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, November 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.39 per share on Friday, December 13th. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.02%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 21st. View Equifax's Dividend History.

Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The credit services provider reported $1.48 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.44 by $0.04. The credit services provider had revenue of $875.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $870.17 million. Equifax had a negative net margin of 11.13% and a positive return on equity of 24.39%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.41 earnings per share. View Equifax's Earnings History.

Equifax is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 19th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Equifax.

Equifax issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.47-1.52 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.55. The company issued revenue guidance of $885-900 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $880.63 million.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Equifax's stock. Their forecasts range from $106.00 to $165.00. On average, they expect Equifax's share price to reach $137.27 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for Equifax.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Equifax in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Equifax.

News stories about EFX stock have been trending positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Equifax earned a news sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the credit services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Equifax.

Equifax saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,930,000 shares, an increase of 25.8% from the December 15th total of 2,330,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 759,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.9 days. Currently, 2.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Equifax's Current Options Chain.

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Equifax's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Investors Asset Management of Georgia Inc. GA ADV (0.13%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and Butensky & Cohen Financial Security Inc. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Equifax stock include J Dann Adams, 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 Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Investors Asset Management of Georgia Inc. GA ADV, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC, Riverbridge Partners LLC and IBM Retirement Fund. Company insiders that have sold Equifax company stock in the last year include J Dann Adams and Prasanna Dhore. View Insider Buying and Selling for Equifax.

EFX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Campbell Capital Management Inc., UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp, DNB Asset Management AS, Allred Capital Management LLC, Butensky & Cohen Financial Security Inc. and Tocqueville Asset Management L.P.. 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 $153.03.

Equifax has a market capitalization of $18.53 billion and generates $3.41 billion in revenue each year. The credit services provider earns $299.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.79 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]