After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. After-hours trades for Western Union Company (WU) shows that investor sentiment remained broken, with the stock’s consolidated last price falling by -$0.09, or -0.74%, to $12.10. The Western Union Company has recorded 79,565 volume in the after hours trading session. The stock was recently discussed on Yahoo Finance as it revealed that Western Union Appoints Finance Executive Julie Cameron-Doe to its Board of Directors.
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Stocks Info
WU belongs to the Financial sector of the NYSE while operating in the Credit Services industry. At the end of the last regular session, the stock closed at $12.19 and fluctuated between $12.25 as its day high and $12.08 as its day low. The current market capitalization of Western Union Company is $4.44B. A total of 3.43 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 4.93M shares.
Investors also take into account insider trades in predicting how the stock will perform in the future. During the recent three months, WU has seen 0 BUY and 0 SELL insider trades, representing the acquisition of 0 and the disposition of 0 shares. Over the last 12 months, there were 23 BUYs and 22 SELLs from insiders. Insiders purchased 537,090 shares during that period but sold 125,114.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Western Union Company pays an annual dividend of $0.94, resulting in a dividend yield of 7.73%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 6.16. WU’s most recent ex-dividend date was 12/19/2023 when it declared a $0.2350 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 12/29/2023. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 9/29/2023 with an ex-dividend date of 9/14/2023. The WU stock dividend was $0.2350 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. According to analysts who have offered 12-month price targets for WU in the last 3 months, the mean price target is $12.94 with high estimates of $18.00 and low estimates of $10.00. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, WU has a high of $14.78 and a low of $10.07.
As of this writing, WU has an earnings estimate of $0.37 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 19 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.4 per share and a lower estimate of $0.34. The company reported an EPS of $0.51 in the last quarter, which was 30.80% higher than expectations of $0.39.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. WU’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $1.21B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $3.21B in debt and $2.23B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $1.67, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $355.60M.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for WU is Buy with a score of 2.53.
