Western Union Company (WU): These Numbers Show Where NYSE:WU Stock Is Going Next

Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) is -12.45% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $9.00 and a high of $13.11 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 $9.32 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.04%.

Currently trading at $9.28, the stock is -3.89% and -6.59% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 7.35 million and changing -0.43% at the moment leaves the stock -14.16% off its SMA200. WU registered -27.22% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -16.77%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $9.9342 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $10.81085.

The stock witnessed a -6.36% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -14.31%, and is -3.63% 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 0.76% over the week and 1.44% over the month.

Western Union Company (WU) has around 9100 employees, a market worth around $3.07B and $4.14B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 3.44 and Fwd P/E is 5.01. Profit margin for the company is 22.12%. Distance from 52-week low is 3.11% and -29.24% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (27.07%).

The EPS is expected to grow by 1.94% this year.

Western Union Company (WU) Top Institutional Holders

630.0 institutions hold shares in Western Union Company (WU), with institutional investors hold 99.23% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 332.10M, and float is at 327.81M with Short Float at 8.24%. Institutions hold 98.94% 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 11.401% 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 10.0064 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ which holds 22.33 million shares representing 6.594% 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.

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