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

6.93 0.09 −1.28%
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) Operating margin

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The Western Union Company's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 14.2%, down 4.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (18.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.61% (fiscal 2017) to 22.2% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Credit Services industry median of 0.34% and above the Financial sector median of 0.00%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 18.7% 1.46
FY2024 17.2% (1.52)
FY2023 18.8% (1.01)
FY2022 19.8% (2.38)
FY2021 22.2% 2.14
FY2020 20.0% 2.36
FY2019 17.7% (2.42)
FY2018 20.1% 11.46
FY2017 8.61% (0.37)
FY2016 8.98% (11.25)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 13.0% (0.08)
Jun 2026 13.0% 0.52
Mar 2026 12.5% (5.86)
Dec 2025 18.4% (1.17)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 8.61% High 22.2%
Ten-year median 18.8%
Current reading's percentile 21

Operating margin against peers

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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