WU vs. PYPL, G, EXLS, WEX, EEFT, PAY, MMS, CSGS, INOD, and EVRI
Should you be buying Western Union stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Union include PayPal (PYPL), Genpact (G), ExlService (EXLS), WEX (WEX), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT), Paymentus (PAY), Maximus (MMS), CSG Systems International (CSGS), Innodata (INOD), and Everi (EVRI).
Western Union vs. Its Competitors
PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) and Western Union (NYSE:WU) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
Western Union has a net margin of 22.08% compared to PayPal's net margin of 14.26%. Western Union's return on equity of 77.19% beat PayPal's return on equity.
PayPal has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Union has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
68.3% of PayPal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Western Union shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of PayPal shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Western Union shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, PayPal had 25 more articles in the media than Western Union. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for PayPal and 13 mentions for Western Union. PayPal's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Western Union's score of 0.54 indicating that PayPal is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PayPal has higher revenue and earnings than Western Union. Western Union is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PayPal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PayPal currently has a consensus price target of $83.42, suggesting a potential upside of 9.17%. Western Union has a consensus price target of $10.78, suggesting a potential upside of 25.03%. Given Western Union's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Western Union is more favorable than PayPal.
Summary
PayPal beats Western Union on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:WU) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
