Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) is -2.18% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $10.92 and a high of $14.19 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The WU stock was last observed hovering at around $11.81 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.15%.
Currently trading at $11.66, the stock is -2.39% and -4.58% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.95 million and changing -1.27% at the moment leaves the stock -7.32% off its SMA200. WU registered -0.93% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -9.75%.
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The stock witnessed a -7.53% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -10.72%, and is 0.09% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.28% over the week and 1.95% over the month.
Western Union Company (WU) has around 9000 employees, a market worth around $3.94B and $4.26B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 7.13 and Fwd P/E is 6.39. Profit margin for the company is 13.66%. Distance from 52-week low is 6.78% and -17.81% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (22.53%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 1.20% this year.
Western Union Company (WU) Top Institutional Holders
627.0 institutions hold shares in Western Union Company (WU), with institutional investors hold 94.59% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 350.50M, and float is at 335.71M with Short Float at 6.10%. Institutions hold 94.31% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 39.96 million shares valued at $558.7 million. The investor’s holdings represent 11.6041 of the WU Shares outstanding. As of 2024-03-31, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 34.51 million shares valued at $482.44 million to account for 10.0201 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS which holds 19.14 million shares representing 5.5578 and valued at over $267.59 million, while JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD holds 4.4574 of the shares totaling 15.35 million with a market value of $214.61 million.
Western Union Company (WU) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Murphy Timothy P., the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Murphy Timothy P. bought 10,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 26 ’24 at a price of $12.85 per share for a total of $0.13 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 56205.0 shares.
