0.79 < Interest expense per share per price, % of 3.31
- Positive: 6.82 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 11.23
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0 <= 0
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 10.04 > 6.04
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Long-term WU plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $4,475.50MM | $4,357.00MM | $4,209.70MM |
| Operating Expenses | $3,590.60MM | $3,539.50MM | $3,483.90MM |
| Operating Income | $884.90MM | $817.50MM | $725.80MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $123.70MM | $-71.70MM | $-107.20MM |
| Interest Expense | $101.00MM | $105.30MM | $119.80MM |
| Income(Loss) | $1,008.60MM | $745.80MM | $618.60MM |
| Taxes | $98.00MM | $119.80MM | $-315.60MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $910.60MM | $626.00MM | $934.20MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $477.80MM | $479.00MM | $968.90MM |
| Assets | $8,496.30MM | $8,198.80MM | $8,370.50MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $581.60MM | $783.10MM | $406.30MM |
| Capital expenditure | $208.20MM | $147.80MM | $37.40MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $525.50MM | $-140.80MM | $-16.30MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-1,177.30MM | $-896.80MM | $-69.30MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $2.35 | $1.69 | $2.75 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.