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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Genpact beats Western Union on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WU) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff