The Western Union Co (The Western Union Co) COGS-to-Revenue

: 0.62 (As of Dec. 2023)

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The Western Union Co's Cost of Goods Sold for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $656 Mil. Its Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,052 Mil.

The Western Union Co's COGS to Revenue for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.62.

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin. The Western Union Co's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 37.65%.

The Western Union Co COGS-to-Revenue Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Western Union Co's COGS-to-Revenue can be seen below:

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The Western Union Co Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

COGS-to-Revenue

0.58

0.57

0.59

0.61

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
COGS-to-Revenue																0.62	0.61	0.60	0.63	0.62

The Western Union Co COGS-to-Revenue Calculation

The Western Union Co's COGS to Revenue for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	2671.7	/	4357
	=	0.61

The Western Union Co's COGS to Revenue for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

COGS to Revenue	=	Cost of Goods Sold	/	Revenue
	=	656.1	/	1052.3
	=	0.62

The Western Union Co (NYSE:WU) COGS-to-Revenue Explanation

Cost of Goods Sold is directly linked to profitability of the company through Gross Margin.

The Western Union Co's Gross Margin % for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Gross Margin %	=	1	-	COGS to Revenue
	=	1	-	Cost of Goods Sold / Revenue
	=	1	-	656.1 / 1052.3
	=	37.65 %

A company that has a moat can usually maintain or even expand their Gross Margin. A company can increase its Gross Margin in two ways. It can increase the prices of the goods it sells and keeps its Cost of Goods Sold unchanged. Or it can keep the sales price unchanged and squeeze its suppliers to reduce the Cost of Goods Sold. Warren Buffett believes businesses with the power to raise prices have moats.

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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