Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

TransUnion entered the second half of 2026 with strong operating momentum: second-quarter revenue increased 15%, organic constant-currency revenue increased 10.1%, and management raised full-year organic growth guidance to 8%-9%. Financial Services and Emerging Verticals were notable growth contributors, and migrations to OneTru plus faster product introductions support continued innovation-led growth. Offsetting those strengths, consolidated adjusted EBITDA margin declined year over year, Consumer Interactive revenue contracted, leverage was 2.6x after acquisition activity, and management continues to identify macroeconomic, data-security, regulatory and FICO mortgage-licensing uncertainty.

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This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.
Street view · analyst 12-month targets21 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026
Low · most bearish analyst$77.00
Mean target$96.24
High · most bullish analyst$115.00
Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 2 Sep 2026
Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date
Bear CaseDownside scenario
$77.0022%

Organic growth falls below guidance as lending activity or other macro-sensitive demand weakens, Consumer Interactive contraction persists, and international or acquisition-related growth fails to offset the slowdown. Margin falls below 35.2%, leverage rises above 2.6x, or data-security, regulatory or FICO mortgage-licensing developments impair earnings quality.

Base CaseCentral scenario
$96.2454%
Matches the consensus mean

TransUnion delivers within its raised full-year ranges of 8%-9% organic constant-currency revenue growth, 35.2%-35.4% adjusted EBITDA margin and $4.75-$4.83 adjusted diluted EPS. Financial Services and Emerging Verticals growth offsets continued softness in Consumer Interactive, while leverage remains near the June level.

Bull CaseUpside scenario
$115.0024%

Revenue remains near or above the upper end of the raised outlook as Financial Services, Emerging Verticals and international markets sustain growth. OneTru migrations and new-product introductions improve scalability, while full-year adjusted EBITDA margin reaches or exceeds the 35.4% upper end of guidance.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits
  • Second-quarter 2026 revenue increased 15%, including 10.1% organic constant-currency growth, and management raised its full-year organic growth outlook to 8%-9%.
  • U.S. Financial Services organic constant-currency revenue grew 18.2%, Emerging Verticals grew 8.6%, and total International grew 6.3% in the second quarter.
  • Adjusted diluted EPS increased to $1.23, management expects 11%-12% full-year adjusted EPS growth, and year-to-date share repurchases through July were approximately $150 million.
  • Substantial U.S. credit-customer migrations to OneTru and an accelerated pace of global product introductions provide potential for scalable innovation-led growth.
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Key Investment Risks
  • Second-quarter consolidated adjusted EBITDA margin declined to 34.8% from 35.7%, indicating that strong revenue growth did not translate into year-over-year margin expansion.
  • Consumer Interactive organic constant-currency revenue declined 3%, creating a meaningful offset to growth in Financial Services and Emerging Verticals.
  • The June 2026 leverage ratio was 2.6x following acquisition activity, while TransUnion also increased share repurchases, increasing the importance of cash generation and disciplined capital allocation.
  • Material risks identified by TransUnion include macroeconomic and consumer-credit weakness, data-security or service interruptions, regulation and litigation, acquisition integration, and uncertainty related to FICO's Mortgage Direct License Program.
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All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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