Western Union CO WU

Industrials SIC 7389 - Services-Business Services, NEC NAICS Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services › Administrative and Support Services derived NYSE

The Western Union Company (the "Company," "Western Union," "we," "our," or "us") is a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, payments, and digital financial services, empowering consumers, businesses, financial institutions, and governments with fast, reliable, and convenient ways to send money and make payments around the world. Our goal is to offer accessible financial services that help people and communities prosper. The Western Union brand is globally recognized and represents speed, reliability, trust, and convenience.

As we continue to seek to meet the needs of our customers for fast, reliable, and convenient global money movement and payment services while focusing on regulatory compliance, we are also working to go beyond these services by providing consumers and our business clients with access to an expanding portfolio of financial services and to increase the ways our services can be accessed, including through the launch of our digital wallet in certain countries.

Last close 6.34 2026-10-23
Market cap $1.98B 2026-06-30 share count
52-week range 5.87 - 10.35

Valuation FY2025 figures against the last close

P/S0.5x
P/E4.2x
P/FCF3.9x
EV/EBITDA4.6x
Dividend yield15.6%
Diluted EPS1.52

Annual financial statements

Income statement

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Revenue $3.88B$4.03B$4.16B$4.25B$4.87B$4.63B$5.03B$5.38B$5.52B$5.42B
Cost of revenue $2.55B$2.62B$2.67B$2.63B$2.90B$2.83B$3.09B$3.30B$3.35B$3.27B
Gross profit $1.33B$1.41B$1.49B$1.63B$1.97B$1.80B$1.95B$2.08B$2.17B$2.16B
SG&A $742.8M$863.4M$867.8M$964.2M$1.05B$1.04B$1.27B$1.17B$1.23B$1.67B
Total operating expenses $3.29B$3.48B$3.54B$3.59B$3.95B$3.87B$4.36B$4.47B$5.05B$4.94B
Operating income $757.3M$725.8M$817.5M$884.9M$1.12B$967.3M$934.0M$1.12B$475.8M$487.0M
Pre-tax income $625.7M$618.6M$745.8M$1.01B$935.4M$855.1M$1.32B$991.4M$347.5M$341.7M
Income tax $126.1M$315.6M$119.8M$98.0M$129.6M$110.8M$263.1M$139.5M$904.6M$88.5M
Net income $499.6M$934.2M$626.0M$910.6M$805.8M$744.3M$1.06B$851.9M-$557.1M$253.2M
EPS, basic 1.532.751.692.351.981.812.471.89-1.190.52
EPS, diluted 1.522.741.682.341.971.792.461.87-1.190.51
Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.) 327.6M341.1M371.8M388.4M408.9M415.2M430.9M454.4M467.9M493.5M

Balance sheet

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Cash and equivalents $1.23B$1.47B$1.27B$1.29B$1.21B$1.43B$1.45B$979.7M$844.4M$877.5M
Property, plant and equipment $95.0M$84.2M$91.4M$109.6M$129.4M$150.4M$236.2M$270.4M$214.2M$220.5M
Goodwill $2.10B$2.06B$2.03B$2.03B$2.03B$2.57B$2.57B$2.73B$2.73B$3.16B
Other intangibles $356.3M$315.4M$380.2M$457.9M$417.1M$505.0M$494.9M$598.2M$586.3M$664.2M
Total assets $8.31B$8.37B$8.20B$8.50B$8.82B$9.50B$8.76B$9.00B$9.23B$9.42B
Long-term debt $2.88B$2.95B$2.15B$2.45B$2.75B—————
Total liabilities $7.35B$7.40B$7.72B$8.02B$8.47B$9.31B$8.80B$9.31B$9.72B$8.52B
Retained earnings -$11.5M$35.2M-$389.1M-$353.9M-$537.2M-$543.1M-$675.9M-$838.8M-$965.9M$419.3M
Total equity $957.8M$968.9M$479.0M$477.8M$355.6M$186.6M-$39.5M-$309.8M-$491.4M$902.2M

Cash flow

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Operating cash flow $543.7M$406.3M$783.1M$581.6M$1.05B$877.5M$914.6M$821.3M$742.0M$1.04B
Depreciation and amortisation $35.2M$37.4M$39.1M$42.7M$49.6M$61.3M$79.6M$264.7M$262.9M$263.2M
Capital expenditure $38.5M$37.4M$22.9M$31.9M$37.7M$36.5M$48.1M$136.7M$69.1M$68.8M
Investing cash flow -$230.3M-$16.3M-$140.8M$525.5M$192.0M-$373.5M$167.0M-$328.8M-$204.6M-$271.1M
Financing cash flow -$782.6M-$69.3M-$896.8M-$1.18B-$1.27B-$185.9M-$1.48B-$357.2M-$570.5M-$1.21B
Dividends paid $309.0M$321.5M$349.0M$364.2M$381.6M$370.3M$340.8M$341.7M$325.6M$312.2M
Buybacks $234.6M$186.2M$308.4M$369.9M$409.9M$239.7M$552.6M$412.4M$502.8M$501.6M

Figures as tagged in each year's own filing, in US dollars. A year restated by a later filing shows the restated figure. Capital expenditure, dividends and buybacks are cash out, shown positive. A line the filer does not report is not listed. Latest from accession 0001193125-26-061340.

Plot the figures US dollars

Income statement Revenue Cost of revenue Gross profit R&D SG&A Total operating expenses Operating income Interest expense Pre-tax income Income tax Net income EPS, basic EPS, diluted Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.)
Balance sheet Cash and equivalents Short-term investments Receivables Inventory Total current assets Property, plant and equipment Goodwill Other intangibles Total assets Accounts payable Short-term debt Total current liabilities Long-term debt Total liabilities Retained earnings Total equity
Cash flow Operating cash flow Depreciation and amortisation Stock-based compensation Capital expenditure Investing cash flow Financing cash flow Dividends paid Buybacks
  • Revenue
  • Gross profit
  • Net income
Revenue, Gross profit, Net income by fiscal year, in US dollars The same figures are in the table below this chart. -2B 0 2B 4B 6B Revenue, FY2016: 5.4B Gross profit, FY2016: 2.2B Net income, FY2016: 253.2M Revenue, FY2017: 5.5B Gross profit, FY2017: 2.2B Net income, FY2017: -557.1M Revenue, FY2018: 5.4B Gross profit, FY2018: 2.1B Net income, FY2018: 851.9M Revenue, FY2019: 5B Gross profit, FY2019: 1.9B Net income, FY2019: 1.1B Revenue, FY2020: 4.6B Gross profit, FY2020: 1.8B Net income, FY2020: 744.3M Revenue, FY2021: 4.9B Gross profit, FY2021: 2B Net income, FY2021: 805.8M Revenue, FY2022: 4.3B Gross profit, FY2022: 1.6B Net income, FY2022: 910.6M Revenue, FY2023: 4.2B Gross profit, FY2023: 1.5B Net income, FY2023: 626M Revenue, FY2024: 4B Gross profit, FY2024: 1.4B Net income, FY2024: 934.2M Revenue, FY2025: 3.9B Gross profit, FY2025: 1.3B Net income, FY2025: 499.6M FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Fiscal year FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue $5.42B $5.52B $5.38B $5.03B $4.63B $4.87B $4.25B $4.16B $4.03B $3.88B
Gross profit $2.16B $2.17B $2.08B $1.95B $1.80B $1.97B $1.63B $1.49B $1.41B $1.33B
Net income $253.2M -$557.1M $851.9M $1.06B $744.3M $805.8M $910.6M $626.0M $934.2M $499.6M

Recent filings and events

  • Regulation FD disclosure Something the company told the market and had to tell everyone at once - usually a slide deck or a press release. Item 7.01
  • Other event The catch-all. The company chose to disclose something that fits no other item, so the content is whatever it says it is. Item 8.01
  • Results announced The quarterly or annual earnings release. Arrives four times a year from almost every company here. Item 2.02
  • Officer or director change Someone at the top arrived or left. The item covers everything from a board retirement to a chief executive being removed, and only the filing itself says which. Item 5.02
  • Other event Item 8.01
  • Shareholder vote The results of the annual meeting or a special vote. Item 5.07
  • Other event Item 8.01
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Officer or director change Item 5.02
  • Other event Item 8.01
  • Annual report filed A new 10-K. The figures and the business description on this site come from it. Form 10-K
  • Results announced Item 2.02

Item numbers are Form 8-K's own, and a filing date is up to four business days after the thing it reports. The same feed across the whole market.

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