Western Union (WU) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Western Union's Operating Expenses history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $859.7 million for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 6.64% year-over-year to $859.7 million; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $3.3 billion (down 2.51% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $3.3 billion, down 5.47% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses was $859.7 million for Q1 2026 at Western Union, up from $823.1 million in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $940.3 million in Q4 2022 to a low of $806.2 million in Q1 2025.
• Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $868.7 million across 5 years, with a median of $871.1 million in 2024.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2026: Operating Expenses slipped 15.51% in 2022, then advanced 6.64% in 2026.
• A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $940.3 million in 2022, then decreased by 5.03% to $893.0 million in 2023, then declined by 1.44% to $880.1 million in 2024, then slipped by 6.48% to $823.1 million in 2025, then increased by 4.45% to $859.7 million in 2026.
• The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $859.7 million (Q1 2026), $823.1 million (Q4 2025), and $830.7 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.