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The Western Union Co (MEX:WU) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 6.18 (As of Dec. 14, 2024)


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

As of today (2024-12-14), The Western Union Co's current share price is MXN222.00. The Western Union Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was MXN35.90. The Western Union Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 6.18.

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:

MEX:WU' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.01   Med: 12.14   Max: 17.42
Current: 6.15

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 12.14.

MEX:WU's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
60.36% of 111 companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 8.63 vs MEX:WU: 6.15

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 Sep. 2024 was MXN10.718. 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 MXN35.90 for the trailing ten years ended in Sep. 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
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 7.25 6.52 7.59 6.85 6.73

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
=222.00/35.9
=6.18

* 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 Sep. 2024 is calculated as:

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

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Sep. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Sep. 2024)
=10.718/133.0289*133.0289
=10.718

Current CPI (Sep. 2024) = 133.0289.

The Western Union Co Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201412 6.184 99.070 8.304
201503 4.859 99.621 6.488
201506 5.310 100.684 7.016
201509 8.370 100.392 11.091
201512 7.002 99.792 9.334
201603 5.638 100.470 7.465
201606 7.956 101.688 10.408
201609 10.569 101.861 13.803
201612 7.071 101.863 9.234
201703 2.333 102.862 3.017
201706 -6.097 103.349 -7.848
201709 15.594 104.136 19.921
201712 11.289 104.011 14.438
201803 3.742 105.290 4.728
201806 4.818 106.317 6.029
201809 2.591 106.507 3.236
201812 9.341 105.998 11.723
201903 8.907 107.251 11.048
201906 5.581 108.070 6.870
201909 11.296 108.329 13.872
201912 9.554 108.420 11.723
202003 4.299 108.902 5.251
202006 10.430 108.767 12.757
202009 11.493 109.815 13.923
202012 11.590 109.897 14.030
202103 3.893 111.754 4.634
202106 6.061 114.631 7.034
202109 15.200 115.734 17.471
202112 16.592 117.630 18.764
202203 8.590 121.301 9.421
202206 2.715 125.017 2.889
202209 7.909 125.227 8.402
202212 -0.076 125.222 -0.081
202303 3.835 127.348 4.006
202306 4.291 128.729 4.434
202309 10.567 129.860 10.825
202312 10.998 129.419 11.305
202403 2.828 131.776 2.855
202406 -3.409 132.554 -3.421
202409 10.718 133.029 10.718

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  (MEX: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 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 2023 and is the largest money transfer company in the world.