Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA Buys Shares of 10,145 TransUnion (NYSE:TRU)

Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA purchased a new position in TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 10,145 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $950,000.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of TRU. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA grew its position in TransUnion by 17.4% in the 3rd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 19,180,562 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $2,008,205,000 after buying an additional 2,840,800 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in shares of TransUnion by 307.7% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 4,540,896 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $475,432,000 after acquiring an additional 3,427,199 shares in the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its stake in shares of TransUnion by 16.8% during the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 4,426,510 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $463,456,000 after acquiring an additional 635,581 shares during the period. Janus Henderson Group PLC raised its holdings in TransUnion by 2.4% during the third quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 3,154,262 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $330,251,000 after purchasing an additional 75,410 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in TransUnion by 1.6% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,026,934 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $316,135,000 after purchasing an additional 47,663 shares during the period.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on TransUnion from $103.00 to $120.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Wolfe Research raised shares of TransUnion from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $130.00 price target for the company in a report on Thursday, October 10th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price objective on shares of TransUnion from $97.00 to $109.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 2nd. 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, January 7th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $121.00 price target on shares of TransUnion in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, TransUnion currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $108.19.

TransUnion Stock Up 2.7 %

NYSE:TRU opened at $97.91 on Tuesday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $95.90 and its 200 day moving average price is $96.52. The firm has a market capitalization of $19.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 85.14, a PEG ratio of 1.16 and a beta of 1.62. The company has a current ratio of 1.68, a quick ratio of 1.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19. TransUnion has a 1-year low of $66.07 and a 1-year high of $113.17.

TransUnion Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 22nd were given a $0.105 dividend. This represents a $0.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 22nd. TransUnion’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 36.52%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Steven M. Chaouki sold 1,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, November 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $105.66, for a total transaction of $158,490.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 62,988 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,655,312.08. This trade represents a 2.33 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Todd C. Skinner sold 3,090 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $101.48, for a total value of $313,573.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 24,333 shares in the company, valued at $2,469,312.84. This trade represents a 11.27 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 19,090 shares of company stock worth $1,916,758. 0.22% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

TransUnion 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.