Western Union Company (WU) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $10.44, with 3.73 million shares of worth about $38.99 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -15.74% during that period and on January 08, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 0.10%. 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 -1.51% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -3.33%. Year-to-date (YTD), WU shares are showing a performance of -1.51% which decreased to -15.19% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $10.37 but also hit the highest price of $14.19 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Western Union Company shares is 4.78 million. The stock is currently trading -2.38% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -3.24% for SMA50 and it goes to -13.25% lower than SMA200.
Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) currently have 337.80M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 91.93% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $3.53B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.88. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 5.33, while it has posted earnings per share of $1.96 in the same period. Its PEG reads 1.32 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 1.92% while standing at 2.18% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 1.58% while it is estimated to increase by 2.18% 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.
