Equifax (EFX) Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Equifax in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" EFX shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in EFX, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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15 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Equifax's stock. Their EFX share price forecasts range from $150.00 to $250.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $214.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.3% from the stock's current price.
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Equifax's stock was trading at $194.36 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, EFX shares have increased by 9.9% and is now trading at $213.65.
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Equifax saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 4,490,000 shares, an increase of 5.4% from the April 15th total of 4,260,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 759,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.9 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 19th 2023.
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Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 19th. The credit services provider reported $1.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.37 by $0.06. The credit services provider earned $1.30 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.28 billion. Equifax had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.33% and a net margin of 11.60%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 4.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $2.22 earnings per share.
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Equifax declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.39 per share on Thursday, June 15th. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.73%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 24th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Equifax (NYSE:EFX) stock in their portfolio include VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (MOAT), ALPS Hillman Active Value ETF (HVAL), Fidelity Magellan ETF (FMAG), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Industrials ETF (RGI), VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF (SMOT), AXS Change Finance ESG ETF (CHGX), Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI) and Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF (VOT).

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.75%. The dividend payout ratio is 32.77%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EFX will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.29% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Equifax updated its second quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 20th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.60-$1.70 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $1.81. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.31 billion-$1.33 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.34 billion.

228 employees have rated Equifax Chief Executive Officer Mark Begor on Glassdoor.com. Mark Begor has an approval rating of 73% among the company's employees.

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Equifax trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EFX."

Equifax's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.16%), State Street Corp (3.74%), Generation Investment Management LLP (3.41%), FMR LLC (3.40%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.09%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.05%). Insiders that own company stock include Bryson R Koehler, Carla Chaney, James M Griggs, John W Gamble Jr, John W Gamble, Jr, Julia A Houston, Lisa M Nelson, Mark W Begor, Melissa D Smith, Prasanna Dhore and Sid Singh.
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Shares of EFX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of EFX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $213.65.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) has a market capitalization of $26.20 billion and generates $5.06 billion in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $696.20 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.76 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 14,000 workers across the globe.

Equifax's mailing address is 1550 PEACHTREE STREET N.W., ATLANTA GA, 30309. The official website for the company is www.equifax.com. The credit services provider can be reached via phone at (404) 885-8000, via email at trevor.burns@equifax.com, or via fax at 404-888-8682.