WESTERN UN CO WU
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 959802109 · ISIN US9598021098
American financial services and communications company
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryServices-Business Services, NEC
- HeadquartersDenver, CO
- Founded1851
- Websitewesternunion.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($4.6m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 317.8m as of 2025-10-17, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $7.99. Options: 11 managers hold calls ($19.4m notional), 13 hold puts ($24.6m).
Trends to Q3 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 516 |
| Q4 2022 | 504 |
| Q1 2023 | 475 |
| Q2 2023 | 465 |
| Q3 2023 | 439 |
| Q4 2023 | 466 |
| Q1 2024 | 457 |
| Q2 2024 | 445 |
| Q3 2024 | 455 |
| Q4 2024 | 470 |
| Q1 2025 | 470 |
| Q2 2025 | 472 |
| Q3 2025 | 457 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | 199 | 224 |
| Q1 2024 | 194 | 242 |
| Q2 2024 | 186 | 230 |
| Q3 2024 | 205 | 221 |
| Q4 2024 | 219 | 207 |
| Q1 2025 | 249 | 207 |
| Q2 2025 | 228 | 229 |
| Q3 2025 | 213 | 238 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | $26.3m | $19.1m | 0.73 |
| Q1 2025 | $22.5m | $12.8m | 0.57 |
| Q2 2025 | $24.0m | $18.9m | 0.79 |
| Q3 2025 | $19.4m | $24.6m | 1.27 |
Biggest buyers
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP | Added | +3.7m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +3.5m |
| Ranmore Fund Management Ltd | New | +3.2m |
| Meridiem Capital Partners LP | Added | +3.0m |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD | Added | +2.8m |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +2.8m |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Added | +2.5m |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. | Added | +2.4m |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC | Added | +2.4m |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | Added | +2.1m |
Biggest sellers
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Reduced | -3.3m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -2.5m |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Sold out | -2.3m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -2.2m |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -2.0m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -1.9m |
| Discerene Group LP | Reduced | -1.6m |
| Trexquant Investment LP | Sold out | -1.5m |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Reduced | -1.5m |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Reduced | -1.4m |
Biggest calls
| CONTINENTAL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $8.3m1.0m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $2.5m309.3k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Added | $2.1m267.1k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $1.9m238.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.3m159.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $1.2m151.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $838.0k105.0k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $633.6k79.3k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $535.3k67.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $86.3k10.8k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $11.7m1.5m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $4.1m508.5k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $1.7m212.3k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.5m202.3k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $1.2m152.3k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Added | $900.5k112.7k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | New | $759.0k95.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $668.0k83.5k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $668.0k83.6k shares |
| DLD Asset Management, LP | New | $527.0k66.0k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +2.3 pts · filed 2026-05-06 | 10.2% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.8% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.3% |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 13G · institution new · filed 2025-11-14 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q3 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 1 | $128.5k | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 2 | $1.6m | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-21 | McGranahan Devin CEO & President, director | Bought | $1.5m176.5k shares |
| 2025-08-18 | Cagwin Matthew Chief Financial Officer | Bought | $146.3k17.5k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q3 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 33.3m $266.1m | Reduced -2.5m |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.9m $262.8m | Added +1.9m |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.11% of their portfolio | 16.9m $135.4m | Added +3.7m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.4m $107.1m | Reduced -156.6k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 12.5m $99.5m | Reduced -818.6k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.02% of their portfolio | 12.1m $97.0m | Reduced -1.4m |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 9.8m $78.1m | Reduced -1.1m |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.17% of their portfolio | 9.6m $76.8m | Reduced -306.6k |
| Discerene Group LP 6.38% of their portfolio | 8.8m $70.4m | Reduced -1.6m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 8.2m $65.6m | Added +2.1m |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.01% of their portfolio | 7.7m $61.5m | Added +11.7k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 6.8m $54.2m | Added +1.7m |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.06% of their portfolio | 6.3m $50.6m | Added +2.1m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.2m $49.5m | Added +15.4k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.0m $48.3m | Added +913.7k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.0m $47.8m | Added +1.4m |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.06% of their portfolio | 6.0m $49.0m | Added +2.8m |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.8m $46.7m | Added +405.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 5.7m $45.5m | Added +3.5m |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.6m $45.1m | Reduced -308.6k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.9m $39.2m | Added +2.8m |
| Meridiem Capital Partners LP 2.50% of their portfolio | 4.5m $36.3m | Added +3.0m |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 4.2m $33.9m | Added +1.5m |
| Brickwood Asset Management LLP 21.29% of their portfolio | 3.8m $30.4m | Added +450.4k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.05% of their portfolio | 3.7m $29.9m | Added +2.4m |
| Ranmore Fund Management Ltd 6.93% of their portfolio | 3.2m $25.6m | New |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.1m $25.1m | Reduced -981.9k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 3.0m $24.0m | Added +2.4m |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.8m $22.4m | Added +2.5m |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC 0.11% of their portfolio | 2.4m $19.2m | Added +831.2k |
| Fourth Sail Capital LP 3.76% of their portfolio | 1.9m $15.6m | New |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.9m $15.2m | Reduced -391.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.9m $15.2m | Reduced -762.5k |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.7m $13.2m | Reduced -7.0k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6m $12.5m | Reduced -424.2k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6m $12.5m | Added +822.7k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.5m $12.4m | Reduced -1.9m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5m $12.1m | Reduced -2.2m |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $11.1m | Added +761.3k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $10.5m | Reduced -742.2k |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.2m $9.5m | Added +9.6k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0m $8.2m | Added +313.3k |
| SCHWARTZ INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.27% of their portfolio | 1.0m $8.2m | Reduced -250.0k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0m $8.1m | Added +64.3k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 923.2k $7.4m | Added +283.2k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 921.7k $7.4m | Added +22.1k |
| OLD NATIONAL BANCORP /IN/ 0.13% of their portfolio | 918.2k $7.3m | Reduced -7.0k |
| CONTINENTAL ADVISORS LLC 4.87% of their portfolio | 901.1k $7.2m | Added +17.3k |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 882.4k $7.1m | First filing |
| Cambria Investment Management, L.P. 0.42% of their portfolio | 869.9k $7.0m | Added +144.4k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 852.1k $6.8m | Reduced -18.8k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 843.8k $6.7m | Reduced -3.3m |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 800.6k $6.4m | Added +383.7k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 780.1k $6.2m | Reduced -2.0m |
| Gilman Hill Asset Management, LLC 0.97% of their portfolio | 772.5k $6.2m | Added +904 |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 717.8k $5.7m | Reduced -31.2k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 673.6k $5.4m | Reduced -59.1k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 639.7k $5.1m | Unchanged |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 633.5k $5.1m | Reduced -22.5k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 608.5k $4.9m | Added +194.0k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.01% of their portfolio | 588.5k $4.7m | Reduced -57.2k |
| 1834 INVESTMENT ADVISORS CO 0.54% of their portfolio | 552.7k $4.4m | Reduced -22.0k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 542.2k $4.3m | Reduced -48.7k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 487.7k $3.9m | Reduced -1.5m |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 477.2k $3.8m | Added +28.3k |
| TSP Capital Management Group, LLC 0.99% of their portfolio | 461.2k $3.7m | New |
| Man Group plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 456.4k $3.6m | New |
| Penserra Capital Management LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 408.5k $3.3m | Reduced -28.4k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 392.5k $3.1m | Reduced -4.3k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.01% of their portfolio | 390.5k $3.1m | Reduced -13.5k |
| Quantbot Technologies LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 384.2k $3.1m | Reduced -27.4k |
| AGF MANAGEMENT LTD 0.01% of their portfolio | 381.4k $3.0m | Added +60.5k |
| SummitTX Capital, L.P. 0.13% of their portfolio | 378.5k $3.0m | Added +48.6k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 374.6k $3.0m | Added +219.0k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.00% of their portfolio | 365.8k $2.9m | Reduced -12.2k |
| GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 362.8k $2.9m | Added +85.4k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 344.9k $2.8m | Reduced -8.1k |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 327.3k $2.6m | Reduced -13.3k |
| Neo Ivy Capital Management 0.64% of their portfolio | 327.2k $2.6m | Added +179.2k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 325.1k $2.6m | Reduced -13.1k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 325.1k $2.6m | Added +13.0k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 315.0k $2.5m | Reduced -234.0k |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 312.7k $2.5m | Added +17.8k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 301.7k $2.4m | Added +213.6k |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 301.2k $2.4m | Added +444 |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 300.4k $2.4m | Reduced -229.5k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 295.2k $2.4m | Added +2.7k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 291.3k $2.3m | Reduced -243.0k |
| Optimist Retirement Group LLC 1.03% of their portfolio | 284.5k $2.3m | Added +56.2k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 284.2k $2.3m | Reduced -326.5k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 276.8k $2.4m | Added +86.3k |
| Oak Thistle LLC 0.33% of their portfolio | 271.8k $2.2m | Added +101.6k |
| Arnhold LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 271.0k $2.2m | Unchanged |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 257.5k $2.1m | Reduced -31.8k |
| Amundi 0.00% of their portfolio | 255.7k $2.1m | Reduced -61.3k |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.02% of their portfolio | 249.1k $2.0m | Added +12.2k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 239.0k $1.9m | Added +113.8k |
| Kestra Investment Management, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 238.0k $1.9m | Reduced -216.1k |
| VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al 0.01% of their portfolio | 236.0k $1.9m | Unchanged |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 232.4k $1.9m | Reduced -9.9k |