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

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

TransUnion Price Performance

Shares of NYSE TRU traded up $5.87 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $99.34. 2,259,098 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,509,774. TransUnion has a 1-year low of $66.07 and a 1-year high of $113.17. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $95.09 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $97.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19, a quick ratio of 1.68 and a current ratio of 1.68. The company has a market cap of $19.36 billion, a PE ratio of 86.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.16 and a beta of 1.63.

TransUnion Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 27th will be given 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 dividend yield of 0.46%. TransUnion’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 36.52%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have recently commented on TRU shares. Royal Bank of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $121.00 price objective on shares of TransUnion in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Robert W. Baird raised their target price on shares of TransUnion from $104.00 to $130.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. Jefferies Financial Group cut their target price on shares of TransUnion from $125.00 to $115.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. Oppenheimer cut their target price on shares of TransUnion from $115.00 to $112.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on shares of TransUnion from $135.00 to $126.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $107.63.

Insider Transactions at TransUnion

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

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.