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How The Western Union Company stacks up
WU · against 86 other Financial Services companies of similar size
Profitability
68/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #27 of 87 · scores higher than 69% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score8 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including WU · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 68?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital and return on assets, which are stronger than most Financial Services peers.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 18.7% vs peer median 23.5%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 71% of peers. Return on assets: 5.1% vs peer median 2.6%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 77% of peers. Return on invested capital: 15.4% vs peer median 6.3%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 91 reported | 15.4% | 6.0% | 80% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 51 reported | 18.7% | 23.3% | 42% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 91 reported | 5.1% | 2.6% | 69% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 90 reported | 44.0% | 12.9% | 98% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 108 reported | 35.1% | 81.0% | 21% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WU| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.7B USD | 98 | 63 | |
| 2 | 2.7B USD | 97 | 58 | |
| 3 | 6.5B MYR (≈$1.4B) | 96 | 57 | |
| 3 | 21.21T IDR (≈$1.3B) | 96 | 93 | |
| 5 | 1.5B CHF (≈$1.7B) | 94 | 79 | |
| 23 | 138.5B INR (≈$1.7B) | 71 | 56 | |
| 25 | 120.6B INR (≈$1.4B) | 70 | ||
| 26 | 1.8B USD | 69 | 73 | |
| 27 | 169.7B INR (≈$2.0B) | 68 | 78 | |
| 27 | 1.9B USD | 68 | 47 | |
| 29 | 1.5B USD | 66 | 74 | |
| 30 | 82.3B THB (≈$2.3B) | 64 | 60 | |
| 31 | 90.1B THB (≈$2.5B) | 63 | 57 | |
| 32 | 37.5B THB (≈$1.0B) | 62 | 58 |
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