TransUnion (TRU) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. Over time, it expanded its data, technology, and analytics capabilities, including through the acquisition of Neustar in 2021. The company serves customers in the United States and internationally across markets in Canada, Latin America, Africa, India, and the Asia-Pacific region.

TransUnion is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Chris Cartwright has served as the company’s president and chief executive officer, overseeing its global information, technology, and analytics operations.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $67.03 to $70.10
• 50-Day Range: $67.37 to $85.68
• 52-Week Range: $63.37 to $89.12
• Volume: 1.92 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.46 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $13.23 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.22
• Dividend Yield: 0.72%
• Price Target: $94.56
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

TransUnion Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

TransUnion scored higher than 88% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 177th out of 668 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

TransUnion has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.63, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 10 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

TransUnion has a consensus price target of $94.56, representing about 36.9% upside from its current price of $69.07.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

TransUnion has been the subject of 12 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 16.55%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for TransUnion are expected to grow by 16.55% in the coming year, from $4.23 to $4.93 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of TransUnion is 18.22, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.94.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of TransUnion is 18.22, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.26.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

TransUnion has a PEG Ratio of 1.19. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

TransUnion has a P/B Ratio of 2.93. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.08% of the float of TransUnion has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

TransUnion has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.91.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in TransUnion has recently increased by 21.55%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

TransUnion has a dividend yield of 0.70%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

TransUnion has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of TransUnion is 13.19%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, TransUnion will have a dividend payout ratio of 10.14% next year. This indicates that TransUnion will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.38

News Sentiment

TransUnion has a news sentiment score of 0.38. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.55 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 30 news articles for TransUnion this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 1 people have added TransUnion to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, TransUnion insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $5,861,807.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.37% of the stock of TransUnion is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

TransUnion has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/28/2026
• Record date for 9/4 Dividend: 8/20/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/4 Dividend: 8/20/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/04/2026
• Today: 9/25/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/22/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Professional Services
• Sub-Industry: Research & Consulting Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:TRU
• CIK: 1552033
• Web: www.transunion.com
• Phone: (312) 985-2000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 13,500
• Year Founded: 1968

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for TransUnion: $94.56
• High Price Target: $115.00
• Low Price Target: $77.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +36.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.63
• Research Coverage: 16 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.79
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.22
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.33
• P/E Growth: 1.19
• Net Income: $455.40 million
• Net Margins: 15.08%
• Pretax Margin: 18.83%
• Return on Equity: 16.29%
• Return on Assets: 6.67%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.07
• Current Ratio: 1.90
• Quick Ratio: 1.90

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.58 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.89
• Cash Flow: $6.53 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.57
• Book Value: $23.60 per share
• Price / Book: 2.93

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 191,600,000
• Free Float: 190,891,000
• Market Cap: $13.23 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.54