Park Avenue Securities LLC Has $633,000 Stake in TransUnion $TRU

Park Avenue Securities LLC increased its position in TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) by 2.2% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 7,193 shares of the business services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 155 shares during the period. Park Avenue Securities LLC’s holdings in TransUnion were worth $633,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its holdings in shares of TransUnion by 10.9% in the 1st quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 21,674,473 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,798,765,000 after purchasing an additional 2,134,342 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of TransUnion by 1.1% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 18,264,902 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,515,804,000 after purchasing an additional 198,245 shares in the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its holdings in shares of TransUnion by 61.2% in the 1st quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 10,877,953 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $902,761,000 after purchasing an additional 4,128,104 shares in the last quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of TransUnion by 0.9% in the 1st quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 3,411,925 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $283,156,000 after purchasing an additional 28,996 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of TransUnion by 15.3% in the 1st quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 3,146,693 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $261,144,000 after purchasing an additional 418,693 shares in the last quarter.

Insider Transactions at TransUnion

In other news, EVP Heather J. Russell sold 5,337 shares of TransUnion stock in a transaction on Friday, September 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.01, for a total transaction of $480,383.37. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 23,011 shares in the company, valued at $2,071,220.11. The trade was a 18.83% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Steven M. Chaouki sold 1,000 shares of TransUnion stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $86.12, for a total value of $86,120.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 65,592 shares in the company, valued at $5,648,783.04. The trade was a 1.50% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 10,309 shares of company stock worth $923,789 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.25% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on TRU. Needham & Company LLC upgraded TransUnion from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $115.00 target price on the stock in a report on Wednesday, September 3rd. Wall Street Zen cut TransUnion from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, August 3rd. BMO Capital Markets raised their price objective on TransUnion from $115.00 to $118.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, July 25th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on shares of TransUnion from $124.00 to $118.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, July 25th. Finally, Oppenheimer lifted their price objective on shares of TransUnion from $100.00 to $108.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 8th. Eleven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, TransUnion has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $112.64.

TransUnion Trading Up 1.0%

NYSE TRU opened at $85.19 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $16.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 42.59, a PEG ratio of 2.39 and a beta of 1.71. TransUnion has a one year low of $66.38 and a one year high of $113.17. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.09, a current ratio of 2.03 and a quick ratio of 2.02. The business’s fifty day moving average is $90.70 and its 200-day moving average is $86.75.

TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) last released its earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The business services provider reported $1.08 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.99 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $1.14 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.10 billion. TransUnion had a return on equity of 16.08% and a net margin of 8.99%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.99 EPS. TransUnion has set its FY 2025 guidance at 4.030-4.140 EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at 0.990-1.040 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that TransUnion will post 3.99 EPS for the current year.

TransUnion Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 8th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 22nd were paid a dividend of $0.115 per share. This represents a $0.46 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 22nd. TransUnion’s payout ratio is presently 23.00%.

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.