TRU vs. DNB, EFX, RBA, RTO, GEN, GRAB, MORN, GFL, DOCU, and IPG
Should you be buying TransUnion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TransUnion include Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), Equifax (EFX), RB Global (RBA), Rentokil Initial (RTO), Gen Digital (GEN), Grab (GRAB), Morningstar (MORN), GFL Environmental (GFL), DocuSign (DOCU), and Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB) and TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
Dun & Bradstreet has a net margin of -2.03% compared to Dun & Bradstreet's net margin of -7.50%. Dun & Bradstreet's return on equity of 13.58% beat TransUnion's return on equity.
86.7% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are held by institutional investors. 10.0% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of TransUnion shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Dun & Bradstreet has higher earnings, but lower revenue than TransUnion. Dun & Bradstreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransUnion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dun & Bradstreet has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TransUnion has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
TransUnion received 230 more outperform votes than Dun & Bradstreet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.07% of users gave TransUnion an outperform vote while only 50.47% of users gave Dun & Bradstreet an outperform vote.
Dun & Bradstreet currently has a consensus price target of $13.64, indicating a potential upside of 45.83%. TransUnion has a consensus price target of $81.47, indicating a potential upside of 9.48%. Given TransUnion's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Dun & Bradstreet is more favorable than TransUnion.
Dun & Bradstreet pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. TransUnion pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Dun & Bradstreet pays out -181.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TransUnion pays out -28.2% 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. Dun & Bradstreet is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, TransUnion had 15 more articles in the media than Dun & Bradstreet. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for TransUnion and 5 mentions for Dun & Bradstreet. Dun & Bradstreet's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat TransUnion's score of 0.14 indicating that TransUnion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
TransUnion beats Dun & Bradstreet on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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