TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) EVP Sells 23,287 Shares of Stock

TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) EVP Venkat Achanta sold 23,287 shares of TransUnion stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $77.00, for a total value of $1,793,099.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 196,912 shares in the company, valued at approximately $15,162,224. The trade was a 10.58% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website.

TransUnion Price Performance

Shares of TransUnion stock traded up $1.01 during trading on Monday, reaching $78.71. 2,067,983 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,444,888. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 1.90 and a current ratio of 1.90. TransUnion has a 1-year low of $63.37 and a 1-year high of $95.50. The company has a market cap of $15.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.77, a PEG ratio of 1.28 and a beta of 1.54. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $80.07 and its 200 day moving average price is $74.24.

TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, July 28th. The business services provider reported $1.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.16 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $1.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.28 billion. TransUnion had a return on equity of 16.29% and a net margin of 15.08%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.08 earnings per share. TransUnion has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.180-1.210 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 4.750-4.830 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that TransUnion will post 4.24 earnings per share for the current year.

TransUnion Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 4th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 20th were paid a $0.125 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, August 20th. This represents a $0.50 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.6%. TransUnion’s dividend payout ratio is presently 13.19%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. California State Teachers Retirement System raised its stake in TransUnion by 6,636.6% during the second quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 22,788,593 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,643,969,000 after buying an additional 22,450,313 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. bought a new position in shares of TransUnion in the 2nd quarter worth about $1,367,560,000. Independent Franchise Partners LLP lifted its stake in shares of TransUnion by 99.7% in the 4th quarter. Independent Franchise Partners LLP now owns 9,136,903 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $783,489,000 after purchasing an additional 4,561,619 shares during the period. Van ECK Associates Corp boosted its position in shares of TransUnion by 7.0% during the 4th quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 4,932,203 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $422,936,000 after purchasing an additional 323,149 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Jupiter Topco LLC bought a new stake in TransUnion in the second quarter worth approximately $280,292,000.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have recently commented on TRU shares. Weiss Ratings upgraded TransUnion from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 13th. Needham & Company LLC increased their target price on TransUnion from $95.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 29th. Griffin Securities set a $98.00 price target on TransUnion in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. Barclays boosted their price target on TransUnion from $80.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered shares of TransUnion from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, TransUnion currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $94.38.

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.