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The Western Union Co (FRA:W3U) Shiller PE Ratio : (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is The Western Union Co Shiller PE Ratio?

Shiller PE for Stocks: The True Measure of Stock Valuation


The Western Union Co Shiller PE Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Western Union Co's Shiller PE Ratio can be seen below:

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The Western Union Co Shiller PE Ratio Chart

The Western Union Co Annual Data
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Shiller PE Ratio
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The Western Union Co Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of The Western Union Co's Shiller PE Ratio

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

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

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



The Western Union Co Shiller PE Ratio Calculation

For Shiller PE Ratio, the earnings of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/E calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Shiller PE Ratio is also called PE10.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The same calculation is applied here to individual companies.

The Western Union Co's E10 for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, The Western Union Co's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_EPS=Earnings per Share (Diluted)/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=0.377/129.4194*129.4194
=0.377

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

The Western Union Co Quarterly Data

Earnings per Share (Diluted) CPI Adj_EPS
201406 0.265 100.560 0.341
201409 0.341 100.428 0.439
201412 0.341 99.070 0.445
201503 0.360 99.621 0.468
201506 0.321 100.684 0.413
201509 0.401 100.392 0.517
201512 0.386 99.792 0.501
201603 0.332 100.470 0.428
201606 0.374 101.688 0.476
201609 0.392 101.861 0.498
201612 -0.692 101.863 -0.879
201703 0.309 102.862 0.389
201706 0.312 103.349 0.391
201709 0.428 104.136 0.532
201712 -2.062 104.011 -2.566
201803 0.373 105.290 0.458
201806 0.402 106.317 0.489
201809 0.394 106.507 0.479
201812 0.422 105.998 0.515
201903 0.345 107.251 0.416
201906 1.257 108.070 1.505
201909 0.291 108.329 0.348
201912 0.288 108.420 0.344
202003 0.380 108.902 0.452
202006 0.346 108.767 0.412
202009 0.467 109.815 0.550
202012 0.353 109.897 0.416
202103 0.370 111.754 0.428
202106 0.448 114.631 0.506
202109 0.485 115.734 0.542
202112 0.372 117.630 0.409
202203 0.672 121.301 0.717
202206 0.473 125.017 0.490
202209 0.455 125.227 0.470
202212 0.614 125.222 0.635
202303 0.374 127.348 0.380
202306 0.434 128.729 0.436
202309 0.431 129.860 0.430
202312 0.321 129.419 0.321
202403 0.377 129.419 0.377

Add all the adjusted EPS together and divide 10 will get our E10.

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  (FRA:W3U) Shiller PE Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PE Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Shiller PE Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of profit margins during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Shiller PE Ratio should give similar results to regular PE Ratio.

Compared with the PS Ratio, the Shiller PE Ratio makes the comparison between different industries more meaningful.


Be Aware

Shiller PE Ratio assumes that over the long term, businesses and profitability revert to their means. If a company's business model does not work in the future compared with the past, Shiller PE Ratio and PS Ratio will give false valuations.


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The Western Union Co (FRA:W3U) Business Description

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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.

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