Growth Metrics

Western Union (WU) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Western Union (WU) has 16 years of Return on Equity data on record, last reported at 0.74% in Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Return on Equity fell 59.0% year-over-year to 0.74%; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 0.74%, down 59.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 1.05%, 32.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity reached 0.74% in Q3 2025 per WU's latest filing, down from 0.84% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 4.22% in Q1 2021 and bottomed at 0.42% in Q3 2023.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 1.46%, with a median of 1.33% recorded in 2024.
  • The widest YoY moves for Return on Equity: up 22476bps in 2021, down -449bps in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 2.22% in 2021, then crashed by -98bps to 0.05% in 2022, then surged by 2088bps to 1.17% in 2023, then dropped by -17bps to 0.98% in 2024, then decreased by -24bps to 0.74% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Equity were 0.74% in Q3 2025, 0.84% in Q2 2025, and 0.81% in Q1 2025.