Both in Business Services
The Western Union vs Liquidity Services
Over the past year WU returned −20.9% and LQDT returned +90.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.03.
WU −20.9% LQDT +90.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
| Metric | WU | LQDT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.02 | $44.72 |
| Market cap | $2.19B | $1.40B |
| Today | +6.53% | −4.36% |
| 1 month | +14.9% | +8.3% |
| 6 months | −22.4% | +23.4% |
| Year to date | −24.6% | +47.5% |
| 1 year | −22.3% | +93.5% |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | −1.3% | +8.1% |
| Gross margin | 33.2% | 49.3% |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 8.0% |
| P/E (TTM) | 5.5× | 42.1× |
| Price / sales | 0.5× | 2.9× |
| Net cash | -$1.78B | $231.1M |
| Dividend yield | 13.39% | — |
| Volatility (60d) | 35.2% | 29.3% |
| Short % of float | 20.6% | 4.9% |
| Next earnings | — | — |
Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).