Western Union CO (WU)

The Western Union Co. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of money transfer and payment services. It operates through the following segments: Consumer Money Transfer, Business Solutions, and Consumer Services. The Consumer Money Transfer segment facilitates money transfers, which are primarily sent from retail agent locations worldwide or through websites and mobile devices. The Business Solutions segment focuses on the payment and foreign exchange solutions, primarily cross-border, cross-currency transactions, for small and medium size enterprises and other organizations and individuals. The Consumer Services segment includes the company’s bill payment services which facilitate payments for consumers, businesses, and other organizations, as well as the company’s money order services, retail foreign exchange services, prepaid cards, lending partnerships, and digital wallets. The company was founded in 1851 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Address

7001 EAST BELLEVIEW AVENUE
DENVER, CO 80237

Founded

1851

Number of Employees

9,000

Buyback

Buyback Data 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Average
$ Amount Purchased
($ in 000s)
$495,806 $512,715 $499,009 $502,549 $413,744 $552,774 $237,729 $339,739 $364,277 $308,063 $181,946 $400,759
Average Price $16.63 $19.94 $19.37 $19.55 $19.82 $20.04 $25.42 $19.95 $15.87 $12.37 $12.76 $18.07
# Shares Purchased 29,809,460 25,712,343 25,756,853 25,701,743 20,874,280 27,589,877 9,353,559 17,032,378 22,950,039 24,907,848 14,257,102 22,176,862
Buyback Performance 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Average
Total Return to Date -33.9% -44.8% -43.2% -43.7% -44.5% -45.1% -56.7% -44.9% -30.7% -11.1% -13.8% -39.1%
S&P 500 Return to Date 181.9% 173.0% 168.6% 129.7% 104.9% 93.1% 74.8% 31.7% 37.3% 31.3% 7.4% 94.0%
Excess Total Return -215.7% -217.8% -211.8% -173.5% -149.4% -138.2% -131.6% -76.5% -68.0% -42.4% -21.2% -133.1%
Quartile Rank
Percentile Rank 22% 17% 17% 18% 15% 14% 7% 16% 20% 26% 20% 19%
Buyback returns calculated using weighted average buyback price over the last 10 years and comparing to current day stock price value. S&P 500 used as benchmark for excess return.

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