TRU vs. EFX, DNB, SPGI, MCO, RSG, SPOT, NU, CPRT, PLTR, and PAYX
Should you be buying TransUnion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TransUnion include Equifax (EFX), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), S&P Global (SPGI), Moody's (MCO), Republic Services (RSG), Spotify Technology (SPOT), NU (NU), Copart (CPRT), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), and Paychex (PAYX).
TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) and Equifax (NYSE:EFX) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.
In the previous week, TransUnion had 4 more articles in the media than Equifax. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for TransUnion and 6 mentions for Equifax. Equifax's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat TransUnion's score of 0.69 indicating that Equifax is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
96.2% of Equifax shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of TransUnion shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Equifax shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Equifax has a net margin of 10.42% compared to TransUnion's net margin of -7.02%. Equifax's return on equity of 19.08% beat TransUnion's return on equity.
TransUnion has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equifax has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
TransUnion pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Equifax pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. TransUnion pays out -29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Equifax pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Equifax has higher revenue and earnings than TransUnion. TransUnion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equifax, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Equifax received 99 more outperform votes than TransUnion when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.25% of users gave TransUnion an outperform vote while only 62.76% of users gave Equifax an outperform vote.
TransUnion currently has a consensus target price of $83.60, indicating a potential upside of 11.44%. Equifax has a consensus target price of $270.19, indicating a potential upside of 14.24%. Given Equifax's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Equifax is more favorable than TransUnion.
Summary
Equifax beats TransUnion on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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