TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) Rating Increased to Buy at Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a report published on Tuesday morning,Wall Street Zen reports.

Several other analysts have also recently weighed in on TRU. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of TransUnion from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a report on Thursday, August 13th. BMO Capital Markets upped their price objective on shares of TransUnion from $85.00 to $98.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. Griffin Securities set a $98.00 target price on shares of TransUnion in a research report on Wednesday, July 29th. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $106.00 target price on shares of TransUnion in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $82.00 price target on shares of TransUnion in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $94.69.

TransUnion Price Performance

TRU opened at $71.98 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.90, a quick ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.07. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.99, a PEG ratio of 1.18 and a beta of 1.54. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $79.71 and a 200-day moving average price of $74.11. TransUnion has a 12-month low of $63.37 and a 12-month high of $89.12.

TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 28th. The business services provider reported $1.23 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.16 by $0.07. TransUnion had a return on equity of 16.29% and a net margin of 15.08%.The firm had revenue of $1.31 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.28 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.08 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 14.9% on a year-over-year basis. TransUnion has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.180-1.210 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 4.750-4.830 EPS. Equities analysts predict that TransUnion will post 4.23 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

TransUnion Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 20th were issued a dividend of $0.125 per share. This represents a $0.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, August 20th. TransUnion’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 13.19%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other TransUnion news, insider Todd C. Skinner sold 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $84.42, for a total transaction of $84,420.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 55,764 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,707,596.88. This represents a 1.76% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CAO Jennifer A. Williams sold 1,070 shares of TransUnion stock in a transaction on Monday, August 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $84.57, for a total value of $90,489.90. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 4,327 shares in the company, valued at $365,934.39. This trade represents a 19.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 73,697 shares of company stock worth $5,861,807 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.37% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On TransUnion

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Andra AP fonden bought a new position in shares of TransUnion during the second quarter valued at approximately $5,317,000. Junto Capital Management LP bought a new position in TransUnion in the second quarter worth approximately $78,975,000. National Pension Service lifted its holdings in TransUnion by 174.8% during the second quarter. National Pension Service now owns 32,791 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $2,366,000 after buying an additional 20,860 shares during the period. C WorldWide Group Holding A S boosted its position in TransUnion by 1.1% during the 2nd quarter. C WorldWide Group Holding A S now owns 127,804 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $9,220,000 after acquiring an additional 1,352 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Arizona State Retirement System boosted its position in TransUnion by 4.9% during the 2nd quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 55,318 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $3,991,000 after acquiring an additional 2,563 shares in the last quarter.

About TransUnion

TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) is a global information and insights company that helps businesses and consumers make more informed decisions. Its services use credit, identity, and other data to support lending, insurance, telecommunications, retail, employment, and other commercial activities.

The company provides credit reporting and risk-management solutions, including consumer credit information, scoring, decisioning tools, fraud detection, identity verification, and analytics. TransUnion also offers marketing and audience-insights products designed to help organizations understand and reach consumers, as well as consumer-facing services that provide access to credit information, monitoring, and identity-protection tools.

TransUnion traces its origins to 1968, when it was established as a holding company for a railroad-leasing business before developing into a consumer credit reporting organization.