Public Sector Pension Investment Board Buys 1,333 Shares of Equifax, Inc. $EFX

Public Sector Pension Investment Board lifted its holdings in shares of Equifax, Inc. (NYSE:EFX - Free Report) by 8.6% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 16,898 shares of the credit services provider's stock after purchasing an additional 1,333 shares during the quarter. Public Sector Pension Investment Board's holdings in Equifax were worth $4,116,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of EFX. Lazard Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Equifax by 7,883,233.3% during the 4th quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 946,000 shares of the credit services provider's stock valued at $241,087,000 after purchasing an additional 945,988 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in shares of Equifax by 119.3% during 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 purchasing an additional 790,919 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its holdings in shares of Equifax by 24,315.8% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 696,094 shares of the credit services provider's stock valued at $169,541,000 after purchasing an additional 693,243 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its holdings in shares of Equifax by 15.6% during the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 5,027,817 shares of the credit services provider's stock valued at $1,281,340,000 after purchasing an additional 679,688 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Equifax by 2.2% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 14,708,331 shares of the credit services provider's stock valued at $3,582,361,000 after purchasing an additional 318,826 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 96.20% of the company's stock.

Equifax Stock Performance

NYSE EFX traded up $11.5260 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $256.9760. The company had a trading volume of 292,524 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,051,312. The company has a quick ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 0.77 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79. The stock has a market cap of $31.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 50.26, a P/E/G ratio of 2.99 and a beta of 1.64. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $252.82 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $250.47. Equifax, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $199.98 and a fifty-two week high of $309.63.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The credit services provider reported $2.00 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.92 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $1.54 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.51 billion. Equifax had a net margin of 10.95% and a return on equity of 18.89%. The firm's revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.82 EPS. Equifax has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.870-1.970 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.330-7.630 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Equifax, Inc. will post 7.58 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Equifax Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 2nd. Equifax's payout ratio is 39.14%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Equifax

In related news, CEO Mark W. Begor sold 48,264 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $241.71, for a total transaction of $11,665,891.44. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 142,872 shares of the company's stock, valued at $34,533,591.12. The trade was a 25.25% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 1.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently commented on EFX. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an "outperform" rating and issued a $300.00 target price on shares of Equifax in a report on Wednesday, June 18th. Citigroup dropped their target price on shares of Equifax from $294.00 to $290.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on shares of Equifax from $277.00 to $295.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, June 18th. Barclays dropped their target price on shares of Equifax from $260.00 to $240.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Morgan Stanley reiterated an "overweight" rating and issued a $305.00 target price (up previously from $295.00) on shares of Equifax in a report on Tuesday, June 10th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $283.53.

Equifax 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.