Ratio Analysis: Unpacking Western Union Company (WU)’s Price-to-Cash and Price-to-Free Cash Flow

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After finishing at $10.52 in the prior trading day, Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) closed at $10.58, up 0.57%. In other words, the price has increased by $0.57 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.24 million shares were traded. WU stock price reached its highest trading level at $10.6 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $10.43.

Ratios:

Our goal is to gain a better understanding of WU by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 3.27 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 7.09. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 3.96 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.52.

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

Insider Transactions:

The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. 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 3573934592 and an Enterprise Value of 5106949632. As of this moment, Western’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 5.40, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.86. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.34. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.86 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.48. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.215 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.369.

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 $10.39. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -3.69%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -13.09%.

Shares Statistics:

The stock has traded on average 4.71M shares per day over the past 3-months and 6588730 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 337.80M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 336.38M. Insiders hold about 0.42% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 91.88% stake in the company. Shares short for WU as of 1732838400 were 19626785 with a Short Ratio of 4.08, compared to 1730332800 on 20588712. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 19626785 and a Short% of Float of 7.57.

Dividends & Splits

In the trailing 12 months, WU’s forward annual dividend rate was 0.94, compared to 0.94 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.089353606The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 5.84.

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