DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale Boosts Holdings in Equifax, Inc. $EFX

DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale boosted its position in shares of Equifax, Inc. (NYSE:EFX - Free Report) by 30.0% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 49,291 shares of the credit services provider's stock after buying an additional 11,389 shares during the quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale's holdings in Equifax were worth $12,846,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of EFX. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its stake in Equifax by 49.2% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 3,638 shares of the credit services provider's stock worth $927,000 after buying an additional 1,200 shares during the period. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Equifax by 70.3% during the first quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 10,187 shares of the credit services provider's stock valued at $2,481,000 after purchasing an additional 4,204 shares during the period. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Equifax during the first quarter valued at $461,000. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of Equifax by 3.8% during the first quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 99,501 shares of the credit services provider's stock valued at $24,234,000 after purchasing an additional 3,628 shares during the period. Finally, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. boosted its stake in shares of Equifax by 10.8% during the first quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 76,918 shares of the credit services provider's stock valued at $18,734,000 after purchasing an additional 7,500 shares during the period. 96.20% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on EFX. BMO Capital Markets lowered their target price on shares of Equifax from $251.00 to $245.00 and set a "market perform" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Oppenheimer began coverage on shares of Equifax in a research note on Monday, October 13th. They set an "outperform" rating and a $271.00 target price for the company. Citigroup lowered their target price on shares of Equifax from $294.00 to $290.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Barclays lowered their target price on shares of Equifax from $260.00 to $240.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on shares of Equifax from $277.00 to $272.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have given a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $277.13.

Equifax Stock Performance

EFX stock opened at $231.31 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 0.74 and a quick ratio of 0.77. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $245.08 and a 200 day moving average price of $250.76. The company has a market capitalization of $28.31 billion, a P/E ratio of 43.89, a PEG ratio of 2.65 and a beta of 1.68. Equifax, Inc. has a 1-year low of $199.98 and a 1-year high of $281.07.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 21st. The credit services provider reported $2.04 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.94 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $1.54 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.52 billion. Equifax had a return on equity of 19.28% and a net margin of 11.08%.The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.85 earnings per share. 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 research analysts forecast that Equifax, Inc. will post 7.58 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Equifax Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 2nd were issued a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 2nd. Equifax's payout ratio is presently 39.14%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Equifax

In other Equifax news, CEO Mark W. Begor sold 48,264 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $241.71, for a total value of $11,665,891.44. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 142,872 shares in the company, valued at approximately $34,533,591.12. The trade was a 25.25% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 1.40% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Equifax

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.

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