Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) is -1.04% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $10.04 and a high of $14.00 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 $10.64 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.15%.
Currently trading at $10.49, the stock is -3.06% and -1.21% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.54 million and changing -1.41% at the moment leaves the stock -7.81% off its SMA200. WU registered -23.54% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -10.11%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $10.618 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $11.3781.
The stock witnessed a -1.59% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -2.42%, and is -1.50% down 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 1.96% over the week and 2.65% over the month.
Western Union Company (WU) has around 9100 employees, a market worth around $3.54B and $4.20B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 3.82 and Fwd P/E is 5.56. Profit margin for the company is 22.22%. Distance from 52-week low is 4.48% and -25.07% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (23.15%).
with sales reaching $1.01B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 2.67% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -1.29% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -4.07% in year-over-year returns.
Western Union Company (WU) Top Institutional Holders
633.0 institutions hold shares in Western Union Company (WU), with institutional investors hold 95.75% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 337.90M, and float is at 335.22M with Short Float at 7.27%. Institutions hold 95.35% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 38.6 million shares valued at $471.74 million. The investor’s holdings represent 11.209% of the WU Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 33.88 million shares valued at $$414.03 million to account for 9.8379 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ which holds 22.33 million shares representing 6.4829% and valued at over $272.84 million, while CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS holds 5.6524 of the shares totaling 19.14 million with a market value of $233.88 million.
Western Union Company (WU) Insider Activity
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