Equifax (NYSE:EFX) EVP Jamil Farshchi Sells 4,925 Shares

Equifax, Inc. (NYSE:EFX) EVP Jamil Farshchi sold 4,925 shares of Equifax stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $238.94, for a total transaction of $1,176,779.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 39,364 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,405,634.16. This trade represents a 11.12% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

Equifax Stock Performance

Shares of EFX opened at $224.42 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $27.47 billion, a PE ratio of 42.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.62 and a beta of 1.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 0.74 and a quick ratio of 0.74. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $243.95 and a 200-day moving average of $251.53. Equifax, Inc. has a one year low of $199.98 and a one year high of $281.07.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October 21st. The credit services provider reported $2.04 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.94 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $1.54 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.52 billion. Equifax had a net margin of 11.08% and a return on equity of 19.28%. Equifax’s revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.85 EPS. Equifax has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.980-2.080 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.550-7.650 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Equifax, Inc. will post 7.58 earnings per share for the current year.

Equifax Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 2nd were issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 2nd. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. Equifax’s payout ratio is presently 37.95%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently commented on EFX. Citigroup reduced their target price on shares of Equifax from $294.00 to $290.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. BMO Capital Markets reduced their target price on shares of Equifax from $251.00 to $245.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Equifax in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Robert W. Baird reduced their target price on shares of Equifax from $310.00 to $289.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Equifax in a report on Friday, October 3rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and eight have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $277.13.

Institutional Trading of Equifax

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of EFX. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its holdings in Equifax by 40.0% in the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 7,037,804 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $1,714,129,000 after purchasing an additional 2,009,987 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Equifax in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $334,521,000. Generation Investment Management LLP raised its position in shares of Equifax by 63.4% in the 1st quarter. Generation Investment Management LLP now owns 2,801,325 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $682,291,000 after buying an additional 1,087,446 shares in the last quarter. Harris Associates L P raised its position in shares of Equifax by 27.6% in the 1st quarter. Harris Associates L P now owns 4,570,557 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $1,113,205,000 after buying an additional 987,772 shares in the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in shares of Equifax by 119.3% in the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,453,618 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $354,044,000 after buying an additional 790,919 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 96.20% of the company’s stock.

Equifax Company Profile

Equifax Inc operates as a data, analytics, and technology company. The company operates through three segments: Workforce Solutions, U.S. Information Solutions (USIS), and International. The Workforce Solutions segment offers services that enables customers to verify income, employment, educational history, criminal justice data, healthcare professional licensure, and sanctions of people in the United States; and employer customers with services that assist them in complying with and automating payroll-related and human resource management processes throughout the entire cycle of the employment relationship.