Insider Selling: TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) EVP Sells $29,775.00 in Stock

TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) EVP Mohamed Abdelsadek sold 397 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $75.00, for a total value of $29,775.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 52,284 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,921,300. The trade was a 0.75% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Mohamed Abdelsadek also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, October 15th, Mohamed Abdelsadek sold 500 shares of TransUnion stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $70.00, for a total value of $35,000.00.
• On Thursday, October 1st, Mohamed Abdelsadek sold 250 shares of TransUnion stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $62.29, for a total value of $15,572.50.
• On Monday, September 14th, Mohamed Abdelsadek sold 1,250 shares of TransUnion stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $79.07, for a total value of $98,837.50.
• On Tuesday, July 28th, Mohamed Abdelsadek sold 23,495 shares of TransUnion stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $85.00, for a total value of $1,997,075.00.

TransUnion Trading Up 1.0%

Shares of NYSE TRU opened at $79.03 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $15.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.66, a PEG ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 1.58. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $74.95 and a 200 day simple moving average of $73.63. TransUnion has a 52 week low of $60.96 and a 52 week high of $89.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 1.90 and a current ratio of 1.90.

TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 28th. The business services provider reported $1.23 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.16 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $1.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.28 billion. TransUnion had a net margin of 15.08% and a return on equity of 16.29%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.08 earnings per share. TransUnion has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.180-1.210 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 4.750-4.830 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that TransUnion will post 4.24 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

TransUnion Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 4th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 20th were given a $0.1250 dividend. This represents a $0.50 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, August 20th. TransUnion’s payout ratio is currently 13.19%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new stake in TransUnion in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $1,367,560,000. Jupiter Topco LLC bought a new stake in TransUnion during the second quarter worth approximately $280,292,000. Meritage Group LP bought a new stake in TransUnion during the second quarter worth approximately $263,751,000. William Blair Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in TransUnion during the second quarter worth approximately $191,080,000. Finally, Theleme Partners LLP acquired a new position in TransUnion during the second quarter valued at approximately $170,954,000.

Key TransUnion News

Here are the key news stories impacting TransUnion this week:

• Positive Sentiment: TransUnion launched “adverse-actionable” Credit Washing and Synthetic Fraud Scores, enabling lenders to identify synthetic identities and disputed credit information while providing compliant explanations for adverse decisions. The scores are being integrated with Oscilar’s Agentic Risk Platform, potentially expanding TransUnion’s fraud and risk-management revenue opportunities. TransUnion Launches Industry-First Adverse-Actionable Scores
• Positive Sentiment: The company introduced Transaction Matching with Fiserv, linking previously unidentified in-store purchases to persistent, privacy-conscious customer profiles. The solution may strengthen TransUnion’s marketing and identity businesses by helping merchants recognize repeat customers, improve customer-acquisition measurement and deliver more targeted offers. TransUnion Unveils Transaction Matching
• Positive Sentiment: Oppenheimer maintained its Buy rating on TransUnion, reinforcing the generally constructive analyst view of the company. Oppenheimer Maintains Buy Rating
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors are looking ahead to TransUnion’s upcoming earnings report. Analysts expect earnings growth, but one recent assessment said the company does not have a strong combination of earnings-surprise indicators, making a beat less certain. TransUnion Earnings Preview
• Negative Sentiment: Insider activity remains a cautionary signal: executives have reported multiple sales and no purchases over the past six months. The latest sale by EVP Mohamed Abdelsadek was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, reducing its significance, but the broader pattern may weigh on sentiment. TransUnion Insider Trading Activity

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on TRU shares. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of TransUnion from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, October 3rd. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on shares of TransUnion from $106.00 to $97.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 13th. BMO Capital Markets upped their price objective on shares of TransUnion from $85.00 to $98.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 29th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of TransUnion from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a report on Thursday, August 13th. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane raised shares of TransUnion from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $91.19.

TransUnion Company Profile

TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) is a global information and insights company that helps businesses and consumers make more informed decisions. The company collects, analyzes and delivers data related to credit, identity, fraud and consumer behavior, serving customers across financial services, insurance, healthcare, retail, telecommunications and other industries.

Its products and services include consumer credit reports and scores, credit-risk assessment, marketing and audience insights, identity verification, fraud detection, investigative tools and decisioning software.