According to Bloomberg.com, the fifteen separate research firms currently covering TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) have collectively provided the company with a rating equivalent to a “Moderate Buy” as their average recommendation for the stock. From the perspective of equity research analysts, there have been nine recommendations to buy the stock, while five recommendations to hold the stock.
Most analysts who rated the company the previous year set an average one-year target price for the stock at $78,000.
This price represents an increase of 0% from the current price.
The most recent earnings report for the company TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) was distributed to the general public on February 14.
The business services provider reported quarterly earnings per share of $0.70, $0.05 lower than the average estimate of $0.74.
The company’s sales for the quarter came in at $902.10 million, which is a number that is significantly lower than the consensus projection of $904.34 million that market analysts made. For TransUnion, the return on equity was 15.22 percent, and the net margin was 7.26 percent.
The majority opinion held by professionals in the relevant field is that TransUnion’s earnings per share will arrive at $3.35 in 2017.
NYSE: opening The price of a single share of TRU was $61.49 per share as of Thursday.
The company has a market capitalization of $11.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.24, a price-to-earnings-to-growth ratio of 0.55, and a beta of 1.37.
These metrics indicate that the stock is relatively expensive relative to its earnings.
The current ratio, the quick ratio, and the debt-to-current assets ratio all come in at 1.60, while the debt-to-current assets ratio sits at 1.30.
TransUnion hit a low of $50.32 over the past year, while the company reached a high of $105.00 over the same period.
The stock price has had a simple moving average of $67.20 for the past fifty days, and its price has had a simple moving average of $63.51 for the past two hundred days.
TRU has been the subject of interest from various research companies in recent years.
Bank of America gave TransUnion a “buy” rating in a research study released on February 15, 2013, and lowered their price objective for the company, which had previously been set at $91.00, to $85.00.
The report made a recommendation to “buy” the company. Goldman Sachs Group gave the stock a ” neutral ” rating in a research report released on Monday, February 6, and raised their price objective on TransUnion from $60.00 to $70.00.
The report was published on the internet.
The price target was calculated to be $67.00 when it was first established. Wells Fargo & Company upgraded TransUnion from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating.
It raised its price objective for the stock from $70.00 to $88,000 in a research report made public on Friday, January 13.
The report was made available to the public.
In a research report published on Wednesday, February 15, Robert W.
Baird raised their price target on TransUnion from $78.00 to $83.00, giving the stock an “outperform” rating.
Last but not least, on February 2, the “sell” rating that StockNews.com had previously assigned to TransUnion in a research report was changed to “hold.”
In addition, the company has declared a quarterly dividend, which is scheduled to be paid out on the following Friday, March 24.
Those shareholders who were “on record” as of March 9 will be eligible to receive a dividend payment of $0.105 per share, which will be distributed to those shareholders.
This coming Wednesday, March 8, marks the last day dividends will be distributed to shareholders. Consequently, the dividend yield is 0.68%, and the dividend it generates annually is $0.42. Currently, the dividend payout ratio for TransUnion is at a current level of 30.22%.
Recent months have seen a significant number of hedge funds modify the overall number of shares they are presently holding in their portfolios.
Ergoteles LLC acquired a new investment in TransUnion during the third quarter by investing approximately $278,000.
The new investment made by AlphaCrest Capital Management LLC in TransUnion during the third quarter had a total transaction value of approximately $1,036,000.
This new investment was valued at approximately $1,036,000 at its full potential.
During the third quarter, Main Street Financial Solutions LLC achieved a 15.3% increase in the proportion of TransUnion stock it owned.
After making a new purchase of 759 shares during the most recent quarter, Main Street Financial Solutions LLC now owns 5,729 shares of the business services provider’s stock.
This brings the total number of shares owned by the company to 5,729; the stock’s current price is determined to be $325,000. Great West Life Insurance Company of Canada spent approximately $8,398,000 during the third quarter to buy a new share in TransUnion.
This was done as part of the company’s strategic growth plan.
Additionally, during the third quarter, Renaissance Technologies LLC increased its holdings of TransUnion shares, bringing the total value of those holdings up to approximately $32,911,000.
Most of the company’s stock is held by institutional investors and hedge funds, which account for 95.02 percent of the total.