Stock Research: Western Union

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Western Union

NYSE:WU US9598021098
40
  • Value
    11
  • Growth
    7
  • Safety
    Safety
    98
  • Combined
    18
  • Sentiment
    14
  • 360° View
    360° View
    40
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Company Description

The Western Union Company provides cross-border, cross-currency money movement and digital financial services. It operates in the financial services industry, offering money transfer and payment services. The company primarily operates in over 200 countries and territories through a network of agent locations. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $2,684 million, profits of $1,609 million, revenue of $4,210 million, and 9,100 employees.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 40 (better than 40% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Western Union are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with three out of four indicators below average for Western Union. Only the consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 98, which means that the share price of Western Union is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is lower than for 98% of alternative stocks in the same industry. All other consolidated ranks are below average. The consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 7, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 11, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 89% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. Finally, professionals are more pessimistic about the stock than for 86% of alternative investment opportunities, reflected in the consolidated Sentiment Rank of 14. ...read more

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Index
Dividends USA
Employee Focus US
Diversity USA
S&P 500
The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 21-Aug-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
98 90 98 99
Growth
7 15 9 5
Safety
Safety
11 11 11 11
Sentiment
14 22 48 39
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40 40 40 45
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
1 1 3 15
Opinions Change
10 26 50 34
Pro Holdings
n/a 34 71 94
Market Pulse
63 67 62 40
Sentiment
14 22 48 39
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
98 90 98 99
Growth
7 15 9 5
Safety Safety
11 11 11 11
Combined
18 18 18 18
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
100 97 94 100
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
83 79 81 85
Price vs. Book (P/B)
55 54 23 11
Dividend Yield
100 98 100 100
Value
98 90 98 99
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
1 10 4 4
Profit Growth
32 21 27 25
Capital Growth
24 45 37 18
Stock Returns
21 33 29 47
Growth
7 15 9 5
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
15 8 12 8
Refinancing
8 8 8 8
Liquidity
76 67 79 78
Safety Safety
11 11 11 11

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