WU — Western Union CO

US Technology Business services equity mkt cap 2.3B
7.30 +0.14% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 6.36 · high 10.28

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Performance

1 day+0.14%
1 week-2.01%
1 month-12.15%
3 months-14.12%
6 months-21.25%
Year to date-20.91%
1 year-12.05%
3 years-37.39%
5 years-67.54%

Technicals

RSI 1469.2
vs 50-day avg-3.94%
vs 200-day avg-16.32%
Volatility 1y37.9%
Max drawdown 1y-38.13%
Avg volume 30d11.7M
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)16.10%
Paid last 12m1.1750
Payments in 12m5
Paying since2016-03-15

Measured signals that fired on WU

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-05Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-03Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-31Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-29Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-11Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-08Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-06-05Angelini Giovanni
President Europe, Africa, MEPA
Grant or award33.4K0.000
2026-06-05Angelini Giovanni
President Europe, Africa, MEPA
Grant or award33.4K0.000
2026-05-01Adams Benjamin Carlton
Chief Legal Officer
Open-market sale12.6K9.23116.3K
2026-05-01Adams Benjamin Carlton
Chief Legal Officer
Open-market sale4.1K9.2138.2K
2026-05-01Adams Benjamin Carlton
Chief Legal Officer
Open-market sale3.2K9.2229.4K
2026-04-28Angelini Giovanni
President Europe, Africa, MEPA
Open-market sale6.0K9.4756.9K
2026-03-13Pant Milind
Director
Grant or award16.9K0.000
2026-03-07Hawksworth Benjamin Scott
Chief Operating Officer
Shares withheld for tax3.1K9.7430.6K
2026-03-02TRUJILLO SOLOMON D
Director
Grant or award12.0K0.000
2026-03-02Axelrod Cherie
Chief Enterprise Risk Officer
Grant or award41.7K0.000

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.217.3M24.9M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC157.8M18.1M
SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP146.7M16.8M
Capital Research Global Investors127.9M14.6M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC123.9M14.2M
STATE STREET CORP98.5M11.3M
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC95.7M11.0M
AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC93.4M10.7M
Allianz Asset Management GmbH90.0M10.3M
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC69.8M8.0M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
8-K2026-08-142026-08-13on EDGAR ↗
10-Q2026-07-302026-06-30on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-07-302026-07-30on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-07-232026-07-20on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-06-242026-06-17on EDGAR ↗
42026-06-112026-06-05on EDGAR ↗
S-82026-05-21on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-05-182026-05-14on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d56.1% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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