Amundi Decreases Stake in TransUnion $TRU

Amundi reduced its stake in TransUnion (NYSE:TRU - Free Report) by 82.4% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 236,883 shares of the business services provider's stock after selling 1,109,152 shares during the quarter. Amundi owned about 0.12% of TransUnion worth $19,659,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Integrated Investment Consultants LLC raised its position in shares of TransUnion by 1.4% in the 1st quarter. Integrated Investment Consultants LLC now owns 11,380 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $944,000 after purchasing an additional 162 shares during the last quarter. Rovin Capital UT ADV raised its position in shares of TransUnion by 3.2% in the 1st quarter. Rovin Capital UT ADV now owns 6,232 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $517,000 after purchasing an additional 195 shares during the last quarter. Nissay Asset Management Corp Japan ADV raised its position in shares of TransUnion by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. Nissay Asset Management Corp Japan ADV now owns 23,697 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $2,220,000 after purchasing an additional 203 shares during the last quarter. New Century Financial Group LLC raised its position in shares of TransUnion by 8.7% in the 1st quarter. New Century Financial Group LLC now owns 2,643 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $219,000 after purchasing an additional 212 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Fifth Third Bancorp raised its position in TransUnion by 105.3% during the 1st quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 423 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $35,000 after buying an additional 217 shares during the last quarter.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other TransUnion news, insider Steven M. Chaouki sold 1,000 shares of TransUnion stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $86.12, for a total transaction of $86,120.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 65,592 shares of the company's stock, valued at $5,648,783.04. The trade was a 1.50% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Heather J. Russell sold 5,337 shares of TransUnion stock in a transaction on Friday, September 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.01, for a total transaction of $480,383.37. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 23,011 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,071,220.11. This trade represents a 18.83% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 10,309 shares of company stock valued at $923,789 in the last 90 days. 0.25% of the stock is owned by insiders.

TransUnion Price Performance

TransUnion stock opened at $93.67 on Tuesday. The company's fifty day moving average price is $91.37 and its 200 day moving average price is $86.62. TransUnion has a 1 year low of $66.38 and a 1 year high of $113.17. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 46.83, a P/E/G ratio of 2.51 and a beta of 1.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.09, a quick ratio of 2.02 and a current ratio of 2.03.

TransUnion (NYSE:TRU - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The business services provider reported $1.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.99 by $0.09. TransUnion had a net margin of 8.99% and a return on equity of 16.08%. The firm had revenue of $1.14 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.10 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.99 EPS. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 9.5% compared to the same quarter last year. TransUnion has set its FY 2025 guidance at 4.030-4.140 EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at 0.990-1.040 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that TransUnion will post 3.99 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

TransUnion Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 8th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 22nd were paid a dividend of $0.115 per share. This represents a $0.46 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 22nd. TransUnion's payout ratio is 23.00%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

TRU has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. UBS Group reissued a "neutral" rating and set a $105.00 price target (up from $98.00) on shares of TransUnion in a research report on Friday, July 25th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of TransUnion from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Sunday, August 3rd. Oppenheimer raised their price objective on shares of TransUnion from $100.00 to $108.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on shares of TransUnion from $124.00 to $118.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, July 25th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets raised their price objective on shares of TransUnion from $115.00 to $118.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, July 25th. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $112.64.

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.

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