There Is Clear Momentum For Western Union Company (NYSE: WU)

Western Union Company (WU) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $11.06, with 6.97 million shares of worth about $77.06 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -9.12% during that period and on March 06, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 3.46%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 337.90M shares, out of which, 335.22M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of 2.69% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 6.55%. Year-to-date (YTD), WU shares are showing a performance of 4.34% which decreased to -20.26% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $10.04 but also hit the highest price of $14.19 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Western Union Company shares is 5.52 million. The stock is currently trading 3.50% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 4.84% for SMA50 and it goes to -3.83% lower than SMA200.

Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) currently have 337.90M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 93.98% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $3.74B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.74. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 4.03, while it has posted earnings per share of $2.74 in the same period. Its PEG reads 0.92 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 3.23. 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 2.31% while standing at 2.54% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 2.72% while it is estimated to increase by 5.54% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 4.37% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 2.20% 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.

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