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In the latest session, Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) closed at $9.49 down -5.01% from its previous closing price of $9.99. In other words, the price has decreased by -$5.01 from its previous closing price. On the day, 7.11 million shares were traded. WU stock price reached its highest trading level at $9.9 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $9.215.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Western Union Company’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 2.15 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 8.61. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 3.23 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 3.17.
On December 05, 2023, BMO Capital Markets started tracking the stock assigning a Market Perform rating and target price of $12.
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 3177622016 and an Enterprise Value of 5081276928. As of this moment, Western’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 3.46, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.04. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.70. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.76 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.31. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.207 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.346.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for WU is 0.75, which has changed by -0.28051555 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.028231144 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, WU has reached a high of $13.93, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $9.00. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -10.29%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -15.48%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, WU has traded an average of 6.34M shares per day and 8630740 over the past ten days. A total of 337.90M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 332.15M. Insiders hold about 0.80% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 95.02% stake in the company. Shares short for WU as of 1741910400 were 25793808 with a Short Ratio of 4.38, compared to 1739491200 on 25826359. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 25793808 and a Short% of Float of 9.94.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for WU is 0.94, from 0.94 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0940941The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 6.2.
