04/25/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/25/2024 04:21
TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) (the "Company") today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024.
First Quarter 2024 Results
Revenue:
Earnings:
"TransUnion exceeded first quarter financial guidance, delivering the first $1 billion revenue quarter in our history," said Chris Cartwright, President and CEO. "U.S. Markets grew primarily due to mortgage and key Emerging Verticals such as Insurance and Media, as lending conditions remained largely consistent with the prior quarter. International again drove double-digit growth, led by India, Canada and Asia Pacific."
"We made important progress in our transformation program, adding significant headcount to further build out our Global Capability Center network and consolidating key applications onto our OneTru platform. These actions add to our confidence in delivering against our savings commitments while increasing the pace and breadth of our innovation."
"We are raising our 2024 guidance following first quarter outperformance and now expect to deliver 5 to 6.5 percent revenue growth for the year. We remain focused on driving strong results in a low-growth market environment, with no assumed in-year benefits from interest rate cuts."
First Quarter 2024 Segment Results
During the quarter ended March 31, 2024, the Company reorganized its operations to merge its Consumer Interactive operating segment with its U.S. Markets operating segment, moved the responsibility for certain international operations previously managed within the U.S. Markets segment to certain regions within the International segment, and moved responsibility for certain revenue in our U.S. Markets segment previously managed within our Financial Services vertical to our Emerging Verticals. We have recast our historical segment financial information to reflect this reorganization as further described in our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2024.
U.S. Markets:
U.S. Markets revenue was $789 million, an increase of 7 percent compared with the first quarter of 2023.
Adjusted EBITDA was $285 million, an increase of 6 percent compared with the first quarter of 2023.
International:
International revenue was $236 million, an increase of 16 percent (15 percent on a constant currency basis) compared with the first quarter of 2023.
Adjusted EBITDA was $107 million, an increase of 22 percent (21 percent on a constant currency basis) compared with the first quarter of 2023.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash and cash equivalents was $434 million at March 31, 2024 and $476 million at December 31, 2023.
For the three months ended March 31, 2024, cash provided by operating activities was $54 million, compared with $77 million in 2023. The decrease in cash provided by operating activities was due primarily to payments made for our operating model optimization program. For the three months ended March 31, 2024, cash used in investing activities was $62 million, compared with $104 million in 2023. The decrease in cash used in investing activities was due primarily to a decrease in cash used for investments in nonconsolidated affiliates. For the three months ended March 31, 2024, capital expenditures were $62 million, compared with $67 million in 2023. Capital expenditures as a percent of revenue represented 6% and 7% for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2024, cash used in financing activities was $31 million, compared with $122 million in 2023. The decrease in cash used in financing activities was due primarily to a decrease in debt prepayments. On February 8, 2024, the Company refinanced its Senior Secured Term Loan B-6 with Senior Secured Term Loan B-7.
Second Quarter and Full Year 2024 Outlook
Our guidance is based on a number of assumptions that are subject to change, many of which are outside of the control of the Company, including general macroeconomic conditions, interest rates and inflation. There are numerous evolving factors that we may not be able to accurately predict. There can be no assurance that the Company will achieve the results expressed by this guidance.
Earnings Webcast Details
In conjunction with this release, TransUnion will host a conference call and webcast today at 8:30 a.m. Central Time to discuss the business results for the quarter and certain forward-looking information. This session and the accompanying presentation materials may be accessed at www.transunion.com/tru. A replay of the call will also be available at this website following the conclusion of the call.
About TransUnion (NYSE: TRU)
TransUnion is a global information and insights company with over 13,000 associates operating in more than 30 countries. We make trust possible by ensuring each person is reliably represented in the marketplace. We do this with a Tru™ picture of each person: an actionable view of consumers, stewarded with care. Through our acquisitions and technology investments we have developed innovative solutions that extend beyond our strong foundation in core credit into areas such as marketing, fraud, risk and advanced analytics. As a result, consumers and businesses can transact with confidence and achieve great things. We call this Information for Good® - and it leads to economic opportunity, great experiences and personal empowerment for millions of people around the world.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This earnings release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the current beliefs and expectations of TransUnion's management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Any statements made in this earnings release that are not statements of historical fact, including statements about our beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include information concerning possible or assumed future results of operations, including our guidance and descriptions of our business plans and strategies. These statements often include words such as "anticipate," "expect," "guidance," "suggest," "plan," "believe," "intend," "estimate," "target," "project," "should," "could," "would," "may," "will," "forecast," "outlook," "potential," "continues," "seeks," "predicts," or the negatives of these words and other similar expressions.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, or that could materially affect our financial results or such forward-looking statements include:
There may be other factors, many of which are beyond our control, that may cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements, including factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, and any subsequent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should evaluate all forward-looking statements made in this report in the context of these risks and uncertainties.
The forward-looking statements contained in this earnings release speak only as of the date of this earnings release. We undertake no obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect the impact of events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this earnings release.
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