Growth Metrics

Western Union (WU) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Western Union (WU) has 17 years of Return on Invested Capital data on record, last reported at 0.2% in Q1 2025.

  • For Q1 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 3.0% year-over-year to 0.2%; the TTM value through Mar 2025 reached 0.2%, down 3.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.23%, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.2% in Q1 2025 per WU's latest filing, down from 0.24% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.53% in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 0.2% in Q1 2025.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.35%, with a median of 0.3% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: grew 23bps in 2021, then crashed -31bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.29% in 2021, then dropped by -1bps to 0.29% in 2022, then fell by -21bps to 0.23% in 2023, then increased by 4bps to 0.24% in 2024, then decreased by -16bps to 0.2% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Invested Capital were 0.2% in Q1 2025, 0.24% in Q3 2024, and 0.23% in Q1 2024.