MARKETS / NYSE / WU
NYSE · SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC · LARGE CAP

THE Western Union Company WU

19 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY
Revenue · FY2025
$3.9B
▼ 3.7% vs FY2024
EPS · FY25
$1.52
Dividend / sh · FY25
$0.94
Payout · FY25
62%
ROE · FY25
Net margin · FY25
12.9%
Dividend coverage
1.6×
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Result
USD 3.9B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 19-year series below
Revenue Net income
2463.90.52007201020132016201920222025
2463.90.52016201920222025

13 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
USD 1.52
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS Dividend
1230.941.522007201020132016201920222025
1230.941.522016201920222025

Earnings covered the dividend 1.6 times — the rest stayed in the company.

Profitability
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
0.250.50.7512007201020132016201920222025
0.250.50.7512016201920222025
Operating margin19.5%
Net margin12.9%
Return on assets6.0%

Returned to shareholders
USD 543.6M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidUSD 309.0M
Net buybacksUSD 234.6M
Share of profit108.8%
Consecutive raises

USD 309.0M in dividends and USD 234.6M in buybacks — 109% of the year's profit, so the payout drew on cash built up earlier.

Growth
−3.5% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
−3.0%
−3.5%
−3.4%
−1.9%
Net income
−18.1%
−7.7%
−5.0%
−3.9%
EPS, diluted
−13.4%
−3.2%
−0.6%
+0.7%
Dividend / share
+0.0%
+0.9%
+4.2%
+9.2%
Returned to shareholders
−9.1%
−2.2%
−3.2%
−1.7%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
0.32B
Shares outstanding, FY2025
0.710.322007201020132016201920222025
0.480.322016201920222025
Change, 5 years−23.2%
Change, 10 years−37.2%

The share count shrank 23% in five years — the same company, cut into fewer, larger slices.

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Balance sheet
USD 8.3B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 8.3B
CashUSD 1.2B
Gross debtUSD 2.9B
Net debtUSD 1.7B

History
19 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
Revenue $B
3.9
4.0
4.2
4.3
4.9
4.6
5.0
5.4
5.5
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.5
5.7
5.5
5.2
5.1
5.3
4.9
Operating income $B
0.8
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.1
1.0
0.9
1.1
0.5
0.5
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.3
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.3
EBITDA $B
0.8
0.8
0.9
0.9
1.2
1.0
1.0
1.4
0.7
0.8
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.6
1.6
1.5
1.4
1.4
1.4
Income tax $B
0.1
−0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.1
0.9
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.4
Net income $B
0.5
0.9
0.6
0.9
0.8
0.7
1.1
0.9
−0.6
0.3
0.8
0.9
0.8
1.0
1.2
0.9
0.8
0.9
0.9
EPS, diluted $
1.52
2.74
1.68
2.34
1.97
1.79
2.46
1.87
−1.19
0.51
1.62
1.59
1.43
1.69
1.84
1.36
1.21
1.24
1.11
Dividend / sh $
0.94
0.94
0.94
0.94
0.94
0.90
0.80
0.76
0.70
0.64
0.62
0.50
0.50
0.42
0.31
0.25
0.06
0.04
·
Payout %
62
34
56
40
47
50
32
40
−58
123
38
31
35
25
17
18
5
3
3
ROE %
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
Shares out B
0.32
0.34
0.35
0.37
0.39
0.41
0.42
0.44
0.46
0.48
0.50
0.52
0.55
0.57
0.62
0.65
0.69
0.71
·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
37 of 37
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

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