Western Union Company (The) (WU) Stock

About Western Union Company (The)

Western Union Company (The) (WU) stock trades at $6.34 with a market capitalization of $1.98B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 4.80, price-to-book of 2.05, price-to-sales of 0.46. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $5.87 and $10.35, and currently trades 38.7% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 15.67%.

On profitability, Western Union Company (The) generates a return on equity (ROE) of 42.65%, above the typical market range of roughly 12-15%, return on capital employed of 8.46%, an operating margin of 19.40%, a net profit margin of 9.80%.

Western Union Company (The) by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 Western Union Company (The) reported revenue of $5.4B rising to $4.0B, a change of -25.5% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown -3.5% a year over five years, -3.4% over three, -4.0% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $500.0M.

Operating margin went from 8.9% in 2016 to 19.4% in 2025, a gain of 10.5 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 9.80%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $4.0B and net profit $396.0M.

Borrowings rose from $2.8B to $3.1B, cash from operations was $544.0M in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 139.3% over five years, and was 52.2% in the most recent year.

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Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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