Seasonality
WU seasonality — Western Union
Over the last 11 years, WU's strongest month on average has been November (+2.4%) and its weakest September (-3.9%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +2.08% | +2.20% | 80% | +9.4% | -9.8% | 10 |
| Feb | -1.69% | -0.89% | 50% | +6.7% | -16.8% | 10 |
| Mar | -2.71% | +0.39% | 50% | +6.2% | -19.0% | 10 |
| Apr | -0.34% | +0.37% | 50% | +5.2% | -10.6% | 10 |
| May | -1.30% | -2.22% | 40% | +8.2% | -10.6% | 10 |
| Jun | -1.86% | -2.19% | 50% | +8.0% | -9.3% | 10 |
| Jul | +0.44% | +2.19% | 60% | +12.3% | -17.4% | 10 |
| Aug | -0.33% | -0.72% | 50% | +12.6% | -12.9% | 10 |
| Sep | -3.86% | -4.39% | 40% | +6.7% | -17.6% | 10 |
| Oct | -1.58% | -2.64% | 50% | +16.8% | -14.3% | 10 |
| Nov | +2.35% | +3.01% | 67% | +16.1% | -13.2% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.08% | -1.56% | 40% | +12.8% | -8.9% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — WU
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.6 | 2.8 | -9.3 | 4.1 | -10.6 | -5.3 | -17.4 | 12.6 | -17.6 | 4.4 | 11.7 | -26.1% | |
| 2025 | -2.6 | 4.9 | -2.3 | -6.3 | -6.4 | -9.3 | -4.4 | 7.7 | -7.8 | 16.8 | -5.8 | 5.9 | -12.2% |
| 2024 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 4.2 | -3.9 | -4.8 | -4.5 | -2.7 | 2.6 | -2.2 | -9.8 | 2.3 | -3.7 | -11.1% |
| 2023 | 2.9 | -8.5 | -14.0 | -2.0 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 6.7 | -14.3 | 3.0 | 2.5 | -13.4% |
| 2022 | 6.0 | -3.9 | 3.1 | -10.6 | 8.2 | -9.2 | 3.3 | -12.9 | -8.9 | 0.1 | 8.5 | -6.1 | -22.8% |
| 2021 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 6.2 | 4.5 | -5.0 | -6.1 | 1.0 | -6.8 | -6.6 | -9.9 | -13.2 | 12.8 | -18.7% |
| 2020 | 0.5 | -16.8 | -19.0 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 12.3 | -2.8 | -9.2 | -9.3 | 16.1 | -2.8 | -18.1% |
| 2019 | 7.0 | -2.1 | 3.4 | 5.2 | -0.2 | 2.5 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 8.2 | 7.3 | -0.4 | +57.0% |
| 2018 | 9.4 | -4.7 | -3.0 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 2.2 | -0.8 | -6.2 | 0.7 | -5.3 | 3.8 | -8.9 | -10.3% |
| 2017 | -9.8 | 0.3 | 3.6 | -2.4 | -4.2 | 0.2 | 3.7 | -4.2 | 1.5 | 3.4 | -0.9 | -3.5 | -12.5% |
| 2016 | 3.3 |