TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) finished Wednesday with a subtraction of -$0.23 to close at $70.86, a downside of -0.32 percent. An average of 1,530,460 shares of common stock have been traded in the last five days. There was a fall of -$5.84 in the past week, and it reached a new high 20 times over the past 12 months. The last 20 days have seen an average of 1,159,440 shares traded, while the 50-day average volume stands at 1,200,622.
TRU stock has decreased by -11.08% in the last month. The company shares reached their 1-month lowest point of $70.61 on 09/27/23. With the stock rallying to its 52-week high on 08/31/23, shares of the company touched a low of $50.32 and a high of $82.75 in 52 weeks. It has reached a new high 19 times so far this year and achieved 24.86% or $14.11 in price. In spite of this, the price is down -14.37% from the 52-week high.
Insider Transactions
TRU stock investors should be aware that TransUnion (TRU) stock had its last reported insider trading activity 27 days ago on Sep 01. In this transaction, the insider spent $104,791. SVP, Chief Accounting Officer, Williams Jennifer A., disposed of 236 shares at a price of $79.36 on Aug 28. The insider now owns more than $18,729 worth of shares. Prior to that, President, US Markets & CI CHAOUKI STEVEN M went on to Sale 949 shares at $77.03 each on Aug 22. An amount of $73,101 was transacted.
Valuation Metrics
TransUnion (TRU) has a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 61.06. The stock’s beta is 1.38. Other valuation ratios to consider include the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio at 3.65, the price-to-book (PB) ratio at 3.14, and the price-to-cash flow ratio at 35.60.
The company has a payout ratio of 29.54%. The company’s most recent quarterly dividend payment was $0.1050 a share, without any change from last year. Its latest increase dividend $0.01 reported on Thursday August 11 2022.
Financial Health
The quick ratio of TransUnion for the three months ended June 29 was 1.51, and the current ratio was 1.51, indicating that the company is able to meet its debt obligations. Further, the company has a long term debt to equity ratio of 1.25 and a total debt to equity ratio of 1.28 for the quarter ending June 29. TransUnion’s EBITDA margin for the year ending June 29 is 31.97%, while its operating margin for the same period stands at 18.05%. Its gross profit as reported stood at $2.49 billion compared to revenue of $3.71 billion.
Earnings Surprise
For the three-month period that ended June 29, TransUnion had $5.35 billion in total debt. The analyst consensus anticipated TransUnion’s latest quarter earnings to come in at $0.83 per share, but it turned out to be $0.86, a 3.60% surprise. For the quarter, EBITDA amounted to $288.5 million. Shareholders own equity worth $193.3 million.
Technical Picture
From a technical analysis perspective, let’s take a brief look at TransUnion (TRU) price momentum. RSI 9-day as of the close on 27 September was 17.10%, suggesting the stock is oversold, with historical volatility in this time frame at 15.65%.
As of today, TRU’s price is $72.41 -7.61% or -$5.84 from its 5-day moving average. TRU is currently trading -13.12% lower than its 20-day SMA and +11.50% higher than its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is -12.19% below the SMA50 and +19.05% above the SMA200.
The stochastic %K and %D were 2.40% and 4.77%, respectively, and the average true range (ATR) was 1.69. With the 14-day stochastic at 2.21% and the average true range at 1.66, the RSI (14) stands at 24.97%. The stock has reached -3.22 on the 9-day MACD Oscillator while the 14-day reading was at -5.21.
Analyst Ratings
Needham upgraded TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) to a a Buy rating in its most recent analyst report. Previously, the stock was rated as a Hold. The consensus rating for TransUnion (TRU) among analysts is Buy. According to current brokerage recommendations, 0 brokerage firms advise that investors sell TRU, while 3 suggest investors hold. There are 0 analysts who rate the stock as underweight. The stock is rated overweight by 1 analysts, while 15 others rate it as a “buy”.
What is TRU’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts predict a range of price targets between $80.00 and $105.00, with a median target of $93.50. Taking a look at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts for TransUnion (TRU) stock is $92.61.
