The Western Union Co

FRA : W3U
USA·Financial Services·Credit Services
€5.54
+0.13 (+1.61%)Oct 16 close
Market Cap
€1.74B
Enterprise Value
€1.76B
P/E (TTM)
6.41
P/B
3.21
Net Cash / (Debt)
−€18M
52-Week Range
€5.23 — €8.51
5-Year Range
€5.23 — €18
Avg Volume (3M)
1.78K

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.

Employees9,600IPOSep 20, 2006SIC7389HQ7001 East Belleview Avenue, Denver, CO, USA, 80237
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Financials (EUR)

Profitability

Metric
Current
Margins
Gross Margin
37.0%
Operating Margin
18.7%
EBITDA Margin
23.1%
Net Margin
12.3%
OCF Margin
—
FCF Margin
9.7%
Returns on Capital
ROE
53.4%
ROA
6.1%
ROIC
15.5%
ROCE
16.7%
ROC (Greenblatt)
215.9%
3Y ROIIC
5.1%
Consistency
Years Profitable / 10Y
9

Valuation

Metric
Current
Earnings Multiples
P/E (TTM)
6.41
Forward P/E
5.42
P/E ex-NRI
6.05
Shiller P/E (CAPE)
5.46
Cash Flow Multiples
P/FCF
8.10
P/OCF
5.84
P/Owner Earnings
14.43
FCF Yield
12.87%
Enterprise Value Multiples
EV / EBIT
4.00
EV / Forward EBIT
4.04
EV / EBITDA
3.29
EV / Forward EBITDA
3.33
EV / Revenue
0.76
EV / Forward Revenue
0.73
Asset / Sales
P/S
0.79
P/B
3.21
P/Tangible Book
—
Growth-Adjusted
PEG
—

Capital Returns

Metric
Current
Dividends
Dividend Yield (TTM)
9.84%
Forward Dividend Yield
9.53%
3Y Dividend Growth
0.0%
Payout Ratio
0.58
5Y Yield on Cost
10.14%
Buybacks & Dilution
3Y Buyback Ratio
5.50%
Combined
Shareholder Yield
14.53%

Balance Sheet

Metric
Current
Leverage
Debt / Equity
3.24
Gross Debt / EBITDA
3.32
Cash / Debt
0.99
Equity / Assets
0.12
Coverage
Interest Coverage
5.30
Short-Term Liquidity
Current Ratio
1.13
Quick Ratio
1.13
Cash Ratio
0.70
Composite Scores
Piotroski F-Score
5
Altman Z-Score
1.12

5-Step DuPont Analysis

ROE %
50.14%
Net Margin %
12.34%
Operating Margin %
18.67%
Operating Income
€661M
÷
Revenue
€3.54B
×
Tax Burden
0.7989
Net Income
€437M
÷
Pretax Income
€547M
×
Interest Burden
0.8275
Pretax Income
€547M
÷
Operating Income
€661M
×
Asset Turnover
0.47
Revenue
€3.54B
÷
Average Total Assets
€7.54B
Begin Total Assets
€7.99B
End Total Assets
€7.09B
×
Equity Multiplier
8.66
Avg Total Assets
€7.54B
÷
Avg Stockholders Equity
€872M
Begin Equity
€925M
End Equity
€818M