TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) Shares Bought by Toth Financial Advisory Corp

Toth Financial Advisory Corp grew its stake in shares of TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) by 9.7% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 76,396 shares of the business services provider’s stock after buying an additional 6,741 shares during the period. Toth Financial Advisory Corp’s holdings in TransUnion were worth $7,083,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in TRU. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA grew its position in TransUnion by 17.4% during the third quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 19,180,562 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $2,008,205,000 after acquiring an additional 2,840,800 shares during the period. FMR LLC increased its position in TransUnion by 307.7% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 4,540,896 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $475,432,000 after purchasing an additional 3,427,199 shares in the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP raised its holdings in TransUnion by 16.8% in the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 4,426,510 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $463,456,000 after buying an additional 635,581 shares during the period. Janus Henderson Group PLC lifted its position in TransUnion by 2.4% during the third quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 3,154,262 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $330,251,000 after buying an additional 75,410 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of TransUnion by 1.6% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,026,934 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $316,135,000 after acquiring an additional 47,663 shares in the last quarter.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Robert W. Baird lifted their target price on shares of TransUnion from $104.00 to $130.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 24th. Wolfe Research raised TransUnion from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $130.00 target price for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 10th. Oppenheimer dropped their target price on TransUnion from $115.00 to $112.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of TransUnion in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. Finally, UBS Group initiated coverage on shares of TransUnion in a research report on Tuesday, October 1st. They set a “neutral” rating and a $110.00 target price on the stock. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $108.19.

TransUnion Stock Performance

Shares of TransUnion stock opened at $95.41 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19, a quick ratio of 1.68 and a current ratio of 1.68. TransUnion has a 1 year low of $66.07 and a 1 year high of $113.17. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $95.88 and its 200-day simple moving average is $96.10. The firm has a market cap of $18.60 billion, a PE ratio of 82.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.16 and a beta of 1.62.

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

TransUnion Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 9th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 22nd were issued a $0.105 dividend. This represents a $0.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.44%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 22nd. TransUnion’s dividend payout ratio is presently 36.52%.

Insider Buying and Selling at TransUnion

In related news, Director George M. Awad sold 12,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.00, for a total transaction of $1,200,000.00. Following the completion of 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 transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Steven M. Chaouki sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $93.60, for a total value of $93,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 59,488 shares in the company, valued at $5,568,076.80. This represents a 1.65 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 19,090 shares of company stock worth $1,916,758 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.22% of the company’s stock.

TransUnion Profile

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.