Performance analysis of Western Union (WU)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, WU has had an average annual return of -2.94%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +19.63% annual.
Over the past 5 years, WU has had an average annual return of -11.28%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +12.73% annual.
Over the past 10 years, WU has had an average annual return of -2.80%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +15.04% annual.
Since Oct 2, 2006, WU has had an average annual return of -0.41%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +11.13% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -3.70% | -2.76% | -3.80% | -6.30% | -17.89% | -15.15% | -14.67% | +62.85% | -6.68% | -9.28% | +25.26% | +3.27% |
| 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | |||
| +7.02% | +30.67% | -23.47% | +0.05% | -0.05% | +31.86% | -40.77% | +8.67% | +13.51% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.65% | +2.77% | -7.04% | +4.13% | -10.56% | -2.21% | +9.99% | -3.70% | |||||
| 2025 | -2.64% | +4.94% | -0.16% | -6.33% | -6.36% | -6.80% | -4.39% | +7.70% | -5.20% | +16.77% | -5.79% | +8.58% | -2.76% |
| 2024 | +5.45% | +6.69% | +6.08% | -3.86% | -4.76% | -2.67% | -2.70% | +2.60% | -0.26% | -9.81% | +2.32% | -1.57% | -3.80% |
| 2023 | +2.91% | -8.54% | -12.07% | -1.98% | +4.21% | +5.07% | +3.84% | +1.39% | +8.70% | -14.34% | +3.01% | +4.49% | -6.30% |
| 2022 | +6% | -3.86% | +4.43% | -10.56% | +8.23% | -7.88% | +3.34% | -12.92% | -7.37% | +0.07% | +8.51% | -4.41% | -17.89% |
| 2021 | +1.50% | +4.26% | +7.21% | +4.46% | -5.01% | -5.23% | +1.05% | -6.76% | -5.53% | -9.89% | -13.17% | +14.20% | -15.15% |
| 2020 | +0.45% | -16.76% | -18.16% | +5.19% | +4.98% | +9.09% | +12.31% | -2.84% | -8.25% | -9.29% | +16.06% | -1.79% | -14.67% |
| 2019 | +6.98% | -2.09% | +4.50% | +5.25% | -0.21% | +3.54% | +5.58% | +5.33% | +5.65% | +8.16% | +7.26% | +0.37% | +62.85% |
| 2018 | +9.37% | -4.66% | -2.06% | +2.71% | +0.70% | +3.15% | -0.83% | -6.15% | +1.76% | -5.35% | +3.83% | -7.96% | -6.68% |
| 2017 | -9.85% | +0.31% | +4.52% | -2.41% | -4.23% | +1.07% | +3.67% | -4.20% | +2.41% | +3.44% | -0.86% | -2.58% | -9.28% |
Drawdown analysis of Western Union (WU)
The maximum drawdown for the WU was -63.10%, occurring on Mar 6, 2009. Recovery took 2620 trading sessions.
The current WU drawdown is -52.51%.
Since Oct 2, 2006 WU has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 50% or more: 2 times
- 40% or more: 2 times
- 30% or more: 2 times
- 20% or more: 4 times
- 10% or more: 4 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -63.10% | Aug 15, 2008 | 139 | Mar 6, 2009 | 2620 | Aug 2, 2019 | 2759 |
| -60.58% | Feb 10, 2020 | 1599 | Jun 23, 2026 | Ongoing | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| -23.84% | Dec 5, 2006 | 174 | Aug 16, 2007 | 89 | Dec 21, 2007 | 263 |
| -20.11% | Dec 26, 2007 | 18 | Jan 23, 2008 | 104 | Jun 20, 2008 | 122 |
| -9.89% | Jun 23, 2008 | 8 | Jul 3, 2008 | 12 | Jul 22, 2008 | 20 |
| -7.69% | Nov 14, 2006 | 9 | Nov 28, 2006 | 4 | Dec 4, 2006 | 13 |
| -7.09% | Oct 3, 2006 | 10 | Oct 17, 2006 | 6 | Oct 25, 2006 | 16 |
| -6.99% | Sep 12, 2019 | 8 | Sep 24, 2019 | 12 | Oct 10, 2019 | 20 |
| -6.57% | Nov 8, 2019 | 38 | Jan 6, 2020 | 9 | Jan 17, 2020 | 47 |
| -4.81% | Aug 2, 2019 | 8 | Aug 14, 2019 | 6 | Aug 22, 2019 | 14 |
| -4.67% | Jul 30, 2008 | 6 | Aug 7, 2008 | 6 | Aug 15, 2008 | 12 |
| -3.58% | Oct 26, 2006 | 6 | Nov 3, 2006 | 2 | Nov 7, 2006 | 8 |
| -3.13% | Jan 17, 2020 | 9 | Jan 31, 2020 | 3 | Feb 5, 2020 | 12 |
| -2.84% | Jul 23, 2008 | 4 | Jul 29, 2008 | 1 | Jul 30, 2008 | 5 |
| -2.37% | Aug 22, 2019 | 1 | Aug 23, 2019 | 3 | Aug 28, 2019 | 4 |
| -1.93% | Nov 9, 2006 | 1 | Nov 10, 2006 | 2 | Nov 14, 2006 | 3 |
| -1.15% | Feb 6, 2020 | 1 | Feb 7, 2020 | 1 | Feb 10, 2020 | 2 |
| -0.81% | Aug 29, 2019 | 2 | Sep 3, 2019 | 1 | Sep 4, 2019 | 3 |
| -0.55% | Oct 30, 2019 | 1 | Oct 31, 2019 | 1 | Nov 1, 2019 | 2 |
| -0.45% | Oct 21, 2019 | 1 | Oct 22, 2019 | 1 | Oct 23, 2019 | 2 |
| -0.37% | Nov 4, 2019 | 1 | Nov 5, 2019 | 1 | Nov 6, 2019 | 2 |
| -0.35% | Sep 9, 2019 | 1 | Sep 10, 2019 | 1 | Sep 11, 2019 | 2 |
| -0.13% | Oct 15, 2019 | 2 | Oct 17, 2019 | 1 | Oct 18, 2019 | 3 |