Korea Investment CORP grew its position in TransUnion (NYSE:TRU - Free Report) by 20.6% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 172,568 shares of the business services provider's stock after purchasing an additional 29,477 shares during the quarter. Korea Investment CORP owned about 0.09% of TransUnion worth $14,321,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Teacher Retirement System of Texas acquired a new position in TransUnion in the 1st quarter valued at $2,364,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its position in shares of TransUnion by 1.3% in the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,167,843 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $96,919,000 after acquiring an additional 15,030 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of TransUnion by 1.8% in the first quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 712,890 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $59,163,000 after acquiring an additional 12,372 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC increased its position in TransUnion by 7.1% during the first quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 58,161 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $4,827,000 after acquiring an additional 3,869 shares during the period. Finally, Citigroup Inc. increased its position in TransUnion by 20.7% during the first quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 139,238 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $11,555,000 after acquiring an additional 23,915 shares during the period.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of analysts have issued reports on TRU shares. UBS Group reissued a "neutral" rating and issued a $105.00 price objective (up previously from $98.00) on shares of TransUnion in a report on Friday, July 25th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price target on TransUnion from $124.00 to $118.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Friday, July 25th. BMO Capital Markets raised their price objective on TransUnion from $115.00 to $118.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, July 25th. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their price objective on TransUnion from $120.00 to $112.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Friday, April 25th. Finally, Oppenheimer upped their target price on TransUnion from $100.00 to $108.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, TransUnion presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $112.46.
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Insider Buying and Selling
In other TransUnion news, CAO Jennifer A. Williams sold 972 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $92.89, for a total value of $90,289.08. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 7,108 shares in the company, valued at $660,262.12. This trade represents a 12.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, insider Steven M. Chaouki sold 1,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, August 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $91.21, for a total transaction of $91,210.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 73,393 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,694,175.53. The trade was a 1.34% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 3,972 shares of company stock worth $353,549. 0.22% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
TransUnion Stock Down 1.3%
NYSE TRU opened at $86.5770 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $90.76 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $87.34. The stock has a market capitalization of $16.87 billion, a PE ratio of 43.29, a PEG ratio of 2.45 and a beta of 1.65. TransUnion has a fifty-two week low of $66.38 and a fifty-two week high of $113.17. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.09, a current ratio of 2.03 and a quick ratio of 2.02.
TransUnion (NYSE:TRU - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The business services provider reported $1.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.99 by $0.09. TransUnion had a return on equity of 16.08% and a net margin of 8.99%.The company had revenue of $1.14 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.10 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.99 EPS. The company'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. Equities analysts expect that TransUnion will post 3.99 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
TransUnion Announces Dividend
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 8th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 22nd will be issued a $0.115 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 22nd. This represents a $0.46 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. TransUnion's dividend payout ratio is 23.00%.
TransUnion Company Profile
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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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