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The Western Union vs Shift4 Payments
Over the past year WU returned −20.9% and FOUR returned −36.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.31.
WU −20.9% FOUR −36.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
| Metric | WU | FOUR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.02 | $42.79 |
| Market cap | $2.19B | $3.38B |
| Today | +6.53% | −4.53% |
| 1 month | +14.9% | +9.7% |
| 6 months | −22.4% | −8.7% |
| Year to date | −24.6% | −32.0% |
| 1 year | −22.3% | −35.9% |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | −1.3% | +34.1% |
| Gross margin | 33.2% | 34.4% |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 0.5% |
| P/E (TTM) | 5.5× | 75.8× |
| Price / sales | 0.5× | 0.7× |
| Net cash | -$1.78B | -$4.16B |
| Dividend yield | 13.39% | — |
| Volatility (60d) | 35.2% | 55.5% |
| Short % of float | 20.6% | 25.4% |
| Next earnings | — | — |
Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).