WUThe Western Union Company

$6.35-15% 1Y

Is it safe?

Mixed

Typical volatility. That is the only one of 6 checks this filer's data supports, so take it as a single data point rather than a settled answer.

1 neutral, 5 without data
Drawdown risk35% volderived · Oct 23, 2026

Moderate price swings, typical volatility. Worst drawdown -67% · now 35% below its 52-week high.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

Volatilitymiddle of the market
Max drawdownmiddle of the market

Where this answer is blind. Altman sits structurally low for utilities and pipelines; Beneish runs high for fast growers, since sales growth alone lifts it; banks and REITs are excluded.

Can WU take a bad year?

The deepest fall in WU's price history on file is −67%; it is 35% below its high today.

−67%

Worst drawdown on file · −35% today

Annualised volatility
35%

Annualised volatility · S&P 500 16% · roughly twice as jumpy as the market

Details›
Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
35%
Worst drawdown on file
−67%
Below its 52-week high
35%

Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.

How far can it fall?

How much the price moves, how deep and how long its falls have run, and what each unit of risk has paid.

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