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TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) closed the day trading at $68.68 down -1.17% from the previous closing price of $69.49. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.17 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.22 million shares were traded. TRU stock price reached its highest trading level at $70.02 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $67.83.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of TRU, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 27.85 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 40.25. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.47 and its Current Ratio is at 1.47. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.36 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.33.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, BofA Securities on April 01, 2024, Upgraded its rating to Neutral and sets its target price to $90 from $65 previously.
On December 19, 2023, Oppenheimer started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $81.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Apr 01 ’24 when CHAOUKI STEVEN M sold 1,775 shares for $81.30 per share. The transaction valued at 144,308 led to the insider holds 75,099 shares of the business.
MAULDIN RICHARD DANE sold 1,500 shares of TRU for $117,150 on Mar 14 ’24. The EVP – Operations now owns 22,033 shares after completing the transaction at $78.10 per share. On Mar 05 ’24, another insider, Martin Timothy J, who serves as the EVP – Global Solutions of the company, sold 12,000 shares for $78.59 each. As a result, the insider received 943,080 and left with 54,522 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, TRU now has a Market Capitalization of 13496993792 and an Enterprise Value of 18390720512. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.48 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.32. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.8 whereas that against EBITDA is 16.1.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, TRU has reached a high of $82.75, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $42.09. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -10.03%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -3.23%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, TRU traded about 1.65M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, TRU traded about 2084410 shares per day. A total of 193.80M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 193.47M. Insiders hold about 0.39% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 101.54% stake in the company. Shares short for TRU as of 1711584000 were 5519376 with a Short Ratio of 3.35, compared to 1709164800 on 5357321. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5519376 and a Short% of Float of 2.8499998.
Dividends & Splits
TRU’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.42, up from 0.42 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0060440353The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.44.
Earnings Estimates
The current assessment of TransUnion (TRU) involves the perspectives of 15.0 analysts closely monitoring its market dynamics.On average, analysts expect EPS of $0.8 for the current quarter, with a high estimate of $0.84 and a low estimate of $0.71, while EPS last year was $0.8. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.9, with high estimates of $0.95 and low estimates of $0.78.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $3.83 and $3.3 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $3.7. EPS for the following year is $4.37, with 18.0 analysts recommending between $4.81 and $3.98.
Revenue Estimates
13 analysts predict $978.09M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $984.9M to a low estimate of $972.6M. As of the current estimate, TransUnion’s year-ago sales were $940.3MFor the next quarter, 13 analysts are estimating revenue of $1.01B. There is a high estimate of $1.02B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $988.4M.
A total of 19 analysts have provided revenue estimates for TRU’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $4.12B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $3.99B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $4.02B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $3.83BBased on 19 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $4.35B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $4.55B and the low estimate is $4.25B.
