TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.930-4.080 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 4.380. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.3 billion-$4.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.5 billion. TransUnion also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.960-0.990 EPS.

TransUnion Stock Down 0.5 %

NYSE TRU opened at $93.46 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $95.09 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $97.75. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.22 billion, a PE ratio of 81.27, a PEG ratio of 1.16 and a beta of 1.63. TransUnion has a fifty-two week low of $66.07 and a fifty-two week high of $113.17. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19, a current ratio of 1.68 and a quick ratio of 1.68.

TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The business services provider reported $0.83 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.97 by ($0.14). TransUnion had a return on equity of 15.38% and a net margin of 5.47%. Equities analysts expect that TransUnion will post 3.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

TransUnion Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 27th will be issued a $0.115 dividend. This represents a $0.46 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.49%. This is a boost from TransUnion’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.11. TransUnion’s dividend payout ratio is 36.52%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Oppenheimer lowered their price objective on shares of TransUnion from $115.00 to $112.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on shares of TransUnion from $103.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $121.00 price target on shares of TransUnion in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of TransUnion in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. Finally, Robert W. Baird increased their target price on TransUnion from $104.00 to $130.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $107.63.

Insider Buying and Selling at TransUnion

In other TransUnion news, insider Todd C. Skinner sold 3,090 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $101.48, for a total value of $313,573.20. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 24,333 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,469,312.84. The trade was a 11.27 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Steven M. Chaouki sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $95.95, for a total value of $95,950.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 58,488 shares in the company, valued at $5,611,923.60. The trade was a 1.68 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 18,590 shares of company stock valued at $1,854,218. 0.22% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.