Western Union Company [WU] stock prices are down -0.96% to $9.33 at the moment. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The WU shares have gain 4.01% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 15.76%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Western Union Company [NYSE: WU] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on October 23, 2025, when Citigroup initiated its Neutral rating and assigned the stock a price target of $9. Previously, Monness Crespi & Hardt reaffirmed its Sell rating on July 29, 2025, and dropped its price target to $7. Oppenheimer started tracking the stock assigning a Perform rating. Monness Crespi & Hardt downgraded its rating to a Sell but $7.50 remained the price target by the analyst firm on April 24, 2025. Wolfe Research downgraded its rating to Underperform for this stock on January 04, 2024. In a note dated December 05, 2023, BMO Capital Markets initiated an Market Perform rating and provided a target price of $12 on this stock.
The stock price of Western Union Company [WU] has been fluctuating between $7.85 and $11.94 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $8.38 within the next 12 months. Western Union Company [NYSE: WU] shares were valued at $9.33 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -10.18% based on the average WU price forecast.
Analyzing the WU fundamentals
The Western Union Company [NYSE:WU] reported sales of 4.09B for trailing twelve months, representing a drop of -0.43%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.37% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.18%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.15%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.19%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.1, Equity is 0.83 and Total Capital is 0.1. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of2.8.
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 9.17 points at the first support level, and at 9.01 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 9.44, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 9.56.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Western Union Company [NYSE:WU]’s Current Ratio is 0.24. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.24, while the Cash Ratio is 17.26. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.72, the price to book ratio is 3.21 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 4.05.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved McGranahan Devin, CEO & President, that happened on Aug 21 ’25 when 0.18 million shares were purchased. Chief Financial Officer, Cagwin Matthew completed a deal on Aug 18 ’25 to buy 17500.0 shares.
