TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) Insider Sells $74,270.00 in Stock

TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) insider Steven M. Chaouki sold 1,000 shares of TransUnion stock in a transaction on Monday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $74.27, for a total transaction of $74,270.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 70,547 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,239,525.69. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website.

TransUnion Trading Up 2.3 %

NYSE TRU opened at $75.61 on Friday. TransUnion has a 52 week low of $42.09 and a 52 week high of $82.75. The company has a current ratio of 1.65, a quick ratio of 1.65 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $74.93 and its 200-day simple moving average is $73.55.

TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 25th. The business services provider reported $0.83 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.12. The firm had revenue of $1.02 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $977.62 million. TransUnion had a negative net margin of 7.02% and a positive return on equity of 14.26%. On average, equities research analysts predict that TransUnion will post 3.42 EPS for the current year.

TransUnion Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 3rd. Investors of record on Friday, May 17th were issued a $0.105 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, May 16th. This represents a $0.42 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.56%. TransUnion’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -29.37%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have weighed in on TRU. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on TransUnion from $83.00 to $92.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, April 26th. Evercore ISI raised their price objective on TransUnion from $70.00 to $80.00 and gave the company an “in-line” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 26th. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on TransUnion from $87.00 to $90.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, April 26th. Oppenheimer raised their price objective on TransUnion from $81.00 to $90.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 9th. Finally, Bank of America upgraded TransUnion from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $92.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Thursday, June 20th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, TransUnion currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $83.73.

Institutional Trading of TransUnion

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of TRU. Mariner LLC raised its holdings in TransUnion by 5.1% in the 3rd quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 8,342 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $599,000 after buying an additional 403 shares during the period. Natixis Advisors L.P. raised its holdings in TransUnion by 45.0% in the 3rd quarter. Natixis Advisors L.P. now owns 33,570 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $2,410,000 after buying an additional 10,423 shares during the period. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC grew its position in TransUnion by 35.1% in the 3rd quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 4,404 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $316,000 after acquiring an additional 1,143 shares in the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd acquired a new position in TransUnion in the 3rd quarter valued at about $2,173,000. Finally, Tower Research Capital LLC TRC grew its position in TransUnion by 96.2% in the 3rd quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 11,264 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $809,000 after acquiring an additional 5,523 shares in the last quarter.

About TransUnion

TransUnion operates as a global consumer credit reporting agency that provides risk and information solutions. The company operates through U.S. Markets, International, and Consumer Interactive segments. The U.S. Markets segment provides consumer reports, actionable insights, and analytic services to businesses, which uses its services to acquire new customers; assess consumer ability to pay for services; identify cross-selling opportunities; measure and manage debt portfolio risk; collect debt; verify consumer identities; and mitigate fraud risk.