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Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) closed the day trading at $9.91 down -1.98% from the previous closing price of $10.11. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.98 from its previous closing price. On the day, 9.77 million shares were traded. WU stock price reached its highest trading level at $10.07 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $9.74.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of WU, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 2.54 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 7.61. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.97 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.60.
On December 05, 2023, BMO Capital Markets started tracking the stock assigning a Market Perform rating and target price of $12.BMO Capital Markets initiated its Market Perform rating on December 05, 2023, with a $12 target price.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, WU now has a Market Capitalization of 3275502592 and an Enterprise Value of 4777805824. As of this moment, Western’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 3.68, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.34. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.78. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.79 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.50. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.153 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.21.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for WU is 0.75, which has changed by -0.2376923 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.09969199 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, WU has reached a high of $13.60, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $9.00. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -4.95%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -10.53%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, WU traded about 7.01M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, WU traded about 8431600 shares per day. A total of 332.10M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 327.86M. Insiders hold about 0.81% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 95.85% stake in the company. Shares short for WU as of 1744675200 were 27178516 with a Short Ratio of 3.88, compared to 1741910400 on 25793808. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 27178516 and a Short% of Float of 10.71.
Dividends & Splits
WU’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.94, up from 0.94 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.092977256The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 6.2.
