2,016 Shares in TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) Acquired by Coldstream Capital Management Inc.

Coldstream Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 2,016 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $211,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of TRU. Huntington National Bank lifted its holdings in shares of TransUnion by 84.5% in the third quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 286 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 131 shares in the last quarter. Quarry LP lifted its stake in TransUnion by 963.0% in the 2nd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 574 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $43,000 after buying an additional 520 shares in the last quarter. True Wealth Design LLC grew its holdings in TransUnion by 4,590.0% during the 3rd quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 469 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $49,000 after buying an additional 459 shares during the last quarter. National Bank of Canada FI increased its position in TransUnion by 22.3% during the second quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 910 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $66,000 after buying an additional 166 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. increased its position in TransUnion by 156.6% during the second quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 857 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $68,000 after buying an additional 523 shares in the last quarter.

Insider Activity

In other TransUnion news, Director George M. Awad sold 12,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.00, for a total value of $1,200,000.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 27,026 shares in the company, valued at $2,702,600. The trade was a 30.75 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Steven M. Chaouki sold 1,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $105.66, for a total value of $158,490.00. Following the sale, the insider now owns 62,988 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,655,312.08. This represents a 2.33 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 20,590 shares of company stock worth $2,084,633. 0.22% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

TransUnion Trading Down 2.1 %

Shares of TRU stock opened at $98.29 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $102.29 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $92.36. The company has a quick ratio of 1.68, a current ratio of 1.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19. TransUnion has a fifty-two week low of $63.03 and a fifty-two week high of $113.17. The stock has a market cap of $19.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 85.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 1.60.

TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd. The business services provider reported $1.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.01 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $1.09 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.06 billion. TransUnion had a return on equity of 15.38% and a net margin of 5.47%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.80 earnings per share. On average, analysts anticipate that TransUnion will post 3.44 EPS for the current year.

TransUnion Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 22nd were given a dividend of $0.105 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 22nd. This represents a $0.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.43%. TransUnion’s payout ratio is currently 36.52%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

TRU has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on TransUnion from $104.00 to $130.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. Wolfe Research upgraded shares of TransUnion from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $130.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Thursday, October 10th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on shares of TransUnion from $125.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. Royal Bank of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $121.00 price target on shares of TransUnion in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price objective on TransUnion from $97.00 to $109.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $107.06.

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.