Western Union (WU) Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Western Union has reported Payout Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.98 in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Payout Ratio rose 54.06% year-over-year to 0.98 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.58, a 76.07% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.5, up 54.36% from the prior year.
• Payout Ratio was 0.98 for Q2 2026 at Western Union, down from 1.17 in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Payout Ratio was 1.17 in Q1 2026, with the low at 0.18 in Q4 2024.
• Average Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.55, with a median of 0.53 recorded in 2022.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Payout Ratio soared 84.87% in 2023, then sank 67.07% in 2024.
• Over 5 years, Payout Ratio stood at 0.43 in 2022, then grew by 26.35% to 0.54 in 2023, then sank by 67.07% to 0.18 in 2024, then soared by 77.27% to 0.32 in 2025, then jumped by 210.01% to 0.98 in 2026.
• The last three Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.98 (Q2 2026), 1.17 (Q1 2026), and 0.32 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.