Briefing on the Fundamentals of TransUnion

By Emilio Sanchez • Thursday, December 07 12:10 • Permanent Link

More and more people are talking about TransUnion over the last few weeks. Is it worth buying the Diversified Financial stock at a price of $62.41? Only time will tell. The information below will give you a basic idea of what this investment may entail:

TransUnion has moved 5.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 17.0%
TRU has an average analyst rating of buy and is -4.77% away from its mean target price of $65.53 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $-1.35
TransUnion has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of -46.2 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $3.62 and its forward P/E ratio is 17.2
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 3.07 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
TransUnion is part of the Finance sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 12.38 and an average P/B of 1.58
The company has a free cash flow of $511.58 Million, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
TransUnion operates as a global consumer credit reporting agency that provides risk and information solutions. The company operates in three segments: U.S. Markets, International, and Consumer Interactive. 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. This segment 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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