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$95.11 +2.16 (+2.32%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

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

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

TransUnion vs.

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

In the previous week, Trip.com Group had 1 more articles in the media than TransUnion. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Trip.com Group and 6 mentions for TransUnion. Trip.com Group's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat TransUnion's score of 0.62 indicating that Trip.com Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
TransUnion
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Trip.com Group
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

TransUnion received 423 more outperform votes than Trip.com Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.36% of users gave TransUnion an outperform vote while only 56.40% of users gave Trip.com Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TransUnionOutperform Votes
520
67.36%
Underperform Votes
252
32.64%
Trip.com GroupOutperform Votes
97
56.40%
Underperform Votes
75
43.60%

35.4% of Trip.com Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of TransUnion shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of Trip.com Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

TransUnion currently has a consensus price target of $107.06, suggesting a potential upside of 12.57%. Trip.com Group has a consensus price target of $74.18, suggesting a potential upside of 2.40%. Given TransUnion's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TransUnion is more favorable than Trip.com Group.

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
Trip.com Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09

TransUnion has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trip.com Group has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Trip.com Group has a net margin of 31.86% compared to TransUnion's net margin of 5.47%. TransUnion's return on equity of 15.38% beat Trip.com Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TransUnion5.47% 15.38% 5.86%
Trip.com Group 31.86%12.04%6.70%

Trip.com Group has higher revenue and earnings than TransUnion. Trip.com Group 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$4.10B4.52-$206.20M$1.1582.70
Trip.com Group$48.74B0.96$1.40B$3.3421.69

Summary

Trip.com Group beats TransUnion on 11 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$18.54B$42.32B$7.22B$19.18B
Dividend Yield0.43%0.81%2.33%3.61%
P/E Ratio82.7146.1128.2941.30
Price / Sales4.525.53406.3717.58
Price / Cash12.6520.6631.0321.28
Price / Book4.496.745.855.32
Net Income-$206.20M$661.52M$126.23M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-3.37%-2.69%4.03%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-3.74%-2.87%8.84%-3.68%
1 Year Performance39.89%19.11%19.33%12.14%

TransUnion Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TRU
TransUnion
4.8154 of 5 stars
$95.11
+2.3%
$107.06
+12.6%
+43.9%$18.54B$4.10B82.7113,200Positive News
TCOM
Trip.com Group
4.118 of 5 stars
$72.57
+0.0%
$74.18
+2.2%
+115.0%$46.74B$48.74B21.7236,249
WCN
Waste Connections
4.5257 of 5 stars
$179.30
-0.4%
$199.88
+11.5%
+19.1%$46.27B$8.69B49.4422,539Analyst Forecast
IQV
IQVIA
4.924 of 5 stars
$197.59
-0.7%
$256.19
+29.7%
-12.3%$35.86B$14.98B26.1287,000Analyst Forecast
RDDT
Reddit
1.173 of 5 stars
$179.85
+4.2%
$124.42
-30.8%
N/A$31.58B$1.12B0.002,013Analyst Forecast
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GIB
CGI
3.8128 of 5 stars
$110.71
-1.7%
$137.00
+23.7%
+2.9%$25.23B$14.52B20.9391,500Positive News
CPAY
Corpay
3.4414 of 5 stars
$360.80
+1.0%
$369.29
+2.4%
N/A$25.15B$3.88B25.5910,500Positive News
KSPI
Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz
3.9257 of 5 stars
$105.07
-0.9%
$147.20
+40.1%
N/A$20.96B$2.36T0.008,772News Coverage
GRAB
Grab
1.8287 of 5 stars
$5.18
+1.0%
$5.53
+6.7%
+54.6%$20.86B$2.69B-256.509,490
AER
AerCap
3.3301 of 5 stars
$97.13
+1.5%
$112.00
+15.3%
+31.5%$19.22B$7.58B7.58740Positive News
Z
Zillow Group
1.5886 of 5 stars
$81.05
+1.4%
$70.33
-13.2%
+35.6%$18.93B$1.95B-140.235,720

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This page (NYSE:TRU) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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