Western Union Company (WU)

WU (NYSE:Financial Services)
$16.61
neg -0.01
-0.06%
Today's Range: 16.55 - 16.72 | WU Avg Daily Volume: 8,307,600
Last Update: 05/21/13 - 4:01 PM EDT
Volume: 3,882,771
YTD Performance: 22.04%
Open: $16.61
Previous Close: $16.62
52 Week Range: $11.93 - $19.14
Oustanding Shares: 557,111,446
Market Cap: 9,259,192,233
6-Month Chart
TheStreet Ratings Grade for WU
Buy Hold Sell
A+ A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- E+ E E- F
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Analysts Ratings
Historical Rec Current 1 Mo. Ago 2 Mo. Ago 3 Mo. Ago
Strong Buy 4 4 4 4
Moderate Buy 0 0 0 0
Hold 15 15 15 15
Moderate Sell 1 1 1 1
Strong Sell 2 2 2 2
Mean Rec. 2.86 2.86 2.86 2.86
Latest Dividend: 0.13
Latest Dividend Yield: 3.01%
Dividend Ex-Date: 03/13/13
Price Earnings Ratio: 10.01
Price Earnings Comparisons:
WU Sector Avg. S&P 500
10.01 10.00 17.70
Price Performance History (%Change):
3 Mo 1 Yr 3 Y
19.50% -1.89% 4.47%
GROWTH 12 Mo 3 Yr CAGR
Revenue 3.20 0.11 0.04
Net Income 0.00 0.00 0.00
EPS -8.20 0.40 0.12
Earnings for WU:
EBITDA 1.58B
Revenue 5.66B
Average Earnings Estimates
Qtr (06/13) Qtr (09/13) FY (12/13) FY (12/14)
Average Estimate $0.35 $0.37 $1.44 $1.59
Number of Analysts 15 15 19 19
High Estimate $0.39 $0.44 $1.54 $1.65
Low Estimate $0.30 $0.34 $1.38 $1.45
Prior Year $0.46 $0.46 $1.74 $1.44
Growth Rate (Year over Year) -24.20% -20.43% -17.51% 10.71%
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Bullish
May 01, 2013 | 8:06 AM EDT
WU earnings estimates were raised due to increased buybacks, but also reflect transaction weakness, said Citigroup.
Bullish
May 01, 2013 | 8:00 AM EDT
WU estimates were boosted through 2014, Credit Suisse said. Company is seeing higher transaction rates and buying back stock. Neutral r...
Bearish
Apr 23, 2013 | 7:32 AM EDT
Shares of WU were downgraded to Neutral, said Citigroup. Remittance trends have weakened through 1Q13 and a recovery in the key US-Mexi...
Bullish
Feb 04, 2013 | 7:42 AM EST
WU was upgraded from Hold to Buy, Deutsche Bank said. $19 price target. Market is setting up well for a company turnaround.
Bearish
Jan 09, 2013 | 8:08 AM EST
WU was downgraded from Neutral to Sell, Goldman Sachs said. $12 price target. Pricing concerns could weigh on margins. 
Update
Dec 13, 2012 | 8:16 AM EST
WU was initiated with a Neutral rating, Guggenheim said. $14.50 price target. Company could face price competition. 
Bullish
Nov 12, 2012 | 8:12 AM EST
WU was upgraded to Neutral from Underperform, DA Davidson said. $13 price target. At current prices, downside appears minimal. 
Despite the valuation, serious questions have been raised about this business model.
Bearish
Oct 31, 2012 | 8:46 AM EDT
WU was downgraded to Underperform, DA Davidson said. $15 price target. Company is facing economic, regulatory and competitive pressure....

Columnist Conversation / Market Updates

| May 21, 2013
| 5:33 PM EDT
Co misses on revenues. Revenue rose (if you can call it that) 0.8% to $1.7 bin. (I was looking for 1.7% y/y rev growth.)...
| May 21, 2013
| 3:46 PM EDT
We added a call spread for NTAP here, not as pricey as the move implies, the chart not looking too bad. I like this for...

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