TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) Receives Consensus Rating of “Moderate Buy” from Analysts

TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) has received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the seventeen research firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $98.71.

Several analysts have commented on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on shares of TransUnion from $100.00 to $125.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Barclays increased their target price on shares of TransUnion from $80.00 to $105.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, September 13th. Wolfe Research raised shares of TransUnion from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $130.00 price target on the stock in a report on Thursday. Robert W. Baird upped their price target on TransUnion from $94.00 to $104.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, July 26th. Finally, Oppenheimer raised their price objective on TransUnion from $97.00 to $118.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday.

TransUnion Stock Performance

Shares of TransUnion stock opened at $105.03 on Friday. TransUnion has a 12 month low of $42.09 and a 12 month high of $108.56. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $97.27 and its 200-day moving average price is $83.53. The firm has a market cap of $20.41 billion, a P/E ratio of -73.45, a P/E/G ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 1.62. The company has a current ratio of 1.66, a quick ratio of 1.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.22.

TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 25th. The business services provider reported $0.99 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.86 by $0.13. TransUnion had a negative net margin of 6.11% and a positive return on equity of 15.03%. The business had revenue of $1.04 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.02 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.76 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 7.5% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities research analysts expect that TransUnion will post 3.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

TransUnion Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 9th. Investors of record on Friday, August 23rd were issued a dividend of $0.105 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 23rd. This represents a $0.42 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.40%. TransUnion’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -29.37%.

Insider Buying and Selling at TransUnion

In other TransUnion news, insider Todd C. Skinner sold 2,900 shares of TransUnion stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $85.58, for a total transaction of $248,182.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 27,729 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,373,047.82. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. In other TransUnion news, insider Todd C. Skinner sold 2,900 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $85.58, for a total value of $248,182.00. Following the sale, the insider now owns 27,729 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,373,047.82. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Steven M. Chaouki sold 1,000 shares of TransUnion stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $90.14, for a total transaction of $90,140.00. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 69,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,268,966.58. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 13,715 shares of company stock valued at $1,299,729. 0.22% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA grew its stake in TransUnion by 32.2% in the 2nd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 16,339,762 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,211,757,000 after acquiring an additional 3,977,595 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its position in shares of TransUnion by 51.8% in the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 6,755,729 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $539,108,000 after purchasing an additional 2,306,596 shares during the period. CCLA Investment Management increased its stake in shares of TransUnion by 104,813.6% during the first quarter. CCLA Investment Management now owns 1,947,196 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $153,454,000 after purchasing an additional 1,945,340 shares in the last quarter. XN LP increased its stake in shares of TransUnion by 194.7% during the second quarter. XN LP now owns 1,973,684 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $146,368,000 after purchasing an additional 1,303,996 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ninety One UK Ltd raised its position in shares of TransUnion by 37.4% during the 2nd quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd now owns 2,566,928 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $190,363,000 after purchasing an additional 698,580 shares during the last quarter.

About TransUnion

TransUnion operates as a global consumer credit reporting agency that provides risk and information solutions. The company operates through U.S. Markets, International, and Consumer Interactive segments. The U.S. Markets segment provides consumer reports, actionable insights, and analytic services to businesses, which uses its services to acquire new customers; assess consumer ability to pay for services; identify cross-selling opportunities; measure and manage debt portfolio risk; collect debt; verify consumer identities; and mitigate fraud risk.