Steven M. Chaouki Sells 1,000 Shares of TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) Stock

TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) insider Steven M. Chaouki sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $95.95, for a total transaction of $95,950.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 58,488 shares in the company, valued at $5,611,923.60. The trade was a 1.68 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link.

TransUnion Stock Up 1.5 %

Shares of NYSE:TRU traded up $1.46 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $97.68. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,497,110 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,438,555. TransUnion has a fifty-two week low of $66.07 and a fifty-two week high of $113.17. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $95.76 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $97.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19, a quick ratio of 1.68 and a current ratio of 1.68. The company has a market capitalization of $19.04 billion, a PE ratio of 84.94, a P/E/G ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 1.63.

TransUnion Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 9th. Investors of record on Friday, November 22nd were paid a dividend of $0.105 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 22nd. This represents a $0.42 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.43%. TransUnion’s payout ratio is 36.52%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On TransUnion

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of TRU. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA grew its stake in shares of TransUnion by 17.4% during the third quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 19,180,562 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $2,008,205,000 after purchasing an additional 2,840,800 shares in the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp increased its holdings in shares of TransUnion by 7.4% in the 4th quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 5,139,607 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $476,493,000 after acquiring an additional 356,306 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC lifted its stake in TransUnion by 307.7% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 4,540,896 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $475,432,000 after purchasing an additional 3,427,199 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its stake in TransUnion by 16.8% in the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 4,426,510 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $463,456,000 after purchasing an additional 635,581 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Janus Henderson Group PLC increased its stake in TransUnion by 2.4% in the third quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 3,154,262 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $330,251,000 after purchasing an additional 75,410 shares during the last quarter.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have weighed in on TRU. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on TransUnion from $130.00 to $127.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 28th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on shares of TransUnion from $103.00 to $120.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 24th. Oppenheimer reduced their target price on shares of TransUnion from $115.00 to $112.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Royal Bank of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $121.00 price target on shares of TransUnion in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. Finally, UBS Group raised their price target on shares of TransUnion from $102.00 to $104.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $107.63.

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.