Western Union FY2025 EPS Forecast Lowered by William Blair

The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at William Blair reduced their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Western Union in a report issued on Thursday, April 24th. William Blair analyst C. Kennedy now expects that the credit services provider will post earnings of $1.78 per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of $1.79. The consensus estimate for Western Union's current full-year earnings is $1.79 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Western Union's Q1 2026 earnings at $0.44 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.89 EPS.

Western Union (NYSE:WU - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, April 23rd. The credit services provider reported $0.41 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $983.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.01 billion. Western Union had a return on equity of 96.90% and a net margin of 22.19%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 6.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.45 earnings per share.

Several other research analysts also recently commented on WU. Morgan Stanley reduced their price target on shares of Western Union from $10.00 to $9.00 and set an "underweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, February 5th. Royal Bank of Canada reduced their price target on shares of Western Union from $14.00 to $13.00 and set a "sector perform" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 24th. UBS Group reaffirmed a "neutral" rating and issued a $10.50 price target (down previously from $11.00) on shares of Western Union in a research note on Thursday, April 24th. JMP Securities reaffirmed a "market perform" rating on shares of Western Union in a research note on Thursday, April 24th. Finally, Monness Crespi & Hardt cut shares of Western Union from a "neutral" rating to a "sell" rating and set a $7.50 target price on the stock. in a report on Thursday, April 24th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and seven have assigned a hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $10.78.

Western Union Trading Down 2.1 %

WU stock traded down $0.21 during trading on Friday, hitting $9.90. The company had a trading volume of 3,459,307 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,801,344. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 3.63, a PEG ratio of 1.32 and a beta of 0.69. Western Union has a 52-week low of $9.00 and a 52-week high of $13.60. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $10.38 and a 200-day simple moving average of $10.64. The company has a quick ratio of 1.10, a current ratio of 1.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.04.

Western Union Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 17th were issued a $0.235 dividend. This represents a $0.94 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 9.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 17th. Western Union's dividend payout ratio is currently 35.07%.

Institutional Trading of Western Union

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of WU. R Squared Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Western Union in the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Independence Bank of Kentucky bought a new stake in shares of Western Union in the 4th quarter valued at about $28,000. McIlrath & Eck LLC boosted its stake in Western Union by 1,487.6% in the 4th quarter. McIlrath & Eck LLC now owns 3,080 shares of the credit services provider's stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 2,886 shares in the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. boosted its stake in Western Union by 80.2% in the 1st quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 3,264 shares of the credit services provider's stock worth $35,000 after purchasing an additional 1,453 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Huntington National Bank boosted its stake in Western Union by 662.7% in the 4th quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 3,722 shares of the credit services provider's stock worth $39,000 after purchasing an additional 3,234 shares in the last quarter. 91.81% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Western Union

The Western Union Company provides money movement and payment services worldwide. The company operates through Consumer Money Transfer and Consumer Services segments. The Consumer Money Transfer segment facilitates money transfers for international cross-border and intra-country transfers, primarily through a network of retail agent locations, as well as through websites and mobile devices.