western union co (WU:New York)
western union co (WU) Snapshot
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Open
$17.09
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Previous Close
$17.02
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Day High
$17.14
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Day Low
$16.83
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52 Week High
09/17/12 - $19.14
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52 Week Low
11/2/12 - $11.93
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Market Cap
9.4B
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Average Volume 10 Days
5.2M
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EPS TTM
$1.74
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Shares Outstanding
557.1M
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EX-Date
06/12/13
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P/E TM
9.7x
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Dividend
$0.50
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Dividend Yield
2.81%
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western union co (WU) Details
The Western Union Company provides money movement and payment services worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Consumer-to-Consumer, Consumer-to-Business, and Business Solutions. The Consumer-to-Consumer segment offers cash money transfer services involving walk-in agent locations. This segment provides various options for sending and receiving funds, including walk-in and telephone money transfer, online money transfer, account based money transfer, direct to bank, and mobile money transfer services through a network of third-party agents using multi-currency and real-time money transfer processing systems. The Consumer-to-Business segment provides options to make one-time or recurring payments from consumers to businesses and other organizations, including utilities, auto finance companies, mortgage servicers, financial service providers, government agencies, and other businesses. It also offers various products, which give consumers choices as to the payment channel and method of payment, including Western Union Payments, Speedpay, Equity Accelerator, and Pago Fácil. This segment offers its services primarily through the phone and the Internet, as well as through its agent networks and select company-owned locations. The Business Solutions segment facilitates payment and foreign exchange solutions, primarily cross-border and cross-currency transactions for small and medium size enterprises and other organizations, as well as for individuals. This segment offers its services through the phone, partner channels, and via the Internet. As of December 31, 2012, the company had a network of 510,000 agent locations. The Western Union Company was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.
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western union co (WU) Key Developments
The Western Union Company announced that it has signed an agreement with AlexBank to offer Western Union money transfer services in Egypt. With this agreement, Western Union has increased its agent network in Egypt to three, with over 200 agent locations offering its services. Under the agreement, AlexBank will initially provide the service in 50 select branches across the country from where customers can send or receive money; the number of branches will be increased to over 120 by the end of first quarter of 2014.
The Western Union Company announced that at the AGM of the company to be held on May 30, 2013, approved the amendments to the company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to provide stockholders the right to call special meetings of stockholders.
The Western Union Company announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.125 per common share, payable on June 28, 2013 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 14, 2013. The company held its annual meeting on May 30, 2013. In the meeting, shareholders of the company voted to elect Solomon D. Trujillo as members of the board of directors. The elected director will serve new one-year term.

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Industry Analysis
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| Valuation | WU | Industry Range |
| Price/Earnings | 10.2x |
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| Price/Sales | 1.7x |
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| Price/Book | 10.4x |
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| Price/Cash Flow | 9.6x |
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| TEV/Sales | 0.8x |
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