During the recent session, Western Union Company (NYSE:WU)’s traded shares were 1.2 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 0.74. At the last check today, the stock’s price was $9.70, reflecting an intraday gain of 1.73% or $0.16. The 52-week high for the WU share is $13.49, that puts it down -39.07 from that peak though still a striking 7.22% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $9.00. The company’s market capitalization is $3.21B, and the average trade volume was 6.79 million shares over the past three months.
Western Union Company (WU) received a consensus recommendation of Hold from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 3.55. WU has a Sell rating from 3 analyst(s) out of 10 analysts who have looked at this stock. 5 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 2 recommend a Buy rating for it.
Western Union Company (NYSE:WU) trade information
Western Union Company (WU) registered a 1.73% upside in the last session and has traded in the green over the past 5 sessions. The stock spiked 1.73% in intraday trading to $9.70, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is 0.47%, and it has moved by 6.77% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is -27.08%.
The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $10.5, which implies an increase of 7.62% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $7.5 and $11 respectively. As a result, WU is trading at a discount of -13.4% off the target high and 22.68% off the low.
An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings grew an estimated 2.20%. While earnings are projected to return 1.99% in 2025, the next five years will return 4.71% per annum.
WU Dividends
Western Union Company is due to release its next quarterly earnings in June. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for Western Union Company is 0.94, with the dividend yield indicating at 9.69 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years.
The next largest institutional holding, with 33.88 million shares, is of BLACKROCK INC.’s that is approximately 10.0064% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $414.03 million.
Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of Western Union Company (WU) shares are T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Value Fund, Inc. and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund . Data provided on Dec 31, 2024 indicates that T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Value Fund, Inc. owns about 15.98 shares. This amounts to just over 4.83 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $155.54 million market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 10.58, or about 3.20% of the stock, which is worth about $103.03 million.
