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WU vs. G, EXLS, PAY, EEFT, WEX, MMS, CSGS, EVRI, INOD, and CASS

Should you be buying Western Union stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Union include Genpact (G), ExlService (EXLS), Paymentus (PAY), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), WEX (WEX), Maximus (MMS), CSG Systems International (CSGS), Everi (EVRI), Innodata (INOD), and Cass Information Systems (CASS). These companies are all part of the "data processing & outsourced services" industry.

Western Union vs.

Western Union (NYSE:WU) and Genpact (NYSE:G) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.

Western Union has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genpact has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

91.8% of Western Union shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Genpact shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Western Union shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Genpact shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Western Union presently has a consensus target price of $10.78, indicating a potential upside of 11.69%. Genpact has a consensus target price of $50.71, indicating a potential upside of 16.53%. Given Genpact's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Genpact is more favorable than Western Union.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Western Union
4 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.60
Genpact
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

Western Union pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. Genpact pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Western Union pays out 35.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Genpact pays out 23.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Genpact has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Western Union received 103 more outperform votes than Genpact when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.62% of users gave Genpact an outperform vote while only 52.78% of users gave Western Union an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Western UnionOutperform Votes
598
52.78%
Underperform Votes
535
47.22%
GenpactOutperform Votes
495
67.62%
Underperform Votes
237
32.38%

In the previous week, Western Union had 4 more articles in the media than Genpact. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Western Union and 14 mentions for Genpact. Genpact's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Western Union's score of 1.15 indicating that Genpact is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Western Union
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Genpact
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Western Union has a net margin of 22.19% compared to Genpact's net margin of 10.77%. Western Union's return on equity of 96.90% beat Genpact's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Western Union22.19% 96.90% 7.43%
Genpact 10.77%22.50%10.48%

Western Union has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Genpact. Western Union is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genpact, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Western Union$4.14B0.77$934.20M$2.683.60
Genpact$4.85B1.57$512.38M$2.9314.85

Summary

Genpact beats Western Union on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WU vs. The Competition

MetricWestern UnionBusiness services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.19B$21.44B$24.27B$19.30B
Dividend Yield9.46%2.61%2.48%3.83%
P/E Ratio3.5336.9833.0934.53
Price / Sales0.7713.91283.6434.83
Price / Cash4.6932.3030.9317.51
Price / Book3.365.865.414.69
Net Income$934.20M$686.94M$195.96M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.77%-1.93%-0.69%-2.43%
1 Month Performance-4.74%17.42%16.73%6.27%
1 Year Performance-24.55%36.68%19.49%5.78%

Western Union Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WU
Western Union
4.5339 of 5 stars
$9.65
-0.1%
$10.78
+11.7%
-25.4%$3.19B$4.14B3.538,900Positive News
Dividend Announcement
G
Genpact
4.02 of 5 stars
$44.08
-0.2%
$50.71
+15.1%
+27.0%$7.71B$4.85B15.52109,600Positive News
EXLS
ExlService
3.9256 of 5 stars
$46.29
+0.5%
$52.33
+13.1%
+47.2%$7.53B$1.90B40.6145,400Positive News
PAY
Paymentus
2.9178 of 5 stars
$39.75
+2.1%
$36.00
-9.4%
+103.2%$4.97B$962.11M128.231,260Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
EEFT
Euronet Worldwide
4.4525 of 5 stars
$110.87
-0.2%
$125.57
+13.3%
-8.0%$4.79B$4.05B17.149,500Positive News
WEX
WEX
4.5126 of 5 stars
$137.66
-1.3%
$182.40
+32.5%
-29.5%$4.71B$2.61B18.355,600Trending News
MMS
Maximus
3.8147 of 5 stars
$75.16
+0.2%
$90.00
+19.7%
-14.0%$4.24B$5.40B16.1639,500Positive News
CSGS
CSG Systems International
3.618 of 5 stars
$64.73
-1.4%
$70.71
+9.2%
+50.7%$1.88B$1.20B21.295,700
EVRI
Everi
1.2948 of 5 stars
$14.08
flat
$12.83
-8.9%
+95.1%$1.22B$749.85M93.871,550Positive News
INOD
Innodata
2.9407 of 5 stars
$38.49
+4.8%
$55.00
+42.9%
+179.8%$1.22B$202.30M45.284,210
CASS
Cass Information Systems
4.3016 of 5 stars
$42.91
+0.3%
$46.00
+7.2%
-3.8%$573.28M$192.35M31.091,210Positive News

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This page (NYSE:WU) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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