GAMMA Investing LLC Buys 138 Shares of TransUnion (NYSE:TRU)

GAMMA Investing LLC grew its holdings in shares of TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) by 14.4% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 1,094 shares of the business services provider’s stock after buying an additional 138 shares during the quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC’s holdings in TransUnion were worth $101,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. boosted its stake 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 last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its stake in shares of TransUnion by 307.7% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 4,540,896 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $475,432,000 after buying an additional 3,427,199 shares during the last quarter. Dark Forest Capital Management LP acquired a new position in shares of TransUnion during the 2nd quarter worth about $493,000. Captrust Financial Advisors acquired a new position in shares of TransUnion during the 3rd quarter worth about $892,000. Finally, Artemis Investment Management LLP acquired a new position in shares of TransUnion during the 3rd quarter worth about $32,008,000.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on TRU shares. Wolfe Research upgraded shares of TransUnion from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $130.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 10th. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on shares of TransUnion from $119.00 to $130.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Oppenheimer cut their target price on shares of TransUnion from $115.00 to $112.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on shares of TransUnion from $97.00 to $109.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 2nd. Finally, Barclays raised their target price on shares of TransUnion from $80.00 to $105.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, September 13th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, TransUnion presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $106.31.

TransUnion Stock Down 4.0 %

TransUnion stock opened at $86.55 on Friday. The stock 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. The company has a quick ratio of 1.68, a current ratio of 1.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19. TransUnion has a twelve month low of $66.07 and a twelve month high of $113.17. The company’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 quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd. The business services provider reported $1.04 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.01 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $1.09 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.06 billion. TransUnion had a net margin of 5.47% and a return on equity of 15.38%. The business’s revenue was up 12.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.80 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that TransUnion will post 3.44 EPS for the current year.

TransUnion Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced 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. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 22nd. This represents a $0.42 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.49%. TransUnion’s dividend payout ratio is presently 36.52%.

Insider Transactions at TransUnion

In related news, Director George M. Awad sold 12,000 shares of TransUnion 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 transaction, the director now directly owns 27,026 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,702,600. This trade represents a 30.75 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, insider Steven M. Chaouki sold 1,000 shares of TransUnion stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $93.60, for a total transaction of $93,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 59,488 shares in the company, valued at $5,568,076.80. This trade represents a 1.65 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 19,090 shares of company stock valued at $1,916,758. 0.28% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

TransUnion Company 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.