Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) is -30.43% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $8.40 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 $8.44 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.01%.
Currently trading at $7.43M, the stock is -7.22% and -11.27% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 13.01 million and changing 13010822% at the moment leaves the stock -20.10% off its SMA200. WU registered -20.00% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -24.22%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $9.5574 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $10.6135.
The stock witnessed a -14.17% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -21.04%, and is -7.12% 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 1.43% over the week and 1.62% over the month.
Western Union Company (WU) has around 9100 employees, a market worth around $2.80B and $4.14B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 3.15 and Fwd P/E is 4.58. Profit margin for the company is 22.12%. Distance from 52-week low is 0.95% and -35.34% 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 1.87% this year.
Western Union Company (WU) Top Institutional Holders
628.0 institutions hold shares in Western Union Company (WU), with institutional investors hold 99.80% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 332.10M, and float is at 327.83M with Short Float at 8.70%. Institutions hold 99.51% 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.
Western Union Company (WU) Insider Activity
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