TRU vs. WCN, TCOM, IQV, GIB, CPAY, RDDT, AER, TOST, GRAB, and RBA
Should you be buying TransUnion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TransUnion include Waste Connections (WCN), Trip.com Group (TCOM), IQVIA (IQV), CGI (GIB), Corpay (CPAY), Reddit (RDDT), AerCap (AER), Toast (TOST), Grab (GRAB), and RB Global (RBA). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
TransUnion vs. Its Competitors
Waste Connections (NYSE:WCN) and TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and community ranking.
86.1% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Waste Connections shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of TransUnion shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Waste Connections has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TransUnion has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Waste Connections had 3 more articles in the media than TransUnion. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Waste Connections and 8 mentions for TransUnion. TransUnion's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Waste Connections' score of 0.69 indicating that TransUnion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Waste Connections presently has a consensus target price of $212.29, indicating a potential upside of 11.38%. TransUnion has a consensus target price of $109.69, indicating a potential upside of 30.73%. Given TransUnion's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TransUnion is more favorable than Waste Connections.
Waste Connections has higher revenue and earnings than TransUnion. TransUnion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waste Connections, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of $1.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. TransUnion pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Waste Connections pays out 51.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TransUnion pays out 24.5% 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. Waste Connections has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years and TransUnion has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Waste Connections is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Waste Connections has a net margin of 6.92% compared to TransUnion's net margin of 6.80%. TransUnion's return on equity of 15.85% beat Waste Connections' return on equity.
Waste Connections received 349 more outperform votes than TransUnion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote while only 67.34% of users gave TransUnion an outperform vote.
Summary
Waste Connections beats TransUnion on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TRU) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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