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 ($7.8m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 313.5m as of 2026-02-13, 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 ≈ $9.32. Options: 12 managers hold calls ($83.8m notional), 12 hold puts ($24.7m).
Trends to Q4 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 |
| Q4 2025 | 484 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Q4 2025 | 242 | 219 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | $22.5m | $12.8m | 0.57 |
| Q2 2025 | $24.0m | $18.9m | 0.79 |
| Q3 2025 | $19.4m | $24.6m | 1.27 |
| Q4 2025 | $83.8m | $24.7m | 0.30 |
Biggest buyers
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | Added | +7.9m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +6.1m |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Added | +5.0m |
| J. Goldman & Co LP | New | +4.0m |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Added | +3.6m |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP | Added | +3.0m |
| Capital Research Global Investors | Added | +2.7m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +2.7m |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | Added | +1.6m |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | New | +1.2m |
Biggest sellers
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Reduced | -10.6m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -3.6m |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -3.5m |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD | Reduced | -3.2m |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -3.0m |
| Discerene Group LP | Reduced | -3.0m |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | Reduced | -2.9m |
| Meridiem Capital Partners LP | Reduced | -1.2m |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Reduced | -1.1m |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | Reduced | -994.7k |
Biggest calls
| Brevan Howard Capital Management LP | New | $40.1m4.3m shares |
| J. Goldman & Co LP | New | $20.6m2.2m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $8.1m867.3k shares |
| CONTINENTAL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $4.4m470.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $3.3m350.2k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $3.0m317.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $2.4m257.0k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $813.7k87.4k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $498.1k53.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $449.7k48.3k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $7.3m785.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $4.4m477.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $2.3m247.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $2.0m217.3k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $2.0m211.8k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $1.6m176.0k shares |
| LMR Partners LLP | New | $1.4m150.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $1.4m148.5k shares |
| DLD Asset Management, LP | Added | $931.5k100.0k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Added | $931.0k100.0k 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 Q4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — |
| Q4 2025 | 1 | $89.5k | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-10 | Angelini Giovanni President Europe, Africa, MEPA | Bought | $89.5k10.0k 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, Q4 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.5m $320.9m | Added +1.2m |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 31.8m $296.3m | Reduced -1.1m |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.12% of their portfolio | 16.6m $154.5m | Reduced -350.4k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.0m $130.2m | Added +580.3k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 13.1m $121.8m | Added +624.4k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 10.7m $99.9m | Added +962.3k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.02% of their portfolio | 10.4m $96.9m | Added +2.7m |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.20% of their portfolio | 9.7m $90.6m | Added +124.7k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 8.6m $80.5m | Added +2.7m |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 8.0m $74.1m | Added +7.9m |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.08% of their portfolio | 7.9m $73.4m | Added +1.6m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 7.7m $71.5m | Reduced -533.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 7.6m $70.8m | Added +6.1m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.9m $63.9m | Added +662.9k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.5m $60.6m | Added +465.0k |
| Discerene Group LP 5.50% of their portfolio | 5.8m $54.1m | Reduced -3.0m |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 5.5m $50.8m | Added +5.0m |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 5.1m $47.8m | Added +234.9k |
| Ranmore Fund Management Ltd 6.71% of their portfolio | 4.2m $39.1m | Added +1.0m |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 4.1m $37.8m | Reduced -186.6k |
| J. Goldman & Co LP 1.44% of their portfolio | 4.0m $37.0m | New |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.06% of their portfolio | 4.0m $37.0m | Added +230.6k |
| Brickwood Asset Management LLP 24.54% of their portfolio | 3.8m $35.3m | Reduced -15.6k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.7m $34.8m | Added +3.6m |
| Meridiem Capital Partners LP 1.98% of their portfolio | 3.4m $31.5m | Reduced -1.2m |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.3m $30.9m | Reduced -3.5m |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 3.1m $28.6m | Added +3.0m |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.9m $27.2m | Reduced -219.1k |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC. 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.8m $26.5m | First filing |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.8m $26.2m | Reduced -3.0m |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.8m $25.9m | Reduced -2.9m |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.11% of their portfolio | 2.8m $25.7m | Reduced -3.2m |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.7m $25.5m | Added +1.2m |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 2.7m $25.3m | Reduced -287.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.7m $24.9m | Added +766.4k |
| Fourth Sail Capital LP 3.87% of their portfolio | 2.6m $24.1m | Added +641.2k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.3m $21.8m | Reduced -467.8k |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC 0.12% of their portfolio | 2.3m $21.0m | Reduced -140.6k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.1m $20.0m | Reduced -3.6m |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.9m $17.7m | Reduced -8.4k |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.7m $15.4m | Unchanged |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.5m $14.1m | Added +792.4k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5m $13.9m | Reduced -10.6m |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.2m $11.5m | Reduced -70.6k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.2m $11.5m | New |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $11.4m | Reduced -317.8k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $11.1m | Added +991.3k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.1m $10.2m | New |
| CONTINENTAL ADVISORS LLC 6.60% of their portfolio | 1.1m $10.2m | Added +192.0k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $9.8m | Added +44.0k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0m $9.7m | Added +879.7k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0m $9.4m | Reduced -25.7k |
| SCHWARTZ INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 0.33% of their portfolio | 1.0m $9.3m | Reduced -25.0k |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 961.2k $8.9m | Added +160.6k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 908.8k $8.5m | Added +275.3k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 908.7k $8.5m | Reduced -14.5k |
| Cambria Investment Management, L.P. 0.49% of their portfolio | 904.9k $8.4m | Added +35.0k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 869.3k $8.1m | Added +327.1k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 823.3k $7.7m | Reduced -98.4k |
| OLD NATIONAL BANCORP /IN/ 0.12% of their portfolio | 778.3k $7.2m | Reduced -139.9k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 755.0k $7.0m | Reduced -97.1k |
| Gilman Hill Asset Management, LLC 1.07% of their portfolio | 732.8k $6.8m | Reduced -39.7k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 713.4k $6.6m | Added +39.8k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 672.5k $6.3m | Reduced -892.0k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 649.4k $6.0m | Added +334.4k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 636.8k $5.9m | Reduced -2.9k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 608.6k $5.7m | Added +99 |
| Qsemble Capital Management, LP 0.47% of their portfolio | 604.1k $5.6m | Added +559.3k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 566.0k $5.3m | Reduced -822.7k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.01% of their portfolio | 536.9k $5.0m | Reduced -51.6k |
| Neo Ivy Capital Management 0.74% of their portfolio | 504.3k $4.7m | Added +177.0k |
| 1834 INVESTMENT ADVISORS CO 0.57% of their portfolio | 485.7k $4.5m | Reduced -66.9k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.01% of their portfolio | 479.8k $4.5m | Added +114.0k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 453.9k $4.2m | Added +79.3k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 450.2k $4.2m | Added +326.0k |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 436.7k $4.1m | Reduced -445.7k |
| Brevan Howard Capital Management LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 421.8k $3.9m | Added +213.9k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 417.1k $3.9m | Reduced -363.0k |
| PEAK6 LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 410.0k $3.8m | New |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 403.7k $3.8m | Added +11.2k |
| Penserra Capital Management LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 362.5k $3.4m | Reduced -46.0k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 356.8k $3.3m | Added +55.1k |
| TSP Capital Management Group, LLC 0.80% of their portfolio | 353.1k $3.3m | New |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 352.7k $3.3m | Added +52.3k |
| FIDEURAM - INTESA SANPAOLO PRIVATE BANKING S.P.A. 0.12% of their portfolio | 347.3k $3.2m | First filing |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.01% of their portfolio | 344.5k $3.2m | Added +144.2k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 343.6k $3.2m | Reduced -133.5k |
| GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 342.3k $3.2m | Reduced -20.4k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 341.4k $3.2m | Added +341.0k |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 331.6k $3.1m | Added +18.8k |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 327.6k $3.1m | Added +285 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 323.9k $3.0m | Reduced -1.2k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 320.5k $3.0m | Reduced -24.3k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 316.6k $2.9m | New |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 301.6k $2.8m | Added +6.4k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 295.8k $2.8m | Added +259.1k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 291.3k $2.7m | Reduced -12 |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 287.4k $2.7m | Reduced -13.9k |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 280.4k $2.6m | Added +149.2k |
| Walleye Trading LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 278.9k $2.6m | Added +250.1k |