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In the latest session, Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) closed at $10.65 down -0.28% from its previous closing price of $10.68. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.28 from its previous closing price. On the day, 6.4 million shares were traded. WU stock price reached its highest trading level at $10.665 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $10.46.
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 2.44 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 9.76. 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 3599007744 and an Enterprise Value of 5257002496. As of this moment, Western’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 3.88, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.65. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.91. 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 3.71. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.249 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.531.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for WU is 0.72, which has changed by -0.2093541 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.09589827 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, WU has reached a high of $14.00, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $10.04. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.51%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -6.84%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, WU has traded an average of 5.83M shares per day and 6596820 over the past ten days. A total of 337.90M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 335.22M. Insiders hold about 0.80% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 93.96% stake in the company. Shares short for WU as of 1740700800 were 24370807 with a Short Ratio of 4.18, compared to 1738281600 on 27074256. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 24370807 and a Short% of Float of 9.39.
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 0.08999521The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 6.13.
