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TRU vs. DASH, WCN, TCOM, IQV, RDDT, CPAY, GIB, AER, KSPI, and Z

Should you be buying TransUnion stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TransUnion include DoorDash (DASH), Waste Connections (WCN), Trip.com Group (TCOM), IQVIA (IQV), Reddit (RDDT), Corpay (CPAY), CGI (GIB), AerCap (AER), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), and Zillow Group (Z). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

TransUnion vs.

TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) and DoorDash (NASDAQ:DASH) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

In the previous week, DoorDash had 4 more articles in the media than TransUnion. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for DoorDash and 30 mentions for TransUnion. TransUnion's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat DoorDash's score of 0.28 indicating that TransUnion is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
TransUnion
10 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
DoorDash
10 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

90.6% of DoorDash shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of TransUnion shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of DoorDash shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

TransUnion has a net margin of 5.47% compared to DoorDash's net margin of -1.69%. TransUnion's return on equity of 15.38% beat DoorDash's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TransUnion5.47% 15.38% 5.86%
DoorDash -1.69%-2.41%-1.48%

TransUnion currently has a consensus price target of $108.19, suggesting a potential upside of 11.78%. DoorDash has a consensus price target of $175.97, suggesting a potential downside of 0.78%. Given TransUnion's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe TransUnion is more favorable than DoorDash.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TransUnion
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
DoorDash
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
25 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.74

TransUnion has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DoorDash. DoorDash is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TransUnion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TransUnion$3.83B4.92-$206.20M$1.1584.17
DoorDash$8.64B8.53-$558M-$0.45-394.11

TransUnion has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DoorDash has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

TransUnion received 389 more outperform votes than DoorDash when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.40% of users gave TransUnion an outperform vote while only 47.86% of users gave DoorDash an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TransUnionOutperform Votes
523
67.40%
Underperform Votes
253
32.60%
DoorDashOutperform Votes
134
47.86%
Underperform Votes
146
52.14%

Summary

TransUnion beats DoorDash on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TRU vs. The Competition

MetricTransUnionConsumer credit reporting agencies, mercantile reporting agencies, IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$18.87B$43.74B$7.51B$20.05B
Dividend Yield0.44%0.85%2.23%3.61%
P/E Ratio84.1847.2428.7841.74
Price / Sales4.926.20102.3317.65
Price / Cash12.2519.9429.2017.54
Price / Book4.576.936.155.85
Net Income-$206.20M$661.52M$137.20M$1.01B
7 Day Performance7.59%4.16%3.30%3.52%
1 Month Performance1.77%0.67%5.70%6.02%
1 Year Performance40.38%21.59%24.75%20.34%

TransUnion Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TRU
TransUnion
4.8657 of 5 stars
$96.33
+1.1%
$108.19
+12.3%
+38.2%$18.77B$3.83B83.7613,200
DASH
DoorDash
3.0045 of 5 stars
$174.48
+2.1%
$175.97
+0.9%
+64.1%$72.48B$8.64B-387.7319,300
WCN
Waste Connections
4.8265 of 5 stars
$178.45
+0.2%
$199.75
+11.9%
+17.2%$46.05B$8.02B49.0322,539News Coverage
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.5103 of 5 stars
$67.16
+2.1%
$74.78
+11.3%
+86.9%$43.26B$6.27B20.1136,249Gap Up
IQV
IQVIA
4.7754 of 5 stars
$197.25
-0.2%
$255.82
+29.7%
-8.4%$35.80B$14.98B25.8987,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
RDDT
Reddit
1.5218 of 5 stars
$175.57
+0.4%
$148.25
-15.6%
N/A$30.83B$1.12B0.002,013Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
CPAY
Corpay
4.1846 of 5 stars
$370.91
+0.2%
$381.43
+2.8%
N/A$25.86B$3.76B26.4610,500
GIB
CGI
3.8031 of 5 stars
$108.42
-0.3%
$147.25
+35.8%
-0.1%$24.71B$10.79B20.1590,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
AER
AerCap
3.5506 of 5 stars
$95.93
+0.1%
$112.00
+16.8%
+26.8%$18.99B$7.58B7.60740News Coverage
KSPI
Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz
3.6768 of 5 stars
$92.87
+1.1%
$147.20
+58.5%
-3.2%$18.53B$4.19B0.008,772Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
Z
Zillow Group
2.0564 of 5 stars
$77.86
+1.8%
$72.83
-6.5%
+43.2%$18.18B$1.95B-136.605,720News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:TRU) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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