The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Western Union Company shares valued at $1,498,054 were purchased by McGranahan Devin on Aug 21 ’25. At $8.49 per share, McGranahan Devin acquired 176,470 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 913,125 shares worth approximately $7.36 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Cagwin Matthew purchased 17,500 shares, netting a total of over 146,300 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $8.36 each, the insider now holds 225,611 shares.
As published in a research note from Monness Crespi & Hardt on July 29, 2025, Western Union Company [WU] has been retained to a Sell and the price target has been revised to $7. As of June 02, 2025, Oppenheimer has initiated its “Perform” rating for WU. Earlier on April 24, 2025, Monness Crespi & Hardt downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Sell” for WU stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing WU Stock Performance
On last trading session, Western Union Company [NYSE: WU] plunged -0.25% to $8.06. The stock’s lowest price that day was $8.02, but it reached a high of $8.2 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.28%. Over the course of the year, Western Union Company shares have dropped approximately -32.44%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $11.94 on 03/10/25 and a 52-week low of $7.85 on 09/25/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Western Union Company (WU)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 7.99, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 7.91. In the upper region, resistance lies at 8.17. The next price resistance is at 8.27. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 41.95 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Western Union Company subject to short interest?
Stocks of Western Union Company saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-09-15 jumping by 10.29 million shares to 40.79 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-15 was 30.5 million shares. A jump of 25.23% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.6 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.6.
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In terms of Western Union Company share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 8.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 5.2% from the previous closing price of $8.08. Analysts anticipate Western Union Company stock to reach 11 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 7. In spite of this, 10 analysts ranked Western Union Company stock as Hold at the end of 2025.
