West Oak Capital LLC Has $182,000 Stake in TransUnion (NYSE:TRU)

West Oak Capital LLC grew its position in TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) by 684.0% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 1,960 shares of the business services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,710 shares during the period. West Oak Capital LLC’s holdings in TransUnion were worth $182,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Huntington National Bank grew its position in shares of TransUnion by 84.5% during the 3rd quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 286 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 131 shares during the period. Versant Capital Management Inc increased its holdings in shares of TransUnion by 82.1% in the fourth quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 428 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $40,000 after acquiring an additional 193 shares in the last quarter. True Wealth Design LLC increased its position in shares of TransUnion by 4,590.0% during the third quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 469 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $49,000 after acquiring an additional 459 shares in the last quarter. Quarry LP lifted its position in TransUnion by 963.0% in the 2nd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 574 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $43,000 after acquiring an additional 520 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Signaturefd LLC boosted its stake in TransUnion by 15.0% in the 3rd quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 788 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $83,000 after purchasing an additional 103 shares during the period.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Todd C. Skinner sold 3,090 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $101.48, for a total transaction of $313,573.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 24,333 shares in the company, valued at $2,469,312.84. This represents a 11.27 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director George M. Awad sold 12,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.00, for a total transaction of $1,200,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 27,026 shares in the company, valued at $2,702,600. This represents a 30.75 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 19,090 shares of company stock worth $1,916,758. Corporate insiders own 0.28% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

TRU has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. UBS Group assumed coverage on TransUnion in a research report on Tuesday, October 1st. They set a “neutral” rating and a $110.00 price target for the company. Barclays increased their price objective on shares of TransUnion from $80.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, September 13th. Oppenheimer lowered their target price on TransUnion from $115.00 to $112.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on TransUnion from $103.00 to $120.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Finally, Robert W. Baird boosted their price target on TransUnion from $104.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, TransUnion presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $106.31.

TransUnion Price Performance

Shares of NYSE TRU traded down $3.60 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $86.55. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,741,203 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,422,717. The company has a market cap of $16.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 75.26, a P/E/G ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 1.62. TransUnion has a fifty-two week low of $66.07 and a fifty-two week high of $113.17. 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 business’s 50 day moving average price is $97.82 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $94.68.

TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd. The business services provider reported $1.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.01 by $0.03. TransUnion had a return on equity of 15.38% and a net margin of 5.47%. The company had revenue of $1.09 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.06 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.80 EPS. TransUnion’s quarterly revenue was up 12.0% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts forecast that TransUnion will post 3.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

TransUnion Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 22nd were issued a dividend of $0.105 per share. This represents a $0.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.49%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 22nd. TransUnion’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 36.52%.

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.