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WU continues to witness significant growth in Consumer Services. However, a fall in Consumer Money Transfer revenues impacts revenue growth.

A reduction in migration across Latin America led to slower growth in the remittances business at Western Union in the first quarter.

Western Union's share price has fallen by a quarter since I last covered the company, with little change in the quality of the core business. The company now offers a bargain forward P/E of 5.5x and a dividend yield of around 10%, despite a high probability of long-term profitability, in my view. Western Union's business operations have offered positive developments, including the introduction of the Western Union Media Network, which will hopefully generate further value for shareholders.

The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call April 23, 2025 4:30 PM ET Company Participants Tom Hadley - Vice President, Investor Relations Devin McGranahan - President and Chief Executive Officer Matt Cagwin - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants William Nance - Goldman Sachs Tien-Tsin Huang - JPMorgan Darrin Peller - Wolfe Research Ramsey El-Assal - Barclays Capital Inc. Timothy Chiodo - UBS Jason Kupferberg - Bank of America Bryan Keane - Deutsche Bank Andrew Schmidt - Citi Cristopher Kennedy - William Blair Operator Good day, and welcome to the Western Union First Quarter 2025 Results Conference Call. All participants will be in listen-only mode.

Although the revenue and EPS for Western Union (WU) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended March 2025, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

Western Union (WU) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.41 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.40 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.45 per share a year ago.

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Beyond analysts' top -and-bottom-line estimates for Western Union (WU), evaluate projections for some of its key metrics to gain a better insight into how the business might have performed for the quarter ended March 2025.

Western Union is looking to grow its new Media Network business by partnering with Magnite, an independent sell-side advertising company. The financial services company will use Magnite's technology to buy media as an advertiser and to monetize its owned media, the companies said in a Wednesday (April 16) press release.

Western Union (WU) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.