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Can the Magnificent Seven Earnings Hold the Market Up?

InvestTalk

[SPEAKER_A] This is Invest Talk from KPP Financial, helping investors make sense of the markets one day at a time. Here's your host, Luke Gurrero.

[SPEAKER_B] Good afternoon, fellow investors, and welcome to the Tuesday, July 21st, 2026 edition of Invest Talk. I'm your host, Luke Gurrero, and I'll be with you over the next hour as we seek to educate you about the stories that matter. Give you actionable items to improve your portfolios, and most importantly, answer your finance and investment questions. To that end, before we talk about today's market performance and run down those show topics, let's tackle this caller question now.

[SPEAKER_C] Hello, Invest Talk. My name is Brian. I'm calling from Ohio. I was wondering if you could go over the stock Western Union WU. I always like to listen to the program. Thanks.

[SPEAKER_B] Western Union is a global money transfer giant. They've been around for really quite some time at this point doing their thing. They first IPO'd back in, let's see, 2006, but they've certainly been around a bit longer than that. And looking at the past 6 years of performance, it is not great. They have been negative every year. Their relative return at some points has been as high as 45 in terms of underperforming the index, sometimes as high as 50 and underperforming their industry. Their revenue is falling on an annualized basis going back the past 5 years. It's projected to grow a little bit this year from $4 billion to $4.18 billion, and that's the first time they've seen growth at least in the past 6 years. Net income is down 48% year over year in Q1. Revenue was flat year over year on a GAAP basis.

Can the Magnificent Seven Earnings Hold the Market Up?

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The candid version is on a podcast,
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Can the Magnificent Seven Earnings Hold the Market Up?

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.