Western Union Company (WU) concluded trading on Tuesday at a closing price of $10.60, with 3.88 million shares of worth about $41.13 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -13.89% during that period and on December 31, 2024 the price saw a gain of about 0.28%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 337.80M shares, out of which, 336.38M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 0.76% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -3.72%. Year-to-date (YTD), WU shares are showing a performance of -11.07% which decreased to -11.07% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $10.39 but also hit the highest price of $14.19 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Western Union Company shares is 4.73 million. The stock is currently trading -1.80% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -2.63% for SMA50 and it goes to -12.50% lower than SMA200.
Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) currently have 337.80M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 91.88% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $3.59B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.88. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 5.41, while it has posted earnings per share of $1.96 in the same period. Its PEG reads 1.34 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 3.96. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for WU, volatility over the week remained 1.64% while standing at 2.18% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 1.51% while it is estimated to increase by 2.29% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 4.04% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -2.13% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Coverage by BMO Capital Markets stated Western Union Company (WU) stock as a Market perform in their note to investors on December 05, 2023, suggesting a price target of $12 for the stock. Stock get a Neutral rating from UBS on April 10, 2023.
