Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) is -32.93% 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 $8.35 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.04%.
Currently trading at $8.31, the stock is -2.53% and -9.08% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.32 million and changing -0.48% at the moment leaves the stock -19.77% off its SMA200. WU registered -21.60% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -20.40%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $9.1398 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $10.3576.
The stock witnessed a -10.16% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -12.43%, and is -2.46% 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 2.34% over the week and 2.52% over the month.
Western Union Company (WU) has around 9100 employees, a market worth around $2.75B and $4.14B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 3.08 and Fwd P/E is 4.51. Profit margin for the company is 22.12%. Distance from 52-week low is 0.24% and -36.64% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (27.07%).
with sales reaching $1.04B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 1.42% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -1.67% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -2.47% in year-over-year returns.
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 327.77M with Short Float at 10.96%. 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.
Western Union Company (WU) Insider Activity
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