Growth Metrics

Western Union (WU) Tax Rate (2016 - 2025)

Western Union has reported Tax Rate over the past 17 years, most recently at 6.02% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Tax Rate at 6.02% for Q4 2025, down 1334.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 93.62% (down 8282.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 93.62%, down 8282.0%.
  • Tax Rate for Q4 2025 was 6.02% at Western Union, down from 16.71% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Tax Rate for WU hit a ceiling of 23.54% in Q2 2025 and a floor of 95.14% in Q3 2024.
  • Median Tax Rate over the past 5 years was 16.1% (2023), compared with a mean of 9.0%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Tax Rate: crashed -11144bps in 2024 and later surged 11184bps in 2025.
  • Western Union's Tax Rate stood at 6.1% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 262bps to 22.13% in 2022, then crashed by -31bps to 15.26% in 2023, then tumbled by -52bps to 7.31% in 2024, then crashed by -182bps to 6.02% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Tax Rate were 6.02% (Q4 2025), 16.71% (Q3 2025), and 23.54% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.