Nadler Financial Group Inc. Takes Position in Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX)

Nadler Financial Group Inc. bought a new stake in Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor bought 1,000 shares of the credit services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $247,000.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC boosted its position in Equifax by 2.7% during the third quarter. Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC now owns 2,505,338 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $458,928,000 after acquiring an additional 65,620 shares during the last quarter. Veritas Asset Management LLP grew its position in shares of Equifax by 58.2% in the third quarter. Veritas Asset Management LLP now owns 1,788,875 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $327,686,000 after purchasing an additional 657,999 shares during the period. Jensen Investment Management Inc. increased its stake in Equifax by 11.3% in the third quarter. Jensen Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,749,202 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $320,419,000 after purchasing an additional 178,224 shares during the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp lifted its position in Equifax by 22.0% during the third quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 1,366,809 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $250,372,000 after buying an additional 246,390 shares during the period. Finally, Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co. Ltd. boosted its stake in Equifax by 3.4% in the 3rd quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 1,328,767 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $243,404,000 after buying an additional 43,104 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.20% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts recently commented on the stock. Bank of America dropped their price target on shares of Equifax from $300.00 to $255.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, April 19th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on Equifax from $208.00 to $289.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 9th. TheStreet raised Equifax from a “c+” rating to a “b-” rating in a research report on Friday, December 29th. Oppenheimer cut their price objective on Equifax from $291.00 to $272.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, April 19th. Finally, Evercore ISI raised Equifax from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $210.00 to $310.00 in a research note on Tuesday, February 13th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $270.19.

Equifax Stock Down 0.3 %

Equifax stock traded down $0.68 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $225.60. 227,785 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 860,282. Equifax Inc. has a 1 year low of $159.95 and a 1 year high of $275.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.04, a current ratio of 0.73 and a quick ratio of 0.67. The firm has a market cap of $27.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 50.39, a P/E/G ratio of 1.95 and a beta of 1.51. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $255.40 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $232.42.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 18th. The credit services provider reported $1.50 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.44 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $1.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.40 billion. Equifax had a return on equity of 19.08% and a net margin of 10.42%. The company’s revenue was up 6.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.43 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Equifax Inc. will post 7.36 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Equifax Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 23rd were paid a dividend of $0.39 per share. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, February 22nd. Equifax’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 34.74%.

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.