The Western Union Company

NYSE:WU Stock Report

Market Cap: US$3.8b

Western Union Valuation

Is WU undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of WU when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: WU ($10.75) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($31.12)

Significantly Below Fair Value: WU is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for WU?

Key metric: As WU is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for WU. This is calculated by dividing WU's market cap by their current earnings.
What is WU's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio5.4x
EarningsUS$675.50m
Market CapUS$3.76b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does WU's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for WU vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average69.4x
EEFT Euronet Worldwide
13.6x9.0%US$4.7b
MQ Marqeta
132.8x-33.8%US$2.0b
PAYO Payoneer Global
27.2x10.9%US$3.7b
PAY Paymentus Holdings
104.1x22.9%US$4.5b
WU Western Union
5.4x-4.8%US$3.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WU is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.4x) compared to the peer average (69.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does WU's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Diversified Financial Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FOA Finance of America Companies
1.5x-136.3%US$605.78m
PMIR PMI Group
0.09xn/aUS$518.61k
ACGX Alliance Creative Group
1.8xn/aUS$374.34k
No more companies available in this PE range
WU 5.4xIndustry Avg. 17.6xNo. of Companies12PE01224364860+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WU is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.4x) compared to the US Diversified Financial industry average (17.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is WU's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

WU PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio5.4x
Fair PE Ratio12.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: WU is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (5.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.5x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst WU forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$10.75
US$12.70
+18.1%
17.1%US$18.00US$10.00n/a15
Dec ’25US$11.01
US$12.90
+17.2%
15.8%US$18.00US$10.00n/a15
Nov ’25US$10.74
US$12.97
+20.7%
15.6%US$18.00US$10.00n/a15
Oct ’25US$11.76
US$13.17
+12.0%
14.9%US$18.00US$10.00n/a15
Sep ’25US$12.20
US$13.17
+7.9%
14.9%US$18.00US$10.00n/a15
Aug ’25US$11.67
US$13.41
+14.9%
14.4%US$18.00US$10.00n/a16
Jul ’25US$12.16
US$13.69
+12.6%
14.6%US$18.00US$10.00n/a16
Jun ’25US$12.80
US$13.69
+6.9%
14.6%US$18.00US$10.00n/a16
May ’25US$13.09
US$13.69
+4.6%
14.6%US$18.00US$10.00n/a16
Apr ’25US$13.74
US$13.31
-3.1%
15.5%US$18.00US$10.00n/a16
Mar ’25US$13.49
US$13.24
-1.9%
15.1%US$18.00US$10.00n/a17
Feb ’25US$12.73
US$13.12
+3.0%
15.9%US$18.00US$10.00n/a17
Jan ’25US$11.92
US$13.34
+11.9%
16.0%US$18.00US$10.00n/a16
Dec ’24US$11.66
US$13.43
+15.2%
16.2%US$18.00US$10.00US$11.0115
Nov ’24US$11.40
US$13.43
+17.8%
16.2%US$18.00US$10.00US$10.7415
Oct ’24US$13.18
US$13.39
+1.6%
16.6%US$18.00US$10.00US$11.7614
Sep ’24US$12.49
US$13.31
+6.6%
15.7%US$18.00US$10.00US$12.2016
Aug ’24US$12.14
US$13.31
+9.7%
15.7%US$18.00US$10.00US$11.6716
Jul ’24US$11.73
US$12.53
+6.8%
18.8%US$18.00US$10.00US$12.1616
Jun ’24US$11.54
US$12.56
+8.9%
19.8%US$18.00US$10.00US$12.8016
May ’24US$10.87
US$13.44
+23.6%
19.3%US$18.00US$10.00US$13.0916
Apr ’24US$11.15
US$13.79
+23.7%
17.4%US$18.00US$10.00US$13.7417
Mar ’24US$12.86
US$14.69
+14.3%
20.3%US$24.00US$10.00US$13.4918
Feb ’24US$14.17
US$13.97
-1.4%
15.4%US$18.00US$10.00US$12.7317
Jan ’24US$13.77
US$14.06
+2.1%
14.9%US$18.00US$10.00US$11.9217
Dec ’23US$14.47
US$14.61
+1.0%
20.9%US$24.00US$10.00US$11.6618

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/18 06:38
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/18 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

The Western Union Company is covered by 46 analysts. 16 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Darrin PellerBarclays
Ramsey El-AssalBarclays
Rufus HoneBMO Capital Markets Equity Research