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WU Financials Western Union Co

10 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has declined 3.5% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Net income has grown slower than revenue (-7.7% vs -3.5% per year).
  • Operating margin has contracted, at 19.5% in the latest year.
  • Free cash flow has declined 9.7% per year over the past 5 years.

Financial health

  • Total debt ($2.9B) exceeds cash ($1.2B); net debt is $1.7B.
  • Total debt has grown faster than revenue (1.2% vs -3.5% per year).
  • Total debt is 3.8× EBITDA.

Shareholder returns

  • Dividends have been paid for 10 consecutive years, consuming 61.8% of earnings and 61.2% of free cash flow.
  • The dividend has declined 3.6% per year over the past 5 years.
Revenue & net income
-$557M $2B $5B $0 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
0% 20% 40% 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
$0 $504M $1B 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $1B $3B 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$1B -$219M $1B $0 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $3.9B $500M 34.3% 19.5% $505M $2.9B $1.2B
2024 $4.0B $934M 34.9% 18.0% $369M $3.0B $1.5B
2023 $4.2B $626M 35.7% 19.7% $760M $2.1B $1.3B
2022 $4.3B $911M 38.3% 20.8% $550M $2.5B $1.3B
2021 $4.9B $806M 40.5% 23.1% $1.0B $2.8B $1.2B
2020 $4.6B $744M 38.9% 20.9% $841M $1.4B
2019 $5.0B $1.1B 38.7% 18.6% $867M $1.5B
2018 $5.4B $852M 38.7% 20.8% $685M $973M
2017 -$557M $673M $838M
2016 $253M $973M $878M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced WU against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 3.5 7.0 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 0.5 1.0 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S
Dividend yield (%)
0.0 6.8 13.6 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
Dividend yield %

Frequently asked questions

Is WU growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Western Union Co's revenue has declined 3.5% per year, and net income declined 7.7% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does WU have?

As of FY2025, Western Union Co reported $2.9B of total debt against $1.2B of cash.

What is WU's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was 34.3%, operating margin 19.5%, and net margin 12.9%.

What is WU's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, Western Union Co traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 4.5× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S and dividend yield have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.