For the quarter ended March 2025, Western Union (WU) reported revenue of $983.6 million, down 6.2% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.41, compared to $0.45 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.77% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $991.24 million. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.40, the EPS surprise was +2.50%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Western Union performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Consumer Money Transfer transactions- Total: 70.8 million versus 68.16 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Revenue- Consumer Services: $110.70 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $97.82 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +27.1%.
- Revenue- Consumer Money Transfer: $872.90 million compared to the $898.87 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of -9.3% year over year.
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Shares of Western Union have returned -4.3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -6.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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