Financial Analysis: TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) versus Click (NASDAQ:CLIK)

Click (NASDAQ:CLIK) and TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Click and TransUnion, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Click	1	0	0	0	1.00
TransUnion	1	4	8	1	2.64

TransUnion has a consensus target price of $95.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.67%. Given TransUnion’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TransUnion is more favorable than Click.

Profitability

This table compares Click and TransUnion’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Click	N/A	N/A	N/A
TransUnion	9.95%	16.19%	6.67%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Click and TransUnion”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Click	$10.71 million	0.37	-$1.02 million	N/A	N/A
TransUnion	$4.58 billion	3.13	$455.40 million	$2.32	31.83

TransUnion has higher revenue and earnings than Click.

Summary

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

About Click

Click Holdings Ltd. operates as a holding company which provides temporary and permanent personnel solutions. Its services include professional solution services, nursing solution services, and logistics and other solution services. The company was founded by Chan Chun Sing on January 31, 2024 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

About TransUnion

TransUnion operates as a global consumer credit reporting agency that provides risk and information solutions. The company operates through U.S. Markets, International, and Consumer Interactive segments. The U.S. Markets segment provides consumer reports, actionable insights, and analytic services to businesses, which uses its services to acquire new customers; assess consumer ability to pay for services; identify cross-selling opportunities; measure and manage debt portfolio risk; collect debt; verify consumer identities; and mitigate fraud risk. This segment serves various industry vertical markets, including financial services, technology, commerce and communications, insurance, media, services and collections, tenant and employment, and public sectors. The International segment offers credit reports, analytics, technology solutions, and other value-added risk management services; consumer services, which help consumers to manage their personal finances; consumer credit reporting, insurance and auto information solutions, and commercial credit information services. It serves customers in financial services, retail credit, insurance, automotive, collections, public sector, and communications industries through direct and indirect channels. The company was formerly known as TransUnion Holding Company, Inc. and changed its name to TransUnion in March 2015. TransUnion was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.