Equifax - EFX Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Equifax in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Equifax's stock. Their EFX share price forecasts range from $150.00 to $260.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $212.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.9% from the stock's current price.
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Equifax's stock was trading at $194.36 at the start of the year. Since then, EFX shares have increased by 2.2% and is now trading at $198.72.
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Equifax saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 4,030,000 shares, an increase of 5.8% from the February 13th total of 3,810,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 783,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.1 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 19th 2023.
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Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 8th. The credit services provider reported $1.52 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.49 by $0.03. The credit services provider had revenue of $1.20 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.18 billion. Equifax had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 24.19% and a net margin of 13.59%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 4.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.84 EPS.
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Equifax announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 2nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.39 per share on Wednesday, March 15th. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.79%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 21st.
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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), Invesco Zacks Mid-Cap ETF (CZA), 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) and Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI).

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.79%. The dividend payout ratio is 27.61%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EFX will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.28% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Equifax issued an update on its FY23 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 8th. The company provided EPS guidance of $7.05-$7.35 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $7.67. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.275-$5.375 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.25 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC (31.70%), T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. (7.30%), Morgan Stanley (4.27%), Generation Investment Management LLP (3.92%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.01%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.63%). Insiders that own company stock include Bryson R Koehler, John J Kelley III, 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 $198.72.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) has a market capitalization of $24.49 billion and generates $5.12 billion in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $696.20 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.65 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.