The Western Union Company
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US9598021098

SecurityWU / The Western Union Company
InstitutionUBS Group AG
Latest Disclosed Ownership2,720,572 shares
Latest Disclosed Value $ 23,750,594
UBS Group AG ownership in WU / The Western Union Company

On May 5, 2026 - UBS Group AG filed a 13F-HR form disclosing ownership of 2,720,572 shares of The Western Union Company (US:WU) valued at $23,750,594 USD as of March 31, 2026. The entity filed a previous 13F-HR on January 29, 2026 disclosing 5,135,424 shares of The Western Union Company. This represents a change in shares of -47.02% during the quarter. The current value of the position is $21,492,519 USD.

UBS Group AG has a history of taking positions in derivatives of the underlying security (WU) in the form of stock options. The firm currently holds call options representing 0 of underlying shares valued at $0 USD and put options representing 0 of underlying shares valued at $0 USD .

Note: prior versions of this page mistakenly stated that the share values represented the number of options, not the number of underlying shares. For more information on the data backing these reports, please see the SEC document Frequently Asked Questions About Form 13F.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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Institutional Put/Call Ratios
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In addition to reporting standard equity and debt issues, institutions with more than 100MM assets under management must also disclose their put and call option holdings. Since put options generally indicate negative sentiment, and call options indicate positive sentiment, we can get a sense of the overall institutional sentiment by plotting the ratio of puts to calls. The chart to the right plots the historical put/call ratio for this instrument.

Using Put/Call Ratio as an indicator of investor sentiment overcomes one of the key deficiencies of using total institutional ownership, which is that a significant amount of assets under management are invested passively to track indices. Passively-managed funds do not typically buy options, so the put/call ratio indicator more closely tracks the sentiment of actively-managed funds.

WU / The Western Union Company Historical Put/Call Ratio
Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Avg Price
Paid (Est)
Reported
Shares
ΔShares ΔShares
(%)
Reported
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Alloc
(%)
ΔAlloc ΔAlloc (%) Cost Basis
(x1000)
Unrealized
Gain/Loss
(x1000)
2026-05-05 2026-03-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 2,720,572 -2,414,852 -47.02 23,751 -50.32 0.0007
2026-01-29 2025-12-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 5,135,424 234,882 4.79 47,811 22.10 0.0078
2025-11-13 2025-09-30 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 4,900,542 2,754,827 128.39 39,155 116.73 0.0061
2025-08-14 2025-06-30 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 2,145,715 -373,525 -14.83 18,067 -32.22 0.0031
2025-05-13 2025-03-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 2,519,240 29,997 1.21 26,654 1.02 0.0049
2025-02-14 2024-12-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 2,489,243 2,188,066 726.51 26,386 634.34 0.0049
2024-11-14 2024-09-30 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 301,177 -508,272 -62.79 3,593 -63.67 0.0008
2024-08-14 2024-06-30 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 809,449 -1,010,475 -55.52 9,891 -61.12 0.0024
2024-05-13 2024-03-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 1,819,924 1,755,022 2,704.11 25,443 3,191.33 0.0063
2024-02-09 2023-12-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 64,902 -10,072 -13.43 774 -21.76 0.0002
2023-11-09 2023-09-30 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 74,974 35,806 91.42 988 115.25 0.0003
2023-08-11 2023-06-30 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 39,168 -766,712 -95.14 459 -94.89 0.0002
2023-05-12 2023-03-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 805,880 -410,913 -33.77 8,986 -46.37 0.0033
2023-02-08 2022-12-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 1,216,793 1,159,166 2,011.50 16,755 2,050.83 0.0063
2022-11-10 2022-09-30 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 57,627 14,545 33.76 779 9.87 0.0003
2022-08-10 2022-06-30 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 43,082 -148,064 -77.46 709 -80.21 0.0003
2022-05-16 2022-03-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 191,146 19,651 11.46 3,582 17.06 0.0012
2022-02-14 2021-12-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 171,495 118,328 222.56 3,060 184.65 0.0009
2021-11-15 2021-09-30 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 53,167 -14,425 -21.34 1,075 -30.78 0.0003
2021-08-13 2021-06-30 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 67,592 -213,412 -75.95 1,553 -77.59 0.0005
2021-05-12 2021-03-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 281,004 222,596 381.11 6,929 440.48 0.0023
2021-02-11 2020-12-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 58,408 -21,049 -26.49 1,282 -24.72 0.0004
2020-11-12 2020-09-30 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 79,457 -11,715 -12.85 1,703 -13.60 0.0006
2020-07-31 2020-06-30 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 91,172 21,898 31.61 1,971 57.05 0.0008
2020-05-01 2020-03-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 69,274 -378,951 -84.54 1,255 -89.54 0.0006
2020-02-14 2019-12-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 448,225 -36,878 -7.60 12,003 6.79 0.0042
2019-11-14 2019-09-30 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 485,103 -66,780 -12.10 11,240 2.40 0.0043
2019-08-14 2019-06-30 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 551,883 -62,014 -10.10 10,977 -3.19 0.0042
2019-05-14 2019-03-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 613,897 -60,897 -9.02 11,339 -1.50 0.0047
2019-02-14 2018-12-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 674,794 -352,299 -34.30 11,512 -41.19 0.0052
2018-11-14 2018-09-30 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 1,027,093 132,407 14.80 19,576 7.63 0.0078
2018-08-14 2018-06-30 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 894,686 -416,195 -31.75 18,189 -27.84 0.0079
2018-05-15 2018-03-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 1,310,881 445,850 51.54 25,208 53.30 0.0109
2018-02-14 2017-12-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 865,031 176,490 25.63 16,444 24.39 0.0068
2017-11-14 2017-09-30 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 688,541 10,063 1.48 13,220 2.27 0.0061
2017-11-14 2017-06-30 13F/A-1 WESTERN UN COM 959802109 678,478 -112,029 -14.17 12,926 -19.65 0.0067
2017-08-14 2017-06-30 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 678,478 -112,029 12,926
2017-11-14 2017-03-31 13F/A-1 WESTERN UN COM 959802109 790,507 371,438 88.63 16,087 76.76 0.0088
2017-05-12 2017-03-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 790,507 371,438 16,087
2017-02-14 2016-12-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 419,069 -578 -0.14 9,101 4.17 0.0050
2016-11-14 2016-09-30 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 419,647 -10,075 -2.34 8,737 6.01 0.0052
2016-08-12 2016-06-30 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 429,722 237,166 123.17 8,242 121.92 0.0052
2016-05-12 2016-03-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 192,556 -446,649 -69.88 3,714 -67.56 0.0025
2016-02-16 2015-12-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 639,205 76,955 13.69 11,449 10.91 0.0074
2015-11-13 2015-09-30 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 562,250 -389,352 -40.92 10,323 -46.64 0.0073
2015-08-14 2015-06-30 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 951,602 -235,360 -19.83 19,346 -21.68 0.0129
2015-05-14 2015-03-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 1,186,962 166,249 16.29 24,700 35.11 0.0171
2015-02-17 2014-12-31 13F WESTERN UN COM 959802109 1,020,713 1,020,713 18,282 0.0128
Disclosed Call Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share
Price
Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2016-02-16 2015-12-31 13F WESTERN UN COM Call 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2015-11-13 2015-09-30 13F WESTERN UN COM Call 147,800 2,714 n/a n/a n/a
2015-05-14 2015-03-31 13F WESTERN UN COM Call 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2015-02-17 2014-12-31 13F WESTERN UN COM Call 3,100 56 n/a n/a n/a
Disclosed Put Options
File
Date
Effective
Date
Form Security Class ID Opt Avg Share Price Shares ΔShares
(%)
Value
(x1000)
ΔValue
(%)
Prior Allocation
(%)
Allocation
(%)
ΔAllocation
(%)
Cost Basis
(x1000)
Profit
(x1000)
Return
(%)
2020-05-01 2020-03-31 13F WESTERN UN COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2020-02-14 2019-12-31 13F WESTERN UN COM Put 350,000 9,373 n/a n/a n/a
2017-11-14 2017-06-30 13F/A WESTERN UN COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2017-11-14 2017-03-31 13F/A WESTERN UN COM Put 363,700 32.25 7,401 23.91 n/a n/a n/a
2017-05-12 2017-03-31 13F WESTERN UN COM Put 363,700 7,401 n/a n/a n/a
2017-02-14 2016-12-31 13F WESTERN UN COM Put 275,000 5,973 n/a n/a n/a
2016-05-12 2016-03-31 13F WESTERN UN COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2016-02-16 2015-12-31 13F WESTERN UN COM Put 174,600 61.67 3,127 57.69 n/a n/a n/a
2015-11-13 2015-09-30 13F WESTERN UN COM Put 108,000 1,983 n/a n/a n/a
2015-05-14 2015-03-31 13F WESTERN UN COM Put 0 -100.00 0 -100.00 n/a n/a n/a
2015-02-17 2014-12-31 13F WESTERN UN COM Put 3,200 57 n/a n/a n/a
Legend
Shares
The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value
The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price
The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class
This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred
Allocation (%)
The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation
The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%)
The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis
The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss
This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.