Western Union Company (NYSE:WU) currently has a daily average trading volume of 6.97M but it saw 5256428 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 3.08B USD, the company’s current market price of $9.32 came falling about -0.53 while comparing to the previous closing price of $9.37. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $13.11 and as low as $9.00.
The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Monness Crespi & Hardt which downgraded the stock as “Sell” in its note to investors issued on April 24, 2025, recommending a price target of $7.50 for it. BMO Capital Markets issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $12.
Over the week, WU’s stock price is moving -3.52% down while it is -7.81% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -12.08% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -27.47%.
Currently, Western Union Company’s total number of outstanding shares is 332.10M with 0.29% of that held by the insiders while 98.94% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 27.07% and return on equity (ROE) at 136.84%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 3.46 while having a 5.03 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.72. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 3.29 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.74. Its return on asset (ROA) is 11.16% on average.
