Western Union jumps on takeover speculation (update)
Seeking Alpha News (Tue, 4-Aug 3:51 PM ET)
Western Union jumps on takeover speculation
Seeking Alpha News (Tue, 4-Aug 2:45 PM ET)
Western Union launches Stablecard amid financial services expansion push
Seeking Alpha News (Tue, 4-Aug 8:08 AM ET)
Western Union Launches Stablecard in Partnership with Rain
Business Wire (Tue, 4-Aug 7:30 AM ET)
Western Union declares $0.235 dividend
Seeking Alpha News (Mon, 3-Aug 10:31 PM ET)
Western Union Announces $0.235 Quarterly Dividend
Business Wire (Mon, 3-Aug 8:34 PM ET)
Western Union Maintains Digital and Consumer Services Momentum Despite Margin Pressures in Q2 2026
Market Chameleon (Fri, 31-Jul 3:06 AM ET)
Western Union Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results
Business Wire (Thu, 30-Jul 4:05 PM ET)
Western Union to Release Second Quarter 2026 Results on July 30, 2026
Business Wire (Thu, 16-Jul 4:35 PM ET)
Globe Newswire (Thu, 25-Jun 10:11 AM ET)
Western Union provides domestic and international money transfers through its global network of over 500,000 outside agents. The company handled almost 290 million transactions in 2025 and is the largest money transfer company in the world.
Western Union Company trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol WU.
As of August 6, 2026, WU stock price declined to $7.16 with 7,917,434 million shares trading.
WU has a beta of 0.71, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. WU has a correlation of 0.04 to the broad based SPY ETF.
WU has a market cap of $2.23 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.
Last quarter Western Union Company reported $1 billion in Revenue and $.31 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-46 million and missed earnings estimates by -$.13.
In the last 3 years, WU traded as high as $14.19 and as low as $6.27.
The top ETF exchange traded funds that WU belongs to (by Net Assets): IJR, VTI, SCHD, VB, VBR.
WU has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +0.9% while the SPY ETF gained +23.6%. WU has also underperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning -18.9% and -15.5%, respectively, while the SPY returned +6.5% and +2.8%, respectively.
WU support price is $7.08 and resistance is $7.44 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that WU shares will trade within this expected range on the day.