The Western Union Stock Price Target and Analyst Ratings (NYSE:WU)

Analyst Price Target for WU

i We calculate consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0-1.5 = Sell, 1.5-2.5 = Hold, 2.5-3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). Our consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. Our consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

^$22.41

▲ +2.06% Upside Potential

This price target is based on 19 analysts offering 12 month price targets for The Western Union in the last 3 months. The average price target is $22.41, with a high forecast of $28.00 and a low forecast of $18.00. The average price target represents a 2.06% upside from the last price of $21.96.

Hold

The current consensus among 19 polled investment analysts is to hold stock in The Western Union. This Hold consensus rating has held steady for over two years.

Past Monthly Recommendations

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7/29/2019

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10/27/2019

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Latest Recommendations

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Date	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Impact on Share Price	Details
1/8/2021	Guggenheim	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy		Low	i
12/22/2020	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Sell	$18.00	Medium	i
11/12/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$18.00 ➝ $19.00	Medium	i
11/5/2020	Smith Barney Citigroup	Upgrade	Sell ➝ Neutral	$21.00 ➝ $22.00	Low	i
11/5/2020	Citigroup Inc. 3% Minimum Coupon Principal Protected Based Upon Russell	Upgrade	Sell ➝ Neutral	$21.00 ➝ $22.00	Low	i
9/15/2020	Bank of America	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$26.00	High	i Rating by Jason Kupferberg at Bank of America Co.
8/6/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$25.00	Low	i
8/6/2020	Citigroup	Boost Price Target	Sell	$18.00 ➝ $21.00	Low	i
8/5/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Price Target	Hold	$20.00 ➝ $25.00	High	i
8/4/2020	BTIG Research	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$28.00	High	i Rating by Mark Palmer at BTIG Research
7/30/2020	Wolfe Research	Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Market Perform		Medium	i
7/14/2020	The Goldman Sachs Group	Initiated Coverage	Sell	$22.00	Low	i
7/1/2020	Northland Securities	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$15.00 ➝ $26.00	Medium	i
6/10/2020	Bank of America	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$23.00 ➝ $26.00	Medium	i Rating by Jason Kupferberg at Bank of America Co.
5/21/2020	BTIG Research	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$28.00	Low	i Rating by Mark Palmer at BTIG Research
5/7/2020	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Boost Price Target	Market Perform	$19.00 ➝ $20.00	Medium	i
5/6/2020	Cfra	Lower Price Target	Buy	$29.00 ➝ $24.00	Medium	i
5/6/2020	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Price Target	Underperform	$19.00 ➝ $20.00	High	i
5/5/2020	BTIG Research	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$28.00	Medium	i Rating by Mark Palmer at BTIG Research
4/29/2020	BTIG Research	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$28.00	Low	i Rating by Mark Palmer at BTIG Research
4/19/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Downgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Underweight		High	i
4/12/2020	BTIG Research	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$28.00	Medium	i Rating by Mark Palmer at BTIG Research
4/8/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Downgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Underweight	$25.00 ➝ $19.00	High	i
4/6/2020	Barclays	Lower Price Target	Underweight	$25.00 ➝ $18.00	High	i
4/2/2020	SunTrust Banks	Lower Price Target	Hold	$27.00 ➝ $18.00	High	i
4/2/2020	Bank of America	Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Buy	$23.00	Medium	i Rating by Jason Kupferberg at Bank of America Co.
3/31/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Price Target	Hold	$28.00 ➝ $20.00	High	i Rating by Bryan Keane at Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
3/30/2020	Northland Securities	Lower Price Target	Market Perform	$17.00 ➝ $15.00	Low	i
3/26/2020	Citigroup	Lower Price Target	Sell	$23.00 ➝ $18.00	High	i Rating by Ashwin Shirvaikar at Citigroup Inc.
2/12/2020	140166	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$26.00	Low	i Rating by James Friedman at 140166
1/23/2020	Credit Suisse Group	Initiated Coverage	Underperform	$26.00	Medium	i
1/20/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$28.00	High	i Rating by Daniel Perlin at Royal Bank of Canada
12/18/2019	BTIG Research	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$31.00	Low	i Rating by Mark Palmer at BTIG Research
11/12/2019	Guggenheim	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral		Low	i Rating by Jeff Cantwell at Guggenheim
11/4/2019	SunTrust Banks	Boost Price Target	Hold	$26.00	Low	i
11/1/2019	Royal Bank of Canada	Set Price Target	Hold	$23.00	Medium	i Rating by Daniel Perlin at Royal Bank of Canada
11/1/2019	BTIG Research	Set Price Target	Buy	$28.00	Medium	i Rating by Mark Palmer at BTIG Research
11/1/2019	Wolfe Research	Set Price Target	Sell	$24.00	N/A	i Rating by Darrin Peller at Wolfe Research
11/1/2019	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Set Price Target	Hold	$25.00	N/A	i Rating by Bryan Keane at Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
11/1/2019	Bank of America	Set Price Target	Sell	$21.00	N/A	i Rating by Jason Kupferberg at Bank of America Co.
11/1/2019	Morgan Stanley	Set Price Target	Sell	$20.00	N/A	i Rating by James Faucette at Morgan Stanley
11/1/2019	Citigroup	Set Price Target	Sell	$20.50	N/A	i Rating by Ashwin Shirvaikar at Citigroup Inc.
10/14/2019	Citigroup	Boost Price Target	Sell	$17.50 ➝ $20.50	Low	i
9/30/2019	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$18.00 ➝ $19.00	Low	i
9/27/2019	Guggenheim	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$27.00	Low	i
9/25/2019	BTIG Research	Boost Price Target	Buy	$28.00	Medium	i
5/8/2019	Northcoast Research	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral		High	i Rating by K. Mehta at Northcoast Research
12/6/2018	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Initiated Coverage	Mkt Perform ➝ Market Perform		Medium	i
11/14/2018	Barclays	Initiated Coverage	Underweight	$18.00	Low	i
11/6/2018	Wells Fargo & Company	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$20.00	Medium	i
8/3/2018	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Hold	$21.00	High	i
7/17/2018	Wolfe Research	Initiated Coverage	Underperform		Low	i
2/14/2018	William Blair	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform		Medium	i
2/14/2018	Mizuho	Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Neutral	$16.00	Medium	i
1/8/2018	140166	Upgrade	Negative ➝ Neutral		Low	i
1/8/2018	UBS Group	Upgrade	Neutral		High	i
12/14/2017	The Goldman Sachs Group	Reiterated Rating	Sell ➝ Sell	$17.00	Low	i
11/3/2017	Citigroup	Boost Price Target	Sell	$17.00 ➝ $17.50	N/A	i
11/3/2017	Morgan Stanley	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$18.00 ➝ $19.00	N/A	i
10/15/2017	Mizuho	Reiterated Rating	Sell	$16.00	N/A	i
10/12/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$19.00	N/A	i
8/9/2017	Stifel Nicolaus	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$19.00 ➝ $20.00	Low	i
8/4/2017	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$21.00 ➝ $22.00	Low	i
6/27/2017	Mizuho	Initiated Coverage	Underperform	$16.00	Medium	i
4/13/2017	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$23.00	Low	i
3/16/2017	BTIG Research	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$23.00	Low	i Rating by Mark Palmer at BTIG Research
2/16/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$19.00	N/A	i
2/16/2017	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Underweight	$22.00 ➝ $21.00	N/A	i
2/10/2017	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold		N/A	i
2/10/2017	Barclays	Lower Price Target		$21.00	N/A	i
1/20/2017	Compass Point	Downgrade	Neutral ➝ Sell	$17.00	N/A	i
1/19/2017	JMP Securities	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform		N/A	i
1/4/2017	Guggenheim	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$23.00	N/A	i
11/3/2016	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$19.00	N/A	i
10/24/2016	BTIG Research	Set Price Target	Buy	$23.00	N/A	i Rating by Mark Palmer at BTIG Research
9/8/2016	Monness Crespi & Hardt	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$22.00	N/A	i
8/23/2016	Morgan Stanley	Reiterated Rating	Underweight	$17.00	N/A	i
8/5/2016	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Price Target	Hold	$18.00 ➝ $19.00	N/A	i
8/4/2016	Citigroup	Boost Price Target	Sell	$15.50 ➝ $17.00	N/A	i
8/4/2016	Barclays	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$20.00 ➝ $21.00	N/A	i
8/1/2016	BTIG Research	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$23.00	N/A	i Rating by Mark Palmer at BTIG Research
7/7/2016	Barclays	Downgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Underweight	$20.00	N/A	i
4/15/2016	Compass Point	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$20.00	N/A	i Rating by Michael Tarkan at Compass Point
3/22/2016	Feltl & Co.	Reiterated Rating	Hold		N/A	i Rating by J. Elving at Feltl & Co.
3/17/2016	Portales Partners	Downgrade	Sector Perform ➝ Underperform		N/A	i
3/13/2016	BTIG Research	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$23.00	N/A	i Rating by Mark Palmer at BTIG Research
3/3/2016	SunTrust Banks	Upgrade	Reduce ➝ Neutral	$14.00 ➝ $16.00	N/A	i
2/22/2016	Northland Securities	Initiated Coverage	Market Perform	$17.50	N/A	i
2/16/2016	BTIG Research	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$23.00	N/A	i Rating by Mark Palmer at BTIG Research
2/11/2016	Jefferies Financial Group	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$21.00 ➝ $18.00	N/A	i
2/11/2016	Bank of America	Reiterated Rating	Underperform	$17.00 ➝ $16.00	N/A	i
2/11/2016	Jefferies Financial Group	Lower Price Target	Hold	$21.00 ➝ $18.00	N/A	i
2/11/2016	Citigroup	Lower Price Target		$16.50 ➝ $15.50	N/A	i
2/11/2016	Oppenheimer	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform		N/A	i
2/10/2016	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Lower Price Target	Underweight	$21.00 ➝ $19.00	N/A	i
2/10/2016	The Goldman Sachs Group	Lower Price Target	Sell	$17.00 ➝ $16.00	N/A	i
2/10/2016	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Price Target	Hold	$20.00 ➝ $19.00	N/A	i Rating by Bryan Keane at Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
2/10/2016	Macquarie	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Neutral		N/A	i
2/10/2016	Compass Point	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$20.00 ➝ $18.00	N/A	i Rating by Michael Tarkan at Compass Point
2/1/2016	BTIG Research	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$23.00	N/A	i Rating by Mark Palmer at BTIG Research

(Data available from 1/20/2016 forward)

The Western Union Company provides money movement and payment services worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Consumer-to-Consumer and Business Solutions. The Consumer-to-Consumer segment facilitates money transfers between two consumers, primarily through a network of third-party agents. This segment offers international cross-border transfers and intra-country transfers, as well as money transfer transactions through Websites and mobile devices. The Business Solutions segment provides payment and foreign exchange solutions, primarily cross-border and cross-currency transactions for small and medium size enterprises, other organizations, and individuals; and foreign currency forward and option contracts. The company also offers cash-based and electronic-based bill payment services that facilitates payments from consumers to businesses and other organizations, as well as offers money order and other services. It serves primarily through a network of agents. The Western Union Company was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Today's Range

Now: $21.96

$21.77

$22.46

50 Day Range

MA: $22.19

$21.58

$23.27

52 Week Range

Now: $21.96

$17.39

$28.44

Volume

4,461,739 shs

Average Volume

4,340,065 shs

Market Capitalization

$9.03 billion

P/E Ratio

15.14

Dividend Yield

4.02%

Beta

0.88

Frequently Asked Questions

What sell-side analysts currently cover shares of The Western Union?

The following Wall Street research analysts have issued reports on The Western Union in the last year: 140166, Bank of America Co., Barclays PLC, BTIG Research, Cfra, Citigroup Inc., Citigroup Inc. 3% Minimum Coupon Principal Protected Based Upon Russell, Credit Suisse Group AG, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Guggenheim, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Morgan Stanley, Northland Securities, Royal Bank of Canada, Smith Barney Citigroup, SunTrust Banks, Inc., The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., TheStreet, Wells Fargo & Company, Wolfe Research, and Zacks Investment Research.

What is the current price target for The Western Union?

17 Wall Street analysts have set twelve-month price targets for The Western Union in the last year. Their average twelve-month price target is $22.41, suggesting a possible upside of 2.1%. BTIG Research has the highest price target set, predicting WU will reach $28.00 in the next twelve months. Barclays PLC has the lowest price target set, forecasting a price of $18.00 for The Western Union in the next year.

What is the current consensus analyst rating for The Western Union?

The Western Union currently has 6 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. The stock has a consensus analyst rating of "Hold." A "hold" rating indicates that analysts believe investors should keep any existing positions they have in WU, but not buy more shares or sell existing shares.

What other companies compete with The Western Union?

Other companies that are similar to The Western Union include Visa, Mastercard, Fidelity National Information Services, Fiserv, Automatic Data Processing, Global Payments, Paychex, FLEETCOR Technologies, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Jack Henry & Associates, WEX, Genpact, Euronet Worldwide, CoreLogic and Maximus.

How do I contact The Western Union's investor relations team?

The Western Union's physical mailing address is 7001 EAST BELLEVIEW AVENUE, DENVER CO, 80237. The credit services provider's listed phone number is (866) 405-5012 and its investor relations email address is westernunion.ir@westernunion.com. The official website for The Western Union is www.westernunion.com.

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What sell-side analysts currently cover shares of The Western Union?

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What is the current consensus analyst rating for The Western Union?

What other companies compete with The Western Union?

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