WU The Western Union Company
The Western Union Company (WU) trend channel, buy level and 3-month target on Trade The Path. Sector: Financial Services. Listed on NYSE. Levels below are fitted to this ticker's own swing highs and lows (Theil–Sen, log-price), then projected 3 months. If this ticker has no settled sample yet, treat the numbers as a geometric read, not a track record. Information only, not financial advice.
In the buy zone, falling on both timeframes
Price is sitting on the lower trend line — the level that has repeatedly held.
Read from the last 12 months of history we hold: falling, drifting −11% a year. The nearest ceiling overhead is US$8.68. What would overturn this: a close below US$5.78 — the floor of the channel being read — after which the trend, not the entry, is what was wrong.
- 12 months read from
- US$5.78 – US$8.68 Falling channel, −11% a year
- Position in that channel
- 14% 0% at the floor, 100% at the ceiling
Price history, with the path projected 3 months forward
- Daily close
- Upper trend line (12 months)
- Lower trend line (12 months)
- Dashed after today: projected 3 months
- Our buy
- Our target
Our target
No published call today because no target size has paid on this stock’s own record, so there is none to publish. No alerts are sent. The buy and target below are still this site's read of the fitted channel.
Buy at or below
US$5.77
level as at 18 Sept 2026
Our target
US$8.31
by 17 Dec 2026
Projected move
43.9%
gross, before costs
Price sits between our buy level and our target.
- Upper line touches
- 4
- Lower line touches
- 2
- Fit confidence
- 70%
- Fitted
- 18 Sept 2026
About The Western Union Company
Western Union operates as a global financial services provider, specializing in fund transfers and diverse payment solutions. The company's operations are divided into two main segments: Consumer-to-Consumer and Business Solutions. The Consumer-to-Consumer division enables individuals to send money to other individuals, primarily leveraging an extensive network of independent agents and sub-agents. This service covers both international transfers across borders and domestic transactions within a single country, as well as digital transfers facilitated through its websites and mobile applications. Conversely, the Business Solutions segment offers payment and foreign exchange services tailored for small and medium-sized businesses, various organizations, and even individuals. These services predominantly involve cross-border and cross-currency transactions and include financial tools like foreign currency forward and option contracts. Additionally, the company provides bill payment services, allowing individual customers to make payments to businesses and other organizations, alongside offering money orders and other related financial services. Western Union was founded in 1851 and its corporate headquarters are located in Denver, Colorado.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Financial - Credit Services
- CEO
- Devin McGranahan
- Employees
- 9,600
- Country
- US
Scorecard
Our own pillar scores, computed from the fundamentals below. They are not Morningstar ratings — that data is licensed and we do not redistribute it.
- Valuation
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- Profitability
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- Financial health
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- Cash generation
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Key statistics
- Market cap
- US$2.28B
- Enterprise value
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- Beta
- 0.52
- Avg volume
- 9.72M
- Revenue per share
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- Dividend yield
- —
- 52-week range
- 6.27-10.35
- Exchange
- NYSE
Key ratios
- P/E (TTM)
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- PEG
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- Price / sales
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- Price / book
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- EV / EBITDA
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- Gross margin
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- Operating margin
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- Net margin
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- Current ratio
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- Quick ratio
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- Debt / equity
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- Interest cover
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Income statement
Balance sheet
Cash flow
Trend lines are fitted statistically to past swing highs and lows and projected forward on the assumption the same rhythm continues. It often does not. This is information, not advice.