---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-047573"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WU"
cik: "0001365135"
company_name: "Western Union CO"
filed_at: "2024-04-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T09:26:29.038222+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Western Union Q1 revenue $1.05B (+1%), EPS $0.41; raises 2024 guidance

## Summary
- GAAP revenue $1.05B (+1% reported, +3% adjusted); GAAP EPS $0.41 (+3%), adjusted EPS $0.45 (+5%).
- Consumer Money Transfer transactions +6%, Branded Digital revenue +9% and transactions +13%.
- Raised full-year 2024 GAAP revenue outlook to $4.125B-$4.200B (from $4.075B-$4.175B) and GAAP EPS to $1.62-$1.72 (from $1.57-$1.67).
- Adjusted operating margin 19.7% vs 20.5% a year ago; GAAP operating margin 18.3% vs 19.7%.
- Branded Digital now 23% of CMT revenue and 31% of CMT transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-047573
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WU
- cik: 0001365135
- company_name: Western Union CO
- filed_at: 2024-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365135/000095017024047573/0000950170-24-047573-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365135/000095017024047573/wu-20240424.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-047573.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Western Union CO updated its first quarter 2024 guidance (raised).
  - Period: first quarter 2024
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: The Company’s first-quarter revenue of $1.05 billion improved 1% on a reported basis or grew 3% on a constant currency basis
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365135/000095017024047573/0000950170-24-047573-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  Western Union CO reported first quarter 2024 results: revenue $1.05 billion, EPS $0.41. Guidance raised.
  - Period: first quarter 2024
  - Revenue: $1.05 billion
  - EPS: $0.41
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Q1 GAAP revenue of $1.05 billion, up 1% on a reported basis, or up 3% on an adjusted basis
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365135/000095017024047573/0000950170-24-047573-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.