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How The Western Union Company stacks up
WU · against 96 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Growth
14/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #84 of 97 · scores higher than 14% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score11 peers with a growth score of 10–19, including WU · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 14?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Mainly because of its earnings per share growth, 3-year revenue growth and revenue growth, which are weaker than most Financial Services peers.
- slower growth in earnings per share: weaker than 87% of peers. Earnings per share growth: -44.5% vs peer median 10.0%
- slower revenue growth over three years: weaker than 85% of peers. 3-year revenue growth: -3.3% vs peer median 10.0%
- slower revenue growth over the last year: weaker than 74% of peers. Revenue growth: -3.8% vs peer median 7.4%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = WU, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | WU | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 105 reported | -3.8% | 8.5% | 24% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 85 reported | -44.5% | 10.5% | 12% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 85 reported | -3.3% | 9.8% | 15% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WU| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.5B CHF (≈$1.7B) | 99 | 79 | |
| 1 | 10.8B SEK (≈$1.1B) | 99 | 48 | |
| 3 | 23.7B CNY (≈$3.3B) | 97 | 59 | |
| 4 | 1.3B USD | 96 | 79 | |
| 5 | 1.4B USD | 95 | ||
| 80 | 3.2B USD | 18 | 66 | |
| 81 | 1.8B EUR (≈$2.0B) | 17 | 53 | |
| 82 | 11.0B HKD (≈$1.4B) | 16 | 18 | |
| 83 | 8.4B CNY (≈$1.2B) | 15 | 66 | |
| 84 | 1.9B USD | 14 | 47 | |
| 85 | 1.0B USD | 13 | ||
| 86 | 3.37T KRW (≈$2.4B) | 11 | 26 | |
| 86 | 7.0B CNY (≈$985M) | 11 | 12 | |
| 88 | 1.9B SGD (≈$1.5B) | 10 | 48 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score