Growth Metrics

Western Union (WU) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Western Union (WU) has 17 years of Gross Margin data on record, last reported at 38.87% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Gross Margin fell 599.0% year-over-year to 38.87%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 37.03%, down 274.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 37.03%, 72.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin reached 38.87% in Q4 2025 per WU's latest filing, up from 34.72% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 46.0% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 34.72% in Q3 2025.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 39.72%, with a median of 39.08% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Gross Margin: surged 1296bps in 2021, then crashed -669bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 44.33% in 2021, then fell by -15bps to 37.63% in 2022, then grew by 22bps to 46.0% in 2023, then dropped by -2bps to 44.85% in 2024, then dropped by -13bps to 38.87% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Gross Margin were 38.87% in Q4 2025, 34.72% in Q3 2025, and 37.36% in Q2 2025.