Growth Metrics

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

Western Union has reported Return on Equity over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.28% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Equity at 0.28% for Q4 2025, down 112.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.28% (down 112.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.27%, down 122.0%.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.28% at Western Union, down from 0.58% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Equity for WU hit a ceiling of 4.24% in Q1 2021 and a floor of 0.28% in Q4 2025.
  • Median Return on Equity over the past 5 years was 1.24% (2024), compared with a mean of 1.39%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Equity hit 22587bps in 2021, while the deepest fall reached -435bps in 2021.
  • Western Union's Return on Equity stood at 2.38% in 2021, then tumbled by -93bps to 0.16% in 2022, then surged by 646bps to 1.2% in 2023, then decreased by -29bps to 0.85% in 2024, then plummeted by -133bps to 0.28% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Equity were 0.28% (Q4 2025), 0.58% (Q3 2025), and 0.71% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.