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TRU vs. TROW, BLK, BN, BX, CBRE, DOV, EFX, MCO, PNR, and SPGI

Should you be buying TransUnion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TransUnion include T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), BlackRock (BLK), Brookfield (BN), Blackstone (BX), CBRE Group (CBRE), Dover (DOV), Equifax (EFX), Moody's (MCO), Pentair (PNR), and S&P Global (SPGI).

TransUnion vs. Its Competitors

TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) and T. Rowe Price Group (NASDAQ:TROW) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

TransUnion has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, T. Rowe Price Group has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

TransUnion pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. T. Rowe Price Group pays an annual dividend of $5.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. TransUnion pays out 23.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. T. Rowe Price Group pays out 56.8% 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. TransUnion has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and T. Rowe Price Group has raised its dividend for 39 consecutive years. T. Rowe Price Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

T. Rowe Price Group has higher revenue and earnings than TransUnion. T. Rowe Price Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransUnion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TransUnion$4.18B3.59$284.30M$2.0038.51
T. Rowe Price Group$7.09B3.25$2.10B$8.9511.74

In the previous week, T. Rowe Price Group had 35 more articles in the media than TransUnion. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for T. Rowe Price Group and 16 mentions for TransUnion. T. Rowe Price Group's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat TransUnion's score of 0.50 indicating that T. Rowe Price Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
TransUnion
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
T. Rowe Price Group
22 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

T. Rowe Price Group has a net margin of 28.72% compared to TransUnion's net margin of 8.99%. T. Rowe Price Group's return on equity of 19.77% beat TransUnion's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TransUnion8.99% 16.08% 6.47%
T. Rowe Price Group 28.72%19.77%15.04%

73.4% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of TransUnion shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of T. Rowe Price Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

TransUnion currently has a consensus target price of $108.15, indicating a potential upside of 40.42%. T. Rowe Price Group has a consensus target price of $106.38, indicating a potential upside of 1.29%. Given TransUnion's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe TransUnion is more favorable than T. Rowe Price Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TransUnion
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
T. Rowe Price Group
4 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.94

Summary

T. Rowe Price Group beats TransUnion on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TRU vs. The Competition

MetricTransUnionBUSINESS INFO SVC IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$14.94B$19.31B$31.59B$21.48B
Dividend Yield0.59%1.67%2.93%3.67%
P/E Ratio38.3465.7326.2729.66
Price / Sales3.593.80795.4886.18
Price / Cash12.4816.8328.3117.79
Price / Book3.4834.288.134.63
Net Income$284.30M$558.69M$196.57M$1.01B
7 Day Performance0.87%-1.26%-1.74%-0.80%
1 Month Performance-16.28%-9.31%2.28%0.55%
1 Year Performance-27.95%-11.10%70.52%13.03%

TransUnion Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TRU
TransUnion
4.7548 of 5 stars
$77.02
-1.0%
$108.15
+40.4%
-26.4%$14.94B$4.18B38.3413,400Analyst Forecast
TROW
T. Rowe Price Group
4.2422 of 5 stars
$105.69
+2.3%
$104.83
-0.8%
-3.3%$22.69B$7.09B11.818,158Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
BLK
BlackRock
4.7912 of 5 stars
$1,179.86
+1.7%
$1,222.87
+3.6%
+16.8%$179.74B$20.41B28.5321,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
BN
Brookfield
3.9978 of 5 stars
$68.07
-0.9%
$76.70
+12.7%
+25.3%$113.32B$86.01B158.30250,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
BX
Blackstone
4.7687 of 5 stars
$166.73
-1.0%
$175.53
+5.3%
+3.3%$124.16B$13.23B44.824,895Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CBRE
CBRE Group
4.4687 of 5 stars
$153.47
-1.7%
$165.22
+7.7%
+25.5%$46.46B$35.77B42.99140,000Positive News
DOV
Dover
4.9033 of 5 stars
$166.54
0.0%
$212.42
+27.5%
-15.3%$22.85B$7.75B10.0424,000Positive News
EFX
Equifax
4.9302 of 5 stars
$237.24
+0.2%
$282.47
+19.1%
-21.0%$29.30B$5.68B46.4314,700Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
MCO
Moody's
4.7147 of 5 stars
$483.71
-0.3%
$541.21
+11.9%
-0.3%$86.82B$7.09B41.1015,838Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PNR
Pentair
4.1925 of 5 stars
$112.05
-0.2%
$114.93
+2.6%
+11.5%$18.40B$4.08B30.619,750Upcoming Earnings
SPGI
S&P Global
4.9789 of 5 stars
$478.28
-0.3%
$614.46
+28.5%
-8.2%$146.49B$14.21B36.7942,350Positive News
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:TRU) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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