The Western Union Company

WU Financial Credit Services

The Western Union Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.1 billion, down 3.78% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−2.26%
EPS
−41.9%
Free cash flow
−69.4%
Total debt
+11.4%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

6.91 0.32 +4.86%
Market cap
$2.2B
P/E
6.5×
Fwd P/E
5.7×
Dividend yield
13.6%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

The Western Union Company (WU) Net margin

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The Western Union Company's net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 8.32%, down 4.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (12.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −10.1% (fiscal 2017) to 22.2% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is in line with the Credit Services industry median of 8.35% and below the Financial sector median of 14.3%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 12.3% (9.86)
FY2024 22.2% 7.82
FY2023 14.4% (5.98)
FY2022 20.4% 4.46
FY2021 15.9% 0.50
FY2020 15.4% (4.61)
FY2019 20.0% 4.76
FY2018 15.2% 25.32
FY2017 −10.1% (14.75)
FY2016 4.67% (10.61)

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 7.73% 0.16
Jun 2026 7.57% 0.99
Mar 2026 6.58% (4.76)
Dec 2025 11.3% (2.18)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −10.1% High 22.2%
Ten-year median 15.3%
Current reading's percentile 21

Net margin against peers

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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