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The Western Union Company
The Western Union Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.1 billion, down 3.78% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 1.26%, EPS fell 32.4%, free cash flow grew 316.7% and total debt fell 1.89%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | Low | 16.02 | 18.39 | 16.42 | 16.81 | 17.39 | 15.69 | 12.27 | 10.07 | 10.39 | 7.85 |
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| High | 22.26 | 22.70 | 22.21 | 28.00 | 28.45 | 26.61 | 20.40 | 14.79 | 14.19 | 11.95 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 10,700 | 11,500 | 12,000 | 11,500 | 11,000 | 10,500 | 8,900 | 9,000 | 9,100 | 9,600 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.51 | 0.48 | 0.47 | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.48 | 0.50 | 0.48 | 0.46 | 0.42 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 5,423 | 5,524 | 5,590 | 5,292 | 4,835 | 5,071 | 4,476 | 4,357 | 4,210 | 4,051 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 39.76 | 39.30 | 40.95 | 41.68 | 41.54 | 42.88 | 41.32 | 38.68 | 37.75 | 37.03 | |||||
| EBT | 342 | 348 | 991 | 1,321 | 855 | 935 | 1,009 | 746 | 619 | 626 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 6.30 | 6.29 | 17.74 | 24.97 | 17.69 | 18.45 | 22.54 | 17.12 | 14.69 | 15.45 | |||||
| Net income | 253 | (557) | 852 | 1,058 | 744 | 806 | 911 | 626 | 934 | 500 | |||||
| Depreciation | 263 | 727 | 265 | 258 | 226 | 208 | 184 | 184 | 179 | 165 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 11.06 | 11.81 | 12.37 | 12.38 | 11.73 | 12.47 | 11.56 | 11.75 | 12.38 | 12.40 | ||||
| Earnings | 0.52 | (1.19) | 1.89 | 2.47 | 1.81 | 1.98 | 2.35 | 1.69 | 2.75 | 1.53 | |||||
| Cash flow | 2.13 | 1.59 | 1.82 | 2.14 | 2.13 | 2.57 | 1.50 | 2.11 | 1.20 | 1.66 | |||||
| Capex | (0.47) | (0.38) | (0.75) | (0.30) | (0.38) | (0.53) | (0.54) | (0.40) | (0.38) | (0.46) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 1.66 | 1.21 | 1.07 | 1.84 | 1.75 | 2.04 | 0.96 | 1.71 | 0.81 | 1.20 | |||||
| Book value | 1.84 | (1.05) | (0.69) | (0.09) | 0.45 | 0.87 | 1.23 | 1.29 | 2.85 | 2.93 | |||||
| Shares, m | 490 | 468 | 452 | 428 | 412 | 407 | 387 | 371 | 340 | 327 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 43.08 | 0.00 | 9.03 | 10.84 | 12.12 | 9.06 | 6.00 | 7.18 | 3.85 | 6.09 | ||||
| P/S | 1.99 | 1.62 | 1.38 | 2.16 | 1.87 | 1.43 | 1.22 | 1.03 | 0.86 | 0.75 | |||||
| P/B | 11.94 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 48.48 | 20.41 | 11.42 | 9.39 | 3.72 | 3.17 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 2.34 | 2.01 | 1.82 | 2.50 | 2.21 | 1.79 | 1.52 | 1.32 | 1.20 | 1.16 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 15.61 | 19.69 | 21.08 | 16.81 | 14.83 | 10.90 | 18.18 | 9.03 | 18.39 | 11.92 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 1,042 | 742 | 821 | 915 | 878 | 1,045 | 582 | 783 | 406 | 544 | ||||
| Capex | (230) | (177) | (339) | (128) | (157) | (215) | (208) | (148) | (131) | (151) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 812 | 565 | 482 | 787 | 721 | 831 | 373 | 635 | 276 | 393 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | (659) | (1,132) | (645) | (171) | (2) | (113) | 97 | 156 | 794 | 751 | ||||
| Total debt | 2,786 | 3,034 | 3,434 | 3,229 | 3,067 | 3,008 | 2,617 | 2,505 | 2,941 | 2,878 | |||||
| Net debt | 1,909 | 2,195 | 2,460 | 1,779 | 1,639 | 1,800 | 1,331 | 1,236 | 1,467 | 1,643 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 902 | (491) | (310) | (39) | 187 | 356 | 478 | 479 | 969 | 958 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 2.68 | (5.97) | 9.35 | 11.92 | 8.15 | 8.80 | 10.52 | 7.50 | 11.28 | 5.99 | ||||
| ROIC | 10.83 | 17.45 | 32.61 | 33.56 | 33.12 | 32.56 | 30.58 | 29.79 | 18.62 | 18.20 | |||||
| ROE | 21.95 | (271.23) | (212.66) | (605.95) | 1,011.96 | 297.23 | 218.53 | 130.85 | 129.04 | 51.86 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
The Western Union Company vs peers in Credit Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLM SLM Corporation | $4.2B | 6.0× | 7.1× | −1.93% (below 0%: shrinking) | −9.38% (below 0%: shrinking) | +2.81% (above 0%: growing) | 59.84% | 0.00% | Compare |
| BFH Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. | $3.9B | 7.9× | 8.2× | +3.39% (above 0%: growing) | +21.89% (above 0%: growing) | +1.93% (above 0%: growing) | 100.00% | 76.43% | Compare |
| UPST Upstart Holdings, Inc. | $2.4B | 38.0× | 32.5× | +41.75% (above 0%: growing) | +183.33% (above 0%: growing) | −14.74% (below 0%: shrinking) | 83.19% | 4.01% | Compare |
| ECPG Encore Capital Group Inc | $2.2B | 7.5× | 6.3× | +11.25% (above 0%: growing) | +18.80% (above 0%: growing) | −1,282.62% (below 0%: shrinking) | 100.00% | 0.00% | Compare |
| AGM Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation | $2.2B | 11.1× | 9.4× | +12.93% (above 0%: growing) | +20.67% (above 0%: growing) | +188.57% (above 0%: growing) | 27.34% | 0.00% | Compare |
| EZPW EZCORP, Inc. | $2.0B | 12.8× | 16.0× | +34.65% (above 0%: growing) | +37.78% (above 0%: growing) | +27.86% (above 0%: growing) | 58.79% | 13.09% | Compare |
| WU The Western Union Company | $1.9B | 5.0× | 4.7× | −1.26% (below 0%: shrinking) | −32.43% (below 0%: shrinking) | +316.72% (above 0%: growing) | 33.21% | 13.04% | |
| ATLC Atlanticus Holdings Corporation | $1.4B | 9.6× | 8.8× | +88.84% (above 0%: growing) | +67.38% (above 0%: growing) | +112.08% (above 0%: growing) | 83.42% | 0.00% | Compare |
| JCAP Jefferson Capital, Inc. | $1.2B | 8.4× | 6.3× | +16.26% (above 0%: growing) | −96.40% (below 0%: shrinking) | −45.57% (below 0%: shrinking) | 63.06% | 45.87% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $2.2B | 9.0× | 8.5× | +14.60% | +21.28% | +2.37% | 73.13% | 2.01% |
The Western Union Company (WU) key facts
- Concern: The Western Union Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.1 billion, down 3.78% from fiscal 2024.
- Concern: Net income was $499.6 million, or $1.53 per share (basic), a net margin of 12.3%.
- The Western Union Company (WU) is a Credit Services company in the Financial sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- As of October 16, 2026, WU traded at $6.19, a market capitalization of $1.9 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 5.0× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 0.5× sales; its P/E is higher than 11% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- The Western Union Company pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share, a yield of 15.2%, with a payout ratio of 76.4%.
- Return on equity was 51.9% and debt-to-equity 2.95.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 for fiscal 2025.