Western Union Co. (WU): Price and Financial Metrics

WU POWR Grades

• Value is the dimension where WU ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 65.44% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for WU is in Growth, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• WU ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 22nd percentile.

WU Stock Summary

• The capital turnover (annual revenue relative to shareholder's equity) for WU is 7.88 -- better than 94.93% of US stocks.
• Of note is the ratio of WESTERN UNION CO's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 87.44% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• WU's equity multiplier -- a measure of assets relative to shareholders'equity -- is greater than that of 96.97% of US stocks.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to WESTERN UNION CO are VSCO, HBI, AEG, FUNC, and BPOP.
• Visit WU's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.westernunion.com.

WU Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Financial Services stock, WU's price/sales ratio is 50% lower, now standing at 1.1.
• Over the past 202 months, WU's price/sales ratio has gone down 2.5.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for WU.

WU Growth Metrics

Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -18.93%.
• Its year over year price growth rate is now at -25.87%.
• The 3 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 55.54%.

Over the past 34 months, WU's revenue has gone down $669,600,000.

The table below shows WU's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	4,475.5	581.6	910.6
2022-09-30	4,668.4	881.7	830
2022-06-30	4,865.1	1,002.6	888.8
2022-03-31	5,016.5	1,069.5	917.3
2021-12-31	5,070.8	1,045.3	805.8
2021-09-30	5,057.8	977.9	814.1

WU's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• WU has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 30.91% of graded US stocks.
• WU's asset turnover comes in at 0.55 -- ranking 290th of 561 Business Services stocks.
• ARC, III, and TZOO are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with WU.

The table below shows WU's key quality metrics over time.