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The Western Union Co (The Western Union Co) PB Ratio

: 9.46 (As of Today)
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The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-19), The Western Union Co's share price is $12.93. The Western Union Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.37. Hence, The Western Union Co's PB Ratio of today is 9.46.

The historical rank and industry rank for The Western Union Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

WU' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.95   Med: 9.66   Max: 329.01
Current: 9.44

During the past 13 years, The Western Union Co's highest PB Ratio was 329.01. The lowest was 5.95. And the median was 9.66.

WU's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
97.07% of 512 companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 1.025 vs WU: 9.44

During the past 12 months, The Western Union Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 44.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of The Western Union Co was 135.80% per year. The lowest was -2.40% per year. And the median was 27.45% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


The Western Union Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Western Union Co's PB Ratio 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 Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 48.33 19.76 10.77 8.72

The Western Union Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
PB Ratio 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.77 7.55 7.01 7.88 8.72

Competitive Comparison

For the Credit Services subindustry, The Western Union Co's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Distribution

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, The Western Union Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Western Union Co's PB Ratio falls into.



The Western Union Co PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

The Western Union Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=12.93/1.367
=9.46

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


The Western Union Co  (NYSE:WU) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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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