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TRU vs. PYPL, WCN, TCOM, IQV, CPAY, GIB, TOST, AER, GRAB, and RDDT

Should you be buying TransUnion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TransUnion include PayPal (PYPL), Waste Connections (WCN), Trip.com Group (TCOM), IQVIA (IQV), Corpay (CPAY), CGI (GIB), Toast (TOST), AerCap (AER), Grab (GRAB), and Reddit (RDDT). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

TransUnion vs.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) and TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

PayPal has a net margin of 13.04% compared to TransUnion's net margin of 6.80%. PayPal's return on equity of 23.67% beat TransUnion's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PayPal13.04% 23.67% 5.83%
TransUnion 6.80%15.85%6.13%

In the previous week, PayPal had 31 more articles in the media than TransUnion. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for PayPal and 21 mentions for TransUnion. TransUnion's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat PayPal's score of 1.20 indicating that TransUnion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PayPal
35 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
TransUnion
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

PayPal has higher revenue and earnings than TransUnion. PayPal 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
PayPal$31.89B2.18$4.15B$4.4715.98
TransUnion$4.26B3.87$284.30M$1.8844.99

PayPal presently has a consensus target price of $83.68, suggesting a potential upside of 17.11%. TransUnion has a consensus target price of $109.69, suggesting a potential upside of 29.70%. Given TransUnion's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TransUnion is more favorable than PayPal.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PayPal
2 Sell rating(s)
15 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.51
TransUnion
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

68.3% of PayPal shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of PayPal shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of TransUnion shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

PayPal received 1316 more outperform votes than TransUnion when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.16% of users gave PayPal an outperform vote while only 67.34% of users gave TransUnion an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PayPalOutperform Votes
1846
75.16%
Underperform Votes
610
24.84%
TransUnionOutperform Votes
530
67.34%
Underperform Votes
257
32.66%

PayPal has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TransUnion has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

PayPal beats TransUnion on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TRU vs. The Competition

MetricTransUnionConsumer credit reporting agencies, mercantile reporting agencies, IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.50B$42.62B$24.39B$19.32B
Dividend Yield0.51%0.96%2.48%3.83%
P/E Ratio57.9339.6133.3334.57
Price / Sales3.875.19286.1334.85
Price / Cash15.1717.9930.9317.51
Price / Book3.826.225.424.69
Net Income$284.30M$984.76M$196.34M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-7.25%-2.72%-0.27%-1.73%
1 Month Performance12.01%4.64%16.41%7.51%
1 Year Performance9.65%11.17%17.90%4.13%

TransUnion Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TRU
TransUnion
4.8044 of 5 stars
$84.55
+2.6%
$109.69
+29.7%
+7.5%$16.50B$4.26B57.9112,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PYPL
PayPal
4.7702 of 5 stars
$72.31
+2.9%
$83.68
+15.7%
+11.8%$70.32B$31.89B18.0329,900Positive News
WCN
Waste Connections
4.2719 of 5 stars
$186.04
-4.7%
$208.21
+11.9%
+18.4%$48.07B$9.08B77.8422,100Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.975 of 5 stars
$65.52
+6.6%
$77.08
+17.6%
+11.5%$42.80B$53.29B19.6233,700News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
IQV
IQVIA
4.9289 of 5 stars
$156.09
+4.8%
$231.71
+48.4%
-40.1%$27.00B$15.50B20.8186,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CPAY
Corpay
4.3361 of 5 stars
$349.68
+6.8%
$395.07
+13.0%
+20.1%$24.57B$4.05B25.0110,500Positive News
GIB
CGI
3.9056 of 5 stars
$107.99
+1.9%
$156.75
+45.2%
+2.3%$24.48B$15.14B19.5390,000Positive News
TOST
Toast
2.6128 of 5 stars
$42.85
+4.9%
$40.91
-4.5%
+61.3%$21.31B$5.22B-4,280.324,500Positive News
High Trading Volume
AER
AerCap
3.4363 of 5 stars
$111.37
+1.6%
$118.00
+6.0%
+22.5%$20.80B$8.06B8.82740Positive News
GRAB
Grab
1.8258 of 5 stars
$4.99
+1.8%
$5.60
+12.1%
+29.3%$20.09B$2.92B-249.509,490Gap Up
RDDT
Reddit
3.8735 of 5 stars
$111.05
+2.4%
$140.35
+26.4%
+61.4%$20.09B$1.45B-14.372,013Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade

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This page (NYSE:TRU) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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