The trading price of Western Union Company (NYSE:WU) floating lower at last check on Wednesday, April 24, closing at $13.31, -0.71% lower than its previous close.
The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 7.91. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $14.19 and a 52-week low of $10.37. Over the past month, the stock has lost -2.74% in value.
Western Union Company, whose market valuation is $4.55 billion at the time of this writing. The dividend yield on the company stock is 7.07%, while its Forward Dividend ratio is 0.94. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable. Analysts have predicted the quarterly earnings per share to grow by 0.41 per share this quarter, however they have predicted annual earnings per share of 1.7 for current year and 1.78 for next year.
Analysts have forecast the company to bring in revenue of 1.01B for the current quarter, with the likely lows of 975M and highs of 1.04B. From the analysts’ viewpoint, the consensus estimate for the company’s annual revenue is 4.13B.
On the technical side, indicators suggest WU has a Hold on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 50% Buy, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 100% Buy.
If we dig deeper into the stock’s outlook, we see that the stock’s PEG is 4.89, which symbolizes a positive outlook. A quick review shows that WU’s price is currently -0.50% off the SMA20 and -0.48% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 50.14, and weekly volatility stands at 1.74%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 1.75%. Western Union Company (NYSE:WU)’s beta value is currently sitting at 0.86, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 0.25.
To see how Western Union Company stock has been performing today in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: WU stock’s performance was -0.71% at last check in today’s session, and 22.29% in the past year. Western Union Company has a P/E ratio of 7.91.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Western Union Company (NYSE:WU) indicates that the 3-month average is 4.40 million.
Currently, records show that 350.50 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 0.69% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 95.38%. However, since the stock’s price has seen 11.62% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
