The Western Union Co (The Western Union Co) Cash And Cash Equivalents : $1,519 Mil (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is The Western Union Co Cash And Cash Equivalents?

The Western Union Co's quarterly cash and cash equivalents increased from Sep. 2023 ($1,138.20 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($1,764.60 Mil) but then stayed the same from Dec. 2023 ($1,764.60 Mil) to Mar. 2024 ($1,518.90 Mil).

The Western Union Co's annual cash and cash equivalents increased from Dec. 2021 ($1,208.30 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($1,285.90 Mil) and increased from Dec. 2022 ($1,285.90 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($1,764.60 Mil).

The Western Union Co Cash And Cash Equivalents Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Western Union Co's Cash And Cash Equivalents can be seen below:

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The Western Union Co Cash And Cash Equivalents Chart

The Western Union Co Annual Data

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Cash And Cash Equivalents

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1,818.70

2,123.90

1,208.30

1,285.90

1,764.60

The Western Union Co Quarterly Data
	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
Cash And Cash Equivalents	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1,228.60	1,585.90	1,138.20	1,764.60	1,518.90

The Western Union Co Cash And Cash Equivalents Calculation

Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.

The Western Union Co (NYSE:WU) Cash And Cash Equivalents Explanation

A high number means either:

1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash

2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)

A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.

There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.

1) Sell new bonds or equity to public

2) Sell business or asset

3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)

When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.

Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.

Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.

Be Aware

Depreciation estimates make the calculation of net income susceptible to management's accounting choices. These choices can be either overly aggressive or overly conservative.

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The Western Union Co (The Western Union Co) Business Description

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Address

7001 East Belleview Avenue, Denver, CO, USA, 80237

Website

https://www.westernunion.com

Western Union provides domestic and international money transfers through its global network of about 600,000 outside agents. The company handled over 270 million transactions in 2022 and is the largest money transfer company in the world.

Executives

Estebarena Rodrigo Garcia	officer: President of North America	7001 EAST BELLEVIEW AVENUE, DENVER CO 80237
Suzette Deering	director	7001 EAST BELLEVIEW AVENUE, DENVER CO 80237
Jeffrey A Joerres	director	5301 NORTH IRONWOOD ROAD, MILWAUKEE WI 53217
Giovanni Angelini	officer: Head of Europe and Africa	7001 EAST BELLEVIEW AVENUE, DENVER CO 80237
Matthew Cagwin	officer: Interim Chief Financ. Officer	C/O FIRST DATA CORPORATION, FIRST DATA, 225 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK NY 10281
Cherie Axelrod	officer: Chief Enterprise Risk Officer	7001 EAST BELLEVIEW AVENUE, DENVER CO 80237
Benjamin Carlton Adams	officer: Chief Legal Officer & Corp Sec	7001 EAST BELLEVIEW AVENUE, DENVER CO 80237
David Cebollero	officer: Interim Chief Legal Officer	7001 E. BELLEVIEW AVENUE, DENVER CO 80237
Andrew D Walker	officer: Chief Operations Officer	7001 EAST BELLEVIEW AVENUE, DENVER CO 80237
Jean Claude Farah	officer: EVP, President-Global Payments	7001 EAST BELLEVIEW AVENUE, DENVER CO 80237
Devin Mcgranahan	director, officer: CEO & President	255 FISERV DRIVE, BROOKFIELD WI 53045
Gabriella Fitzgerald	officer: President Americas Region	7001 EAST BELLEVIEW AVENUE, DENVER CO 80237
Andrew Summerill	officer: President, Payments (Interim)	7001 EAST BELLEVIEW AVENUE, DENVER CO 80237
Caroline Tsai	officer: EVP, Secretary & Gen. Counsel	7001 EAST BELLEVIEW AVENUE, DENVER CO 80237
Jacqueline D Molnar	officer: Glbl Hd-Transformation & Compl	7001 EAST BELLEVIEW AVENUE, DENVER CO 80237