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Western Union - WU Competitors

$11.15
+0.11 (+1.00%)
(As of 03/31/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$11.07
$11.23
50-Day Range
$10.34
$14.44
52-Week Range
$10.07
$19.97
Volume
9.05 million shs
Average Volume
8.91 million shs
Market Capitalization
$4.17 billion
P/E Ratio
4.76
Dividend Yield
8.43%
Price Target
$14.23

WU vs. MMS, EXLS, WEX, FLT, WNS, DLO, TNET, FLYW, ENV, and FOUR

Should you be buying Western Union stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Union include Maximus (MMS), ExlService (EXLS), WEX (WEX), FLEETCOR Technologies (FLT), WNS (WNS), DLocal (DLO), TriNet Group (TNET), Flywire (FLYW), Envestnet (ENV), and Shift4 Payments (FOUR). These companies are all part of the "business services, not elsewhere classified" industry.

Western Union vs.

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

Maximus has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Union has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Maximus currently has a consensus target price of $100.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.68%. Western Union has a consensus target price of $14.23, indicating a potential upside of 28.11%. Given Maximus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Maximus is more favorable than Western Union.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Maximus
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Western Union
7 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.46

Maximus pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Western Union pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Maximus pays out 36.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western Union pays out 40.2% 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.

Western Union has a net margin of 20.35% compared to Maximus' net margin of 4.03%. Western Union's return on equity of 151.54% beat Maximus' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Maximus 4.03% 16.64% 6.30%
Western Union 20.35% 151.54% 7.90%

Western Union received 160 more outperform votes than Maximus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.36% of users gave Maximus an outperform vote while only 55.01% of users gave Western Union an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MaximusOutperform Votes
438
66.36%
Underperform Votes
222
33.64%
Western UnionOutperform Votes
598
55.01%
Underperform Votes
489
44.99%

97.4% of Maximus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of Western Union shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Maximus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Western Union shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Western Union had 10 more articles in the media than Maximus. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Western Union and 3 mentions for Maximus. Western Union's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Maximus' score of 0.48 indicating that Western Union is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Maximus
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Western Union
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Maximus$4.63 billion1.02$203.83 million$3.0925.15
Western Union$4.48 billion0.93$910.60 million$2.344.75

Summary

Western Union beats Maximus on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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WU vs. The Competition

MetricWestern UnionBusiness services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.16B$13.21B$4.78B$14.56B
Dividend Yield8.55%2.53%4.88%3.87%
P/E Ratio4.7514.15237.7019.82
Price / Sales0.933.40372.5410.79
Price / Cash4.8916.73139.6524.37
Price / Book8.964.164.376.85
Net Income$910.60M$116.18M$113.95M$866.28M
7 Day Performance2.30%1.45%1.92%3.54%
1 Month Performance-14.27%-2.38%-2.34%-4.25%
1 Year Performance-40.72%-16.80%-20.15%-12.37%

Western Union Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MMS
Maximus
3.1057 of 5 stars
$77.15
-0.1%
$100.00
+29.6%
+0.8%$4.69B$4.63B24.9739,500
EXLS
ExlService
2.5257 of 5 stars
$158.98
+2.2%
$174.33
+9.7%
+11.7%$5.29B$1.41B37.5845,400Short Interest ↓
Positive News
WEX
WEX
2.8945 of 5 stars
$178.21
+1.9%
$209.00
+17.3%
+2.8%$7.69B$2.35B39.694,900
FLT
FLEETCOR Technologies
2.6952 of 5 stars
$207.43
+2.6%
$249.85
+20.4%
-17.8%$15.24B$3.43B16.709,900Short Interest ↑
WNS
WNS
2.0431 of 5 stars
$91.01
+2.7%
$100.63
+10.6%
+6.5%$4.38B$1.11B32.9752,081Short Interest ↑
DLO
DLocal
2.7193 of 5 stars
$15.55
+3.2%
$20.89
+34.3%
-52.2%$4.59B$244.12M43.19539Upcoming Earnings
TNET
TriNet Group
1.7557 of 5 stars
$77.71
+0.6%
$81.25
+4.6%
-22.9%$4.66B$4.89B13.983,600Insider Selling
FLYW
Flywire
2.0195 of 5 stars
$28.93
+5.8%
$31.00
+7.2%
-5.5%$3.18B$289.38M-78.19665Insider Selling
Short Interest ↑
ENV
Envestnet
1.4776 of 5 stars
$56.58
+3.1%
$63.63
+12.5%
-22.6%$3.06B$1.24B-34.293,429Insider Selling
FOUR
Shift4 Payments
2.744 of 5 stars
$71.05
+3.0%
$74.77
+5.2%
+12.7%$5.72B$1.99B65.792,300Short Interest ↓
This page (NYSE:WU) was last updated on 3/31/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff