Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) kicked off on Tuesday, up 1.24% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $8.07. Over the past 52 weeks, WU has traded in a range of $7.85-$12.02.
A company in the Financial sector has jumped its sales by 2.20% annually for the last half of the decade. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -2.31%. With a float of $320.21 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $324.30 million.
Western Union Company (WU) Insider Updates
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Credit Services Industry. The insider ownership of Western Union Company is 0.85%, while institutional ownership is 95.56%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 21 ’25, was worth 1,498,054. In this transaction CEO & President of this company bought 176,470 shares at a rate of $8.49, taking the stock ownership to the 913,125 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 18 ’25, when Company’s Chief Financial Officer bought 17,500 for $8.36, making the entire transaction worth $146,300. This insider now owns 225,611 shares in total.
Western Union Company (WU) Performance Highlights and Predictions
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 9/30/2024, the organization reported 0.46 earnings per share (EPS), higher than consensus estimate (set at 0.44) by 0.02. 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 -2.31% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 3.21% during the next five years compared to 2.20% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Western Union Company’s (WU) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.25. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.64. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 5.71.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.65, a number that is poised to hit 0.43 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.77 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Western Union Company (WU)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 19.48 million. That was better than the volume of 7.93 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 61.37%.
During the past 100 days, Western Union Company’s (WU) raw stochastic average was set at 14.68%, which indicates a significant decrease from 61.42% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.16 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 0.20 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $8.30, while its 200-day Moving Average is $9.48. However, in the short run, Western Union Company’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $8.25. Second resistance stands at $8.34. The third major resistance level sits at $8.42. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $8.08, it is likely to go to the next support level at $8.00. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $7.91.
Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 2.64 billion has total of 322,967K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 4,210 M in contrast with the sum of 934,200 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 1,026 M and last quarter income was 122,100 K.
