In today’s recent session, 3.05 million shares of the Western Union Company (NYSE:WU) have been traded, and its beta is 0.71. Most recently the company’s share price was $8.61, and it changed around -$0.02 or -0.17% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $2.85B. WU at last check was trading at a discount to its 52-week high of $13.11, offering almost -52.26% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $8.62, which indicates that the recent value has fallen by an impressive -0.12% since then.
Western Union Company stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, based on a mean score of 3.60. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 3 out of 20 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 0 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 11 recommended WU as a Hold, whereas 2 deemed it a Buy, and 4 rated it as Underweight.
Western Union Company (NYSE:WU) trade information
Instantly WU has been showing red trend so far today with a performance of -0.17% on intraday trading today. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 9.41 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 8.5%. The company’s shares are currently down -18.73% year-to-date, but still down -7.17% over the last five days. On the other hand, Western Union Company (NYSE:WU) is -11.91% down in the 30-day period.
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $10.5, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 18.0% from its current value. Analyst projections state that WU is forecast to be at a low of $7.5 and a high of $11.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 2.20%. Western Union Company earnings are expected to increase by 1.88% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 4.73% per year for the next five years.
WU Dividends
Western Union Company’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in July. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 10.91 percent and its annual dividend per share was 0.94. It is important to note, however, that the 10.91% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision.
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