Vontobel Holding Ltd. Has $1.06 Million Holdings in TransUnion $TRU

Vontobel Holding Ltd. raised its position in TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) by 127.0% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 12,020 shares of the business services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,724 shares during the period. Vontobel Holding Ltd.’s holdings in TransUnion were worth $1,058,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in TRU. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its stake in TransUnion by 61.2% in the first quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 10,877,953 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $902,761,000 after acquiring an additional 4,128,104 shares during the period. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA grew its stake in TransUnion by 10.9% in the first quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 21,674,473 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,798,765,000 after acquiring an additional 2,134,342 shares during the period. Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in TransUnion in the first quarter valued at approximately $55,607,000. Spear Holdings RSC Ltd acquired a new stake in TransUnion in the second quarter valued at approximately $46,128,000. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in TransUnion by 15.3% in the first quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 3,146,693 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $261,144,000 after acquiring an additional 418,693 shares during the period.

TransUnion Trading Down 1.8%

Shares of TransUnion stock opened at $77.57 on Monday. TransUnion has a 1 year low of $66.38 and a 1 year high of $113.17. The firm has a market cap of $15.11 billion, a PE ratio of 38.79, a P/E/G ratio of 2.10 and a beta of 1.71. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $87.37 and a 200-day moving average price of $86.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.09, a current ratio of 2.03 and a quick ratio of 2.02.

TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The business services provider reported $1.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.99 by $0.09. TransUnion had a return on equity of 16.08% and a net margin of 8.99%.The firm had revenue of $1.14 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.10 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.99 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 9.5% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 anticipate 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 given a dividend of $0.115 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 22nd. This represents a $0.46 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.6%. TransUnion’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 23.00%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other TransUnion news, CAO Jennifer A. Williams sold 755 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $88.46, for a total value of $66,787.30. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 5,691 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $503,425.86. This trade represents a 11.71% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, EVP Heather J. Russell sold 5,337 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.01, for a total value of $480,383.37. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 23,011 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,071,220.11. This represents a 18.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 10,309 shares of company stock valued at $919,839 over the last ninety days. 0.22% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

TRU has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of TransUnion in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. UBS Group restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $105.00 target price (up previously from $98.00) on shares of TransUnion in a report on Friday, July 25th. Oppenheimer raised their target price on TransUnion from $100.00 to $108.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 8th. 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. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company dropped their target price on TransUnion from $124.00 to $118.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, July 25th. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, TransUnion has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $109.31.

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.