Western Union Company (The) (WU): Price and Financial Metrics

WU POWR Grades

• Value is the dimension where WU ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 73.44% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for WU is in Stability, which has been heading down over the past 163 days.
• WU ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 1st percentile.

WU Stock Summary

• Western Union CO's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 98.18% of US listed stocks.
• Of note is the ratio of Western Union CO's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 85.78% 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 98.89% of US stocks.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Western Union CO are SBH, HBI, SPTN, BBBY, and AN.
• 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

• WU's EV/EBIT ratio is 10.4; this is 20.93% higher than that of the median Financial Services stock.
• WU's price/earnings ratio has moved down 5.8 over the prior 181 months.
• WU's price/sales ratio has moved down 1.9 over the prior 181 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for WU.

WU Growth Metrics

The 5 year price growth rate now stands at -2.37%.
• Its 4 year price growth rate is now at -2.37%.
• Its year over year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 19.49%.

Over the past 15 months, WU's revenue has gone up $138,500,000.

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
2021-09-30	5,057.8	977.9	814.1
2021-06-30	5,030	879.2	810
2021-03-31	4,855	940.9	749.4
2020-12-31	4,835	877.5	744.3
2020-09-30	4,870.9	834.9	702.6
2020-06-30	4,919.3	859.8	609

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.