Analyzing TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) & Comtex News Network (OTCMKTS:CMTX)

Comtex News Network (OTCMKTS:CMTX) and TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and institutional ownership.

Volatility & Risk

Comtex News Network has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TransUnion has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Comtex News Network and TransUnion’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Comtex News Network	N/A	N/A	N/A
TransUnion	8.99%	16.08%	6.47%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Comtex News Network and TransUnion, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Comtex News Network	0	0	0	0	0.00
TransUnion	1	3	11	0	2.67

TransUnion has a consensus price target of $112.64, indicating a potential upside of 30.84%. Given TransUnion’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TransUnion is more favorable than Comtex News Network.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Comtex News Network and TransUnion”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Comtex News Network	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
TransUnion	$4.18 billion	4.01	$284.30 million	$2.00	43.05

TransUnion has higher revenue and earnings than Comtex News Network.

Summary

TransUnion beats Comtex News Network on 8 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Comtex News Network

Comtex News Network, Inc. provides electronic real-time news, and content and proprietary market products in the United States. The company receives, enhances, combines, and filters news and content received from national and international news bureaus, agencies, and publications. Its products comprise CustomWires, the real-time and subject-specific newswires, such as finance, business, foreign exchange, and public companies, as well as real-time trading data in the global stock markets, commodities and futures prices, SEC filing information, personal investment news, economic indicator data, international trade policies, business news, IRS bulletins, and actions from the global financial institutions; and Comtex Top News that include editorial news summaries in 29 categories. The company also provides feed products and custom solutions; and SmarTrend products for managing investments. Comtex News Network, Inc. was incorporated in 1980 and is based in New York, New York.

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. This segment serves various industry vertical markets, including financial services, technology, commerce and communications, insurance, media, services and collections, tenant and employment, and public sectors. The International segment offers credit reports, analytics, technology solutions, and other value-added risk management services; consumer services, which help consumers to manage their personal finances; consumer credit reporting, insurance and auto information solutions, and commercial credit information services. It serves customers in financial services, retail credit, insurance, automotive, collections, public sector, and communications industries through direct and indirect channels. The company was formerly known as TransUnion Holding Company, Inc. and changed its name to TransUnion in March 2015. TransUnion was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.