On Monday, Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) opened lower -1.77% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $10.71. Price fluctuations for WU have ranged from $10.51 to $14.19 over the past 52 weeks.
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Annual sales at Financial sector company slipped by -4.63% over the past five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 1.51% at the time writing. With a float of $336.38 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $337.80 million.
Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 9000 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 34.47%, operating margin of 16.83%, and the pretax margin is 14.64%.
Western Union Company (WU) Insider and Institutional Ownership
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Credit Services industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Western Union Company is 0.42%, while institutional ownership is 91.88%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Feb 26 ’24, was worth 128,499. In this transaction Director of this company bought 10,000 shares at a rate of $12.85, taking the stock ownership to the 56,205 shares.
Western Union Company (WU) Latest Financial update
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.44 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 1.51% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 4.04% during the next five years compared to -2.13% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Western Union Company (WU). In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.85. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 7.01.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.96, a number that is poised to hit 0.43 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.81 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Western Union Company (WU)
Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) saw its 5-day average volume 7.72 million, a positive change from its year-to-date volume of 4.2 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 10.75%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.26.
During the past 100 days, Western Union Company’s (WU) raw stochastic average was set at 6.48%, which indicates a significant decrease from 12.53% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 26.62% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 19.97% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $11.01, while its 200-day Moving Average is $12.19. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $10.60 in the near term. At $10.67, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $10.78. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $10.42, it is likely to go to the next support level at $10.31. The third support level lies at $10.24 if the price breaches the second support level.
Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) Key Stats
There are currently 337,801K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 3.55 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 4,357 M according to its annual income of 626,000 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 1,036 M and its income totaled 264,800 K.
