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Western Union Co (WU) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Western Union Co

WU in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Western Union moves money and offers financial services worldwide, working through two segments: consumer money transfer, which handles cross-border and domestic transfers via retail agents, websites and mobile apps, and consumer services, covering bill payment, money orders, prepaid cards, lending partnerships and digital wallets. It was founded in 1851 and is based in Denver, Colorado.
Where it sits in the stack
Western Union carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack; it belongs to the Financial Services sector, in the Credit Services industry, within the payments and money-movement sleeve of our wider universe.
Who it is priced against
The company most often named against it is MoneyGram, another cross-border transfer operator competing for the same retail and digital remittance customers.
Why Closelook tracks it
It is a Russell 1000 constituent but carries no Closelook score and no peer group in our system; the diary has not yet quoted it in any edition.
What the diary watches
Whether the recent slide below its moving averages and further off its 52-week high steadies, or whether the down sessions continue to build.

Western Union Co (WU) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for WU, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Credit Services · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Credit Services · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against WU on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 14.40%, quarterly · last 0.24 USD on 2026-09-16

Dividends and capital return

What WU pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.94 USD per share · a 14.40% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year 0.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.94 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.24 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-16
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.24 USD (partial) · 2024: 0.94 USD · 2025: 0.94 USD · 2026: 0.71 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-19

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Western Union Co (WU)?

Western Union Co trades as WU on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is WU in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Western Union Co is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does WU trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -11.9% vs the 50-day and -22.8% vs the 200-day average, 35.3% below the 52-week high and +4.1% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 69 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Western Union Co do?

Western Union moves money and offers financial services worldwide, working through two segments: consumer money transfer, which handles cross-border and domestic transfers via retail agents, websites and mobile apps, and consumer services, covering bill payment, money orders, prepaid cards, lending partnerships and digital wallets. It was founded in 1851 and is based in Denver, Colorado. The company most often named against it is MoneyGram, another cross-border transfer operator competing for the same retail and digital remittance customers.

Where does Western Union Co sit in the AI build-out?

Western Union carries no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack; it belongs to the Financial Services sector, in the Credit Services industry, within the payments and money-movement sleeve of our wider universe. It is a Russell 1000 constituent but carries no Closelook score and no peer group in our system; the diary has not yet quoted it in any edition.

Does Western Union Co pay a dividend?

Western Union Co has paid 0.94 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 14.40% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.24 USD on 2026-09-16. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for WU, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Credit Services, then Financial Services. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.