Money transfer company Western Union (NYSE: WU) will be reporting earnings this Thursday afternoon. Here’s what investors should know.
Western Union beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $969.5 million, flat year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates and a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Western Union’s revenue to be flat year on year, improving from the 4.7% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. Western Union has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Western Union’s peers in the financial services segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. PayPal delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 4.8%, beating analysts’ expectations by 2.5%, and WEX reported revenues up 14.2%, topping estimates by 1.8%. WEX traded up 10.1% following the results.
Read our full analysis of PayPal’s results here and WEX’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the financial services segment, with share prices up 8.9% on average over the last month. Western Union is up 8.4% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $8.43 (compared to the current share price of $8.27).
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