Financial Fitness Check: Examining Western Union Company (WU)’s Key Ratios

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In the latest session, Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) closed at $11.86 up 0.08% from its previous closing price of $11.85. In other words, the price has increased by $0.08 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.7 million shares were traded. WU stock price reached its highest trading level at $11.93 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $11.81.

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 3.81 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 7.26. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 5.98 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 4.86.

On December 05, 2023, BMO Capital Markets started tracking the stock assigning a Market Perform rating and target price of $12.

Insider Transactions:

Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 26 ’24 when Murphy Timothy P. bought 10,000 shares for $12.85 per share. The transaction valued at 128,499 led to the insider holds 56,205 shares of the business.

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 4006059008 and an Enterprise Value of 5608858624. As of this moment, Western’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 7.25, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 6.50. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.87. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.94 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 9.09. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.315 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.757.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, WU has reached a high of $14.19, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $10.92. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -1.90%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -5.81%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, WU has traded an average of 3.97M shares per day and 3339600 over the past ten days. A total of 350.50M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 336.34M. Insiders hold about 0.43% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 96.21% stake in the company. Shares short for WU as of 1724976000 were 19588714 with a Short Ratio of 4.93, compared to 1722384000 on 20474168. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 19588714 and a Short% of Float of 7.550000399999999.

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 0.07932489The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 5.58.

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