Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ:HURN – Get Free Report) and TransUnion (NYSE:TRU – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Huron Consulting Group and TransUnion, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Huron Consulting Group | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3.00 |
| TransUnion | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2.62 |
Huron Consulting Group presently has a consensus target price of $184.25, suggesting a potential upside of 15.25%. TransUnion has a consensus target price of $94.69, suggesting a potential upside of 32.03%. Given TransUnion’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TransUnion is more favorable than Huron Consulting Group.
Volatility & Risk
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Huron Consulting Group and TransUnion”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Huron Consulting Group | $1.70 billion | 1.50 | $105.04 million | $6.68 | 23.93 |
| TransUnion | $4.58 billion | 3.00 | $455.40 million | $3.79 | 18.92 |
TransUnion has higher revenue and earnings than Huron Consulting Group. TransUnion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Huron Consulting Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Huron Consulting Group and TransUnion’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Huron Consulting Group | 6.38% | 32.33% | 9.29% |
| TransUnion | 15.08% | 16.29% | 6.67% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
93.9% of Huron Consulting Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Huron Consulting Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of TransUnion shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Huron Consulting Group beats TransUnion on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Huron Consulting Group
Huron Consulting Group Inc., a professional services firm, provides consultancy services in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Healthcare, Education, and Commercial. The Healthcare segment provides financial and operational performance improvement consulting services; digital offerings, spanning technology and analytic-related services; software products; organizational transformation services; revenue cycle managed and outsourcing services; financial and capital advisory consulting services; and strategy and innovation consulting services to national and regional health systems, academic and community health systems, federal health system, public, children’s and critical access hospitals, physician practices and medical groups, payors, and long-term care or post-acute providers. The Education segment provides digital solutions, spanning technology, and analytic-related services; Huron Research product suite, a software suite designed to facilitate and enhance research administration service delivery and compliance; research-focused consulting and managed services; strategy and operations consulting services for public and private colleges and universities, research institutes, and other education-related organizations. The Commercial segment delivers digital services and software products, and financial advisory services to financial, energy and utilities, professional and business services, life science, consumer products, and industrials and manufacturing industries, as well as public sector and nonprofit organizations. The company was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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.
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