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How The Western Union Company stacks up
WU · against 268 other Financial Services companies
Valuation
93/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #19 of 269 · scores higher than 93% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score29 peers with a valuation score of 90–100, including WU · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 93?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Mainly thanks to its EBITDA yield, earnings yield and free cash flow yield, which are stronger than most Financial Services peers.
- more free cash flow for the price paid: stronger than 80% of peers. Free cash flow yield: 21.8% vs peer median 6.1%
- higher earnings for the price paid: stronger than 91% of peers. Earnings yield: 19.8% vs peer median 5.7%
- more operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: stronger than 92% of peers. EBITDA yield: 22.3% vs peer median 6.9%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 410 reported | 19.8% | 5.6% | 91% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 206 reported | 22.3% | 6.8% | 92% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 183 reported | 21.8% | 6.1% | 80% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 401 reported | 46.9% | 83.1% | 33% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WU| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 498M USD | 100 | 90 | |
| 1 | 641M USD | 100 | 74 | |
| 3 | 82M USD | 99 | 78 | |
| 3 | 827M USD | 99 | 62 | |
| 3 | 659M USD | 99 | 72 | |
| 16 | 197M USD | 94 | ||
| 16 | 6.5B USD | 94 | 48 | |
| 19 | 26.0B GBP (≈$33.9B) | 93 | 73 | |
| 19 | 462M USD | 93 | 70 | |
| 19 | 1.9B USD | 93 | 47 | |
| 22 | 14.7B CNY (≈$2.1B) | 92 | 76 | |
| 22 | 5.3B GBP (≈$6.9B) | 92 | 79 | |
| 24 | 2.3B EUR (≈$2.5B) | 91 | 76 | |
| 24 | 405M USD | 91 | 57 |
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