OLD National Bancorp IN Boosts Stock Position in Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX)

OLD National Bancorp IN boosted its stake in Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX - Free Report) by 11.5% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 62,249 shares of the credit services provider's stock after purchasing an additional 6,418 shares during the quarter. OLD National Bancorp IN owned approximately 0.05% of Equifax worth $15,394,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Equifax by 29.5% during the 1st quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 3,516 shares of the credit services provider's stock valued at $834,000 after buying an additional 801 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. boosted its holdings in Equifax by 9.9% in the first quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 4,944 shares of the credit services provider's stock worth $1,172,000 after acquiring an additional 444 shares in the last quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC boosted its holdings in Equifax by 14.1% in the first quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 1,830 shares of the credit services provider's stock worth $434,000 after acquiring an additional 226 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its holdings in Equifax by 2.0% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 439,028 shares of the credit services provider's stock worth $104,100,000 after acquiring an additional 8,662 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. lifted its holdings in shares of Equifax by 0.8% during the first quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 17,409 shares of the credit services provider's stock valued at $4,141,000 after purchasing an additional 134 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 96.20% of the company's stock.

Equifax Trading Down 0.6 %

Shares of NYSE:EFX traded down $1.31 during trading on Friday, hitting $216.20. The company had a trading volume of 2,083,206 shares, compared to its average volume of 851,195. The stock has a market cap of $26.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 48.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.74 and a beta of 1.51. Equifax Inc. has a one year low of $159.95 and a one year high of $275.10. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $257.79 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $231.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.04, a current ratio of 0.73 and a quick ratio of 0.67.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 18th. The credit services provider reported $1.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.44 by $0.06. Equifax had a return on equity of 19.08% and a net margin of 10.42%. The firm had revenue of $1.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.40 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.43 EPS. Equifax's quarterly revenue was up 6.7% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Equifax Inc. will post 7.38 earnings per share for the current year.

Equifax Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 15th. Investors of record on Friday, February 23rd were paid a dividend of $0.39 per share. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, February 22nd. Equifax's dividend payout ratio is currently 34.74%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

EFX has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on Equifax from $208.00 to $289.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 9th. Oppenheimer reduced their price target on Equifax from $291.00 to $272.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Friday. TheStreet upgraded Equifax from a "c+" rating to a "b-" rating in a research report on Friday, December 29th. Redburn Atlantic cut Equifax from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and set a $272.00 target price for the company. in a research report on Thursday, January 11th. Finally, Evercore ISI upgraded Equifax from an "in-line" rating to an "outperform" rating and increased their target price for the stock from $210.00 to $310.00 in a research report on Tuesday, February 13th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $266.35.

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.