
Money transfer company Western Union (NYSE: WU) will be reporting earnings this Friday before the bell. Here’s what to expect.
Western Union missed analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $999.2 million, down 4% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a miss of analysts’ revenue estimates and .
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This quarter, the market is expecting Western Union’s revenue to decline 1.1% year on year, improving from the 8.1% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year.

The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to 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, only WEX has reported results so far. It met analysts’ revenue estimates, delivering year-on-year sales growth of 5.8%.
Read our full analysis of WEX’s earnings results here.There has been positive sentiment among investors in the financial services segment, with share prices up 12.3% on average over the last month. Western Union is up 2.3% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $9.62 (compared to the current share price of $9.38).
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