Western Union
About: Western Union provides domestic and international money transfers through its global network of over 500,000 outside agents. The company handled almost 290 million transactions in 2024 and is the largest money transfer company in the world.
Employees: 9,100
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
29% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $24M | Put options by funds: $18.6M
11% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 70 | Existing positions closed: 63
0% more funds holding
Funds holding: 459 [Q1] → 461 (+2) [Q2]
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q1] → 3 (+0) [Q2]
2% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 157 | Existing positions reduced: 161
2.33% less ownership
Funds ownership: 92.88% [Q1] → 90.55% (-2.33%) [Q2]
24% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $3.32B [Q1] → $2.52B (-$794M) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
8 analyst ratings
Barclays
Ramsey El-Assal
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$8
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Underweight
Maintained
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31 Jul 2025 |
JP Morgan
Tien-Tsin Huang
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$9
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Underweight
Maintained
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29 Jul 2025 |
Morgan Stanley
James Faucette
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$7
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Underweight
Maintained
|
29 Jul 2025 |
RBC Capital
Daniel Perlin
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$9
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Sector Perform
Maintained
|
29 Jul 2025 |
UBS
Timothy Chiodo
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$8.5
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Neutral
Maintained
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29 Jul 2025 |
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Sanjay Sakhrani
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$10
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Market Perform
Maintained
|
29 Jul 2025 |
Susquehanna
James Friedman
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$9
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Neutral
Maintained
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29 Jul 2025 |
Deutsche Bank
Bryan Keane
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$9
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Hold
Reinstated
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17 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 8 articles about WU published over the past 30 days