Equifax (NYSE:EFX) EVP Sells $880,740.00 in Stock

Equifax, Inc. (NYSE:EFX) EVP John Gamble, Jr. sold 4,500 shares of Equifax stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $195.72, for a total transaction of $880,740.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 58,921 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,532,018.12. The trade was a 7.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link.

Equifax Price Performance

EFX opened at $208.78 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $25.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.24, a PEG ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 1.55. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $207.40 and a 200-day moving average of $222.83. The company has a quick ratio of 0.60, a current ratio of 0.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.88. Equifax, Inc. has a 12-month low of $166.02 and a 12-month high of $281.03.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 4th. The credit services provider reported $2.09 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.05 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $1.55 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.53 billion. Equifax had a return on equity of 19.27% and a net margin of 10.87%.Equifax’s quarterly revenue was up 9.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.12 earnings per share. Equifax has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.300-8.700 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.630-1.730 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Equifax, Inc. will post 7.58 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Equifax Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 17th. Investors of record on Monday, March 9th will be issued a dividend of $0.56 per share. This is an increase from Equifax’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.50. This represents a $2.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 9th. Equifax’s dividend payout ratio is 37.59%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

EFX has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on shares of Equifax from $265.00 to $240.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on Equifax from $253.00 to $235.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 5th. UBS Group set a $230.00 price objective on Equifax in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Needham & Company LLC dropped their target price on Equifax from $295.00 to $265.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Oppenheimer reduced their price target on Equifax from $271.00 to $266.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 12th. Eleven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $240.33.

Institutional Trading of Equifax

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Kera Capital Partners Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Equifax during the 4th quarter valued at about $206,000. MV Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in Equifax during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its position in shares of Equifax by 487.6% in the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 117,459 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $25,486,000 after purchasing an additional 97,468 shares during the period. Alberta Investment Management Corp bought a new position in shares of Equifax in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $4,144,000. Finally, Ameriflex Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Equifax by 612.5% in the fourth quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc. now owns 114 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 98 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.20% of the company’s stock.

About Equifax

Equifax Inc (NYSE: EFX) is a global data, analytics and technology company that specializes in consumer and commercial credit reporting, decisioning tools and identity solutions. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Equifax is one of the three major consumer credit reporting agencies in the United States and provides credit information and related services to lenders, employers, governments and consumers worldwide.

The company’s offerings include consumer credit reports and scores, credit monitoring and identity protection services, and a range of business-oriented products for risk management, fraud detection and compliance.