Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) is -30.79% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $8.29 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 $8.62 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.1%.
Currently trading at $8.52, the stock is -2.26% and -8.37% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.96 million and changing -1.16% at the moment leaves the stock -18.39% off its SMA200. WU registered -19.62% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -19.62%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $9.2982 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $10.4405.
The stock witnessed a -8.49% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -18.86%, and is 1.79% 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 3.09% over the week and 2.42% over the month.
Western Union Company (WU) has around 9100 employees, a market worth around $2.82B and $4.14B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 3.16 and Fwd P/E is 4.62. Profit margin for the company is 22.12%. Distance from 52-week low is 2.77% and -35.04% 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 1.67% this year.
Western Union Company (WU) Top Institutional Holders
619.0 institutions hold shares in Western Union Company (WU), with institutional investors hold 99.72% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 332.10M, and float is at 327.83M with Short Float at 10.02%. Institutions hold 99.43% 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.
