TRU vs. EFX, DNB, SPGI, MCO, NU, CPRT, PLTR, PAYX, WCN, and FIS
Should you be buying TransUnion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TransUnion include Equifax (EFX), Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), S&P Global (SPGI), Moody's (MCO), NU (NU), Copart (CPRT), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Paychex (PAYX), Waste Connections (WCN), and Fidelity National Information Services (FIS).
Equifax (NYSE:EFX) and TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Equifax currently has a consensus target price of $270.19, suggesting a potential upside of 16.77%. TransUnion has a consensus target price of $83.60, suggesting a potential upside of 16.24%. Given TransUnion's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Equifax is more favorable than TransUnion.
Equifax pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. TransUnion pays an annual dividend of $0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Equifax pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TransUnion pays out -29.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. TransUnion has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Equifax received 99 more outperform votes than TransUnion when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.25% of users gave TransUnion an outperform vote while only 62.76% of users gave Equifax an outperform vote.
Equifax has higher revenue and earnings than TransUnion. TransUnion is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equifax, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Equifax has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TransUnion has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Equifax has a net margin of 10.42% compared to Equifax's net margin of -7.02%. TransUnion's return on equity of 19.08% beat Equifax's return on equity.
96.2% of Equifax shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Equifax shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of TransUnion shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Equifax had 12 more articles in the media than TransUnion. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Equifax and 6 mentions for TransUnion. Equifax's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat TransUnion's score of 0.64 indicating that TransUnion is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Equifax beats TransUnion on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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