Western Union WU Institutional Ownership

Updated Oct 5, 2026

Western Union CO (NYSE:WU) was reported as a holding by 484 institutional investors in 13F filings for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

• Their combined stake equaled 98.24% of outstanding shares in Q2 2026, up from 96.97% in Q1 2026.
• Total shares held in Western Union rose 0.67% versus Q1 2026, while the number of holders rose 2.76% versus Q2 2025.
• Of the 484 holders, 222 added to their positions, 184 reduced their stakes and 78 left their positions unchanged in Q2 2026.
• In total, institutional investors held 307.29Mn shares of Western Union at the end of Q2 2026, up 2.03Mn from the prior quarter and up 12.76Mn from a year earlier.
• BlackRock, Inc. led 13F holders of WU with 31.4Mn shares as of June 30, 2026, or 10.04% of shares outstanding.
• Among holders that already owned Western Union, the biggest buyers in Q2 2026 were BlackRock, Inc. (+6.51Mn shares), Millennium Management LLC (+4.57Mn shares), Fideuram Asset Management (Ireland) dac (+2.01Mn shares), Engineers Gate Manager LP (+1.4Mn shares) and LSV Asset Management (+959.42K shares).
• Holders that trimmed the most shares of Western Union in Q2 2026 while keeping a position were Two Sigma Investments, LP (-4.83Mn shares), Morgan Stanley (-4.52Mn shares), Marshall Wace, LLP (-3.34Mn shares), Squarepoint Ops LLC (-2.83Mn shares) and Bank of America Corp (-1.53Mn shares).
• Business Quant data shows the 10 biggest positions in Western Union as of Q2 2026 were held by BlackRock, Inc. (31.4Mn shares), Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC (17.91Mn shares), Schroder Investment Management Group (17.34Mn shares), Capital Research Global Investors (14.67Mn shares), Vanguard Capital Management LLC (14.02Mn shares), State Street Corp (11.31Mn shares), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc (11.25Mn shares), Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P. (11.25Mn shares), LSV Asset Management (10.98Mn shares) and Allianz Asset Management GmbH (10.36Mn shares).