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After finishing at $12.45 in the prior trading day, Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) closed at $12.60, up 1.20%. In other words, the price has increased by $1.20 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.81 million shares were traded. WU stock price reached its highest trading level at $12.69 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $12.45.
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 3.78 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 5.98. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 6.38 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 5.38.
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 4288624384 and an Enterprise Value of 5696822784. As of this moment, Western’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 7.46, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 6.84. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.98. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.98 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 10.75. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.304 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.558.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for WU is 0.87, which has changed by 0.021897793 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.24125004 over the same period for the S&P500. 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 -0.86%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -0.63%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 3.40M shares per day over the past 3-months and 3504190 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 350.50M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 337.03M. Insiders hold about 0.39% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 96.63% stake in the company. Shares short for WU as of 1719532800 were 19848180 with a Short Ratio of 5.84, compared to 1717113600 on 20563586. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 19848180 and a Short% of Float of 7.64.
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 0.07550201The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 5.44.
