NYSE:EFX - Equifax Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Equifax declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 20th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 4th will be given a dividend of $0.39 per share on Friday, March 13th. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.02%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 3rd. View Equifax's Dividend History.

Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The credit services provider reported $1.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.49 by $0.04. The credit services provider had revenue of $905.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $880.63 million. Equifax had a positive return on equity of 26.42% and a negative net margin of 11.37%. Equifax's quarterly revenue was up 8.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.38 EPS. View Equifax's Earnings History.

Equifax is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, May 8th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Equifax.

Equifax updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 12th. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.60-5.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.79. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.65-3.75 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.72 billion.

17 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Equifax's shares. Their forecasts range from $106.00 to $185.00. On average, they anticipate Equifax's stock price to reach $147.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Equifax.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Equifax in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Equifax.

Media coverage about EFX stock has trended negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Equifax earned a news impact score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the credit services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Equifax.

Equifax saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,250,000 shares, an increase of 10.9% from the January 15th total of 2,930,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 749,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.3 days. Approximately 2.7% of the company's shares are short sold. View Equifax's Current Options Chain.

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Equifax's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (8.72%), Capital International Investors (7.79%), State Street Corp (3.93%), Capital Research Global Investors (2.11%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (1.90%) and FMR LLC (1.50%). Company insiders that own Equifax stock include J Dann Adams, John T Hartman, Mark W Begor and Prasanna Dhore. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Equifax.

EFX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital International Investors, FMR LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd, Capital Bank & Trust Co, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can and Pictet Asset Management Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Equifax company stock in the last year include J Dann Adams, John T Hartman and Prasanna Dhore. View Insider Buying and Selling for Equifax.

EFX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Samlyn Capital LLC, Capital Research Global Investors, Echo Street Capital Management LLC, Aviva PLC, Anchor Capital Advisors LLC, Credit Suisse AG and Geode Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Equifax.

Shares of EFX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EFX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $153.39.

Equifax has a market capitalization of $18.60 billion and generates $3.51 billion in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $-398,800,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $5.62 on an earnings per share basis. Equifax employs 10,900 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Equifax.

The official website for Equifax is http://www.equifax.com/.

Equifax's mailing address is 1550 PEACHTREE STREET N.W., ATLANTA GA, 30309. The credit services provider can be reached via phone at 404-885-8000 or via email at [email protected]