TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.14 EPS

TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The business services provider reported $0.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.97 by ($0.14), Zacks reports. TransUnion had a return on equity of 15.38% and a net margin of 5.47%. TransUnion updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.930-4.080 EPS and its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.960-0.990 EPS.

TransUnion Trading Up 5.3 %

NYSE:TRU traded up $4.92 on Thursday, hitting $98.39. 2,138,022 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,505,400. The stock has a market cap of $19.18 billion, a PE ratio of 85.65, a PEG ratio of 1.16 and a beta of 1.63. The company has a current ratio of 1.68, a quick ratio of 1.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $95.09 and a 200-day moving average of $97.75. TransUnion has a fifty-two week low of $66.07 and a fifty-two week high of $113.17.

TransUnion Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.115 per share. This is a positive change from TransUnion’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.11. This represents a $0.46 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.47%. TransUnion’s dividend payout ratio is currently 36.52%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director George M. Awad sold 12,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.00, for a total value of $1,200,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 27,026 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,702,600. This trade represents a 30.75 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Steven M. Chaouki sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were 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 owns 59,488 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,568,076.80. This trade represents a 1.65 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 18,590 shares of company stock worth $1,854,218 over the last three months. 0.22% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on TransUnion from $135.00 to $126.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 10th. UBS Group upped their price objective on TransUnion from $102.00 to $104.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, February 3rd. Royal Bank of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $121.00 price objective on shares of TransUnion in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on TransUnion from $130.00 to $127.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 28th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on TransUnion from $103.00 to $120.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $107.63.

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.