Western Union Co (WU) is a payment and money movement services company. The company operates in three segments: Consumer-to-Consumer, Consumer-to-Business, and Business Solutions, offering a variety of money transfer services ranging from mobile money and direct-to-bank. Western Union was founded in 1851 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.

Currently, Western Union has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), but it is subject to change following the release of the company’s latest earnings report. Here are 5 key statistics from this just announced report below.

Western Union:        
                                                                                                                    
1. Beat earnings estimates. The company posted $0.45 EPS, surpassing our Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.44.

2. Met revenue estimates. The company saw revenue figures of $1.4 billion, meeting our estimate of $1.4 billion.

3. Noted that $204 million was returned to shareholders through dividends and repurchases.
 
4. Posted an operating margin of 21.8% for the quarter, which is consistent with the third quarter of 2014.

5. WU was not seeing too much movement as of 4:18 PM ET in after hours trading shortly after its earnings report was released.

Here’s a graph detailing Western Union’s quarterly EPS over the past year: