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The Western Union Co (The Western Union Co) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 7.44 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is The Western Union Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-27), The Western Union Co's current share price is $13.47. The Western Union Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.81. The Western Union Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 7.44.

The historical rank and industry rank for The Western Union Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

WU' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.01   Med: 12.06   Max: 17.42
Current: 7.35

During the past years, The Western Union Co's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 17.42. The lowest was 6.01. And the median was 12.06.

WU's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
54.9% of 102 companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 10.035 vs WU: 7.35

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

The Western Union Co's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.170. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $1.81 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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The Western Union Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Western Union Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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The Western Union Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

The Western Union Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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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
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.19 6.50 7.25 6.52 7.73

Competitive Comparison of The Western Union Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Credit Services subindustry, The Western Union Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


The Western Union Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, The Western Union Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Western Union Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



The Western Union Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

The Western Union Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=13.47/1.81
=7.44

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The Western Union Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, The Western Union Co's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=0.17/129.4194*129.4194
=0.170

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

The Western Union Co Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.375 100.560 0.483
201409 0.550 100.428 0.709
201412 0.419 99.070 0.547
201503 0.319 99.621 0.414
201506 0.338 100.684 0.434
201509 0.495 100.392 0.638
201512 0.407 99.792 0.528
201603 0.328 100.470 0.423
201606 0.430 101.688 0.547
201609 0.547 101.861 0.695
201612 0.343 101.863 0.436
201703 0.124 102.862 0.156
201706 -0.337 103.349 -0.422
201709 0.859 104.136 1.068
201712 0.575 104.011 0.715
201803 0.206 105.290 0.253
201806 0.245 106.317 0.298
201809 0.139 106.507 0.169
201812 0.476 105.998 0.581
201903 0.459 107.251 0.554
201906 0.291 108.070 0.348
201909 0.572 108.329 0.683
201912 0.507 108.420 0.605
202003 0.183 108.902 0.217
202006 0.452 108.767 0.538
202009 0.520 109.815 0.613
202012 0.583 109.897 0.687
202103 0.190 111.754 0.220
202106 0.304 114.631 0.343
202109 0.739 115.734 0.826
202112 0.809 117.630 0.890
202203 0.431 121.301 0.460
202206 0.135 125.017 0.140
202209 0.393 125.227 0.406
202212 -0.004 125.222 -0.004
202303 0.213 127.348 0.216
202306 0.250 128.729 0.251
202309 0.607 129.860 0.605
202312 0.648 129.419 0.648
202403 0.170 129.419 0.170

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


The Western Union Co  (NYSE:WU) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
7001 East Belleview Avenue, Denver, CO, USA, 80237
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