Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) kicked off on Tuesday, up 1.72% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $8.14. Over the past 52 weeks, WU has traded in a range of $7.85-$12.02.
Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Financial sector was 2.20%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -2.28%. With a float of $320.21 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $324.30 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 9100 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor.
Western Union Company (WU) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
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 95.57%. 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) Recent Fiscal highlights
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 -2.28% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 3.23% 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 0.65. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 5.79.
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.
