Analysis of Western Union Company (WU)’s performance, earnings and valuation

A share price of Western Union Company [WU] is currently trading at $13.83, up 0.80%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The WU shares have gain 3.83% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 7.13%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

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On 12, March 2024, CEO Devin McGranahan Selects Western Union Scholar of the Year. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, Arian Hajihassani was recognized with Western Union’s highest scholarship award for his academic success, early career achievements and potential to positively impact the world.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Western Union Company [NYSE: WU] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 04, 2024, when Wolfe Research downgraded its rating to a Underperform. Previously, BMO Capital Markets started tracking the stock with Market Perform rating on December 05, 2023, and set its price target to $12. Wolfe Research upgraded its rating to a Peer Perform. UBS upgraded its rating to a Neutral. UBS downgraded its rating to Sell for this stock on October 28, 2022, but kept the price target unchanged to $12.

Western Union Company experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $10.37 and $14.19. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $18.09 within the next 12 months. Western Union Company [NYSE: WU] shares were valued at $13.83 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 30.8% based on the average WU price forecast.

Analyzing the WU fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for Western Union Company [NYSE:WU] were 4.35B which represents -3.65% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.38% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.19%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.17%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.14%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.08, Equity is 1.1 and Total Capital is 0.27. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 5.99.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 13.73 points at the first support level, and at 13.63 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 13.92, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 14.01.

Western Union Company [WU] reported earnings per share of $0.37 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/30/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $0.37/share, meaning a difference of $0 and a surprise factor of 0.00%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/29/2023 were $0.43 per share as compared to estimates of $0.39 per share, a difference of $0.04 representing a surprise of 10.30%.

Ratios To Look Out For

Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.09, the price to book ratio is 10.12 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 8.23.