D.B. Root & Company LLC Has $381,000 Stock Holdings in TransUnion (NYSE:TRU)

D.B. Root & Company LLC reduced its stake in TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) by 4.1% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 4,107 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 177 shares during the period. D.B. Root & Company LLC’s holdings in TransUnion were worth $381,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of TRU. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of TransUnion by 12.1% during the 3rd quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 1,308,028 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $136,951,000 after buying an additional 140,952 shares during the period. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 3,427,199 shares during the period. Dark Forest Capital Management LP acquired a new position in shares of TransUnion in the second quarter valued at approximately $493,000. Captrust Financial Advisors bought a new position in shares of TransUnion during the third quarter worth approximately $892,000. Finally, Artemis Investment Management LLP acquired a new stake in TransUnion during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $32,008,000.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on TRU shares. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their target price on TransUnion from $97.00 to $109.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of TransUnion in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on shares of TransUnion from $103.00 to $120.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Robert W. Baird lifted their price target on shares of TransUnion from $104.00 to $130.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price target on TransUnion from $135.00 to $126.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, TransUnion currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $108.19.

Insider Transactions at TransUnion

In other TransUnion news, Director George M. Awad sold 12,000 shares of the company’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 value of $1,200,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 27,026 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,702,600. This represents a 30.75 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Steven M. Chaouki sold 1,500 shares of TransUnion stock in a transaction on Friday, November 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $105.66, for a total transaction of $158,490.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 62,988 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,655,312.08. This trade represents a 2.33 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 19,090 shares of company stock worth $1,916,758. Corporate insiders own 0.22% of the company’s stock.

TransUnion Stock Performance

TransUnion stock opened at $95.99 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.68, a current ratio of 1.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19. The stock has a market cap of $18.71 billion, a PE ratio of 83.47, a P/E/G ratio of 1.16 and a beta of 1.62. TransUnion has a 12-month low of $66.07 and a 12-month high of $113.17. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $95.95 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $95.97.

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

TransUnion Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 9th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 22nd were paid a dividend of $0.105 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 22nd. This represents a $0.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.44%. TransUnion’s payout ratio is presently 36.52%.

TransUnion Profile

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.