The Western Union Company
Hedge Funds Holdings

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The Western Union Company‘s stocks are currently a part of 485 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 93.5% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 382.33M shares of The Western Union Company. Compared to the previous quarter, the number fell by -2.53% or -9.92M shares fewer. As for the holding position changes, 33.2% (161) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 41.44% (201) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 15.88% (77) closed the holdings completely. 52 hedge funds are new holders of The Western Union Company stock in Q1 2022, it is 10.72% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding The Western Union Company (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Number of hedge funds
Q2 2017 537
Q3 2017 516
Q4 2017 571
Q1 2018 559
Q2 2018 549
Q3 2018 548
Q4 2018 542
Q1 2019 539
Q2 2019 517
Q3 2019 532
Q4 2019 586
Q1 2020 561
Q2 2020 557
Q3 2020 541
Q4 2020 560
Q1 2021 552
Q2 2021 548
Q3 2021 527
Q4 2021 517
Q1 2022 485

Hedge funds changes in The Western Union Company positions (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Changes in positions
Q2 2017 491702306028
Q3 2017 391792025046
Q4 2017 931861973659
Q1 2018 581732356231
Q2 2018 431712294759
Q3 2018 511922004758
Q4 2018 681472387316
Q1 2019 611842006034
Q2 2019 471642116332
Q3 2019 581752034155
Q4 2019 951922143352
Q1 2020 65192218842
Q2 2020 641562536618
Q3 2020 501942096325
Q4 2020 711712324541
Q1 2021 582081876336
Q2 2021 561971925647
Q3 2021 431931985934
Q4 2021 8419716589-18
Q1 2022 5216120177-6

Hedge funds changes in The Western Union Company stock options (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Changes in stock options
Q2 2017 15,871,432 29,072,000
Q3 2017 9,027,432 21,279,000
Q4 2017 14,391,744 34,318,000
Q1 2018 24,717,000 12,594,000
Q2 2018 14,192,000 22,078,000
Q3 2018 12,937,000 8,270,000
Q4 2018 10,208,196 5,811,596
Q1 2019 14,517,652 14,859,642
Q2 2019 24,518,635 10,066,252,415
Q3 2019 48,572,605 36,616,605
Q4 2019 43,863,000 29,813,000
Q1 2020 1,027,313,000 1,021,217,000
Q2 2020 30,818,350 67,662,264
Q3 2020 35,335,588 18,558,898
Q4 2020 20,930,000 23,513,114
Q1 2021 93,786,000 27,313,340
Q2 2021 90,770,000 30,296,000
Q3 2021 280,069,910,000 280,027,466,000
Q4 2021 90,252,808 53,571,624
Q1 2022 40,104,308 59,108,910

Top 50 hedge fund holders of The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
BLACKROCK INC. Larry Fink 843.70M 62.49M 0.029%
VANGUARD GROUP INC 617.95M 45.77M 0.018%
CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS 237.17M 17.56M 0.078%
INDEPENDENT FRANCHISE PARTNERS LLP 224.44M 16.62M 2.361%
STATE STREET CORP 222.89M 16.51M 0.014%
VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 148.76M 11.01M 0.443%
FMR LLC 132.75M 9.83M 0.014%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 121.04M 8.96M 0.029%
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 105.58M 7.82M 0.038%
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 104.55M 7.73M 0.016%
LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 104.10M 7.71M 0.245%
JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 98.48M 7.29M 1.522%
NORTHERN TRUST CORP 91.45M 6.77M 0.021%
SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 90.19M 6.68M 0.149%
AMUNDI 82.12M 5.97M 0.049%
DISCERENE GROUP LP 76.69M 5.68M 11.313%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 69.05M 5.11M 0.016%
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Ken Griffin 58.22M 4.31M 0.013%
MORGAN STANLEY 57.54M 4.26M 0.008%
TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 57.22M 4.23M 0.166%
UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC 55.01M 4.07M 0.031%
MARSHALL WACE, LLP Paul Marshall 53.35M 3.95M 0.117%
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM 38.78M 2.87M 0.036%
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 37.3M 2.76M 0.014%
LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC 36.59M 2.71M 0.014%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 35.02M 2.59M 0.005%
AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC Cliff Asness 34.77M 2.57M 0.085%
D. E. SHAW & CO., INC. David E. Shaw 33.39M 2.47M 0.040%
ALLSPRING GLOBAL INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS, LLC 32.41M 2.40M 0.057%
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 31.01M 2.23M 0.011%
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 29.63M 2.19M 0.038%
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP Jean Hynes 28.72M 2.12M 0.006%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 24.88M 1.84M 0.003%
GRANTHAM, MAYO, VAN OTTERLOO & CO. LLC 23.85M 1.76M 0.138%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 23.65M 1.74M 0.039%
ROBECO INSTITUTIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT B.V. 23.35M 1.73M 0.074%
SWISS NATIONAL BANK 22.61M 1.67M 0.016%
APG ASSET MANAGEMENT N.V. 22.16M 1.60M 0.057%
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 21.39M 1.58M 0.017%
NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 21.38M 1.58M 0.009%
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP John Overdeck 20.08M 1.48M 0.068%
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 19.89M 1.47M 0.029%
SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST HOLDINGS, INC. 18.73M 1.38M 0.015%
DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 18.09M 1.34M 0.011%
GREAT WEST LIFE ASSURANCE CO /CAN/ 16.83M 1.24M 0.048%
NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 15.95M 1.18M 0.086%
RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 15.90M 1.17M 0.024%
BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. Dmitry Balyasny 15.72M 1.16M 0.048%
CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 15.54M 1.15M 0.017%
TROY ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 15.47M 1.14M 0.451%