Rodolfo O. Ploder Sells 14,097 Shares of Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) Stock

Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) EVP Rodolfo O. Ploder sold 14,097 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, April 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $225.45, for a total transaction of $3,178,168.65. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 75,964 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $17,126,083.80. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link.

Equifax Stock Down 2.4 %

NYSE:EFX traded down $5.33 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $220.19. The stock had a trading volume of 792,776 shares, compared to its average volume of 864,821. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $254.06 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $233.64. Equifax Inc. has a twelve month low of $159.95 and a twelve month high of $275.10. The company has a current ratio of 0.73, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.04. The company has a market capitalization of $27.22 billion, a PE ratio of 49.04, a PEG ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 1.51.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 18th. The credit services provider reported $1.50 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.44 by $0.06. Equifax had a net margin of 10.42% and a return on equity of 19.08%. The firm had revenue of $1.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.40 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.43 EPS. Equifax’s quarterly revenue was up 6.7% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Equifax Inc. will post 7.36 EPS for the current year.

Equifax Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 23rd were issued a $0.39 dividend. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, February 22nd. Equifax’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 34.74%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Truist Financial upped their price objective on shares of Equifax from $270.00 to $285.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 9th. Robert W. Baird dropped their price objective on shares of Equifax from $275.00 to $260.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, April 19th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on shares of Equifax from $208.00 to $289.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 9th. Evercore ISI raised shares of Equifax from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $210.00 to $310.00 in a research note on Tuesday, February 13th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on shares of Equifax from $290.00 to $273.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, April 19th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Equifax presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $270.19.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Equifax

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. New York State Common Retirement Fund raised its stake in shares of Equifax by 2.7% during the 4th quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund now owns 330,453 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $81,718,000 after buying an additional 8,668 shares during the last quarter. OLD National Bancorp IN raised its stake in shares of Equifax by 11.5% during the 4th quarter. OLD National Bancorp IN now owns 62,249 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $15,394,000 after buying an additional 6,418 shares during the last quarter. Tobam raised its stake in shares of Equifax by 37.2% during the 4th quarter. Tobam now owns 568 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $140,000 after buying an additional 154 shares during the last quarter. Turtle Creek Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Equifax during the 4th quarter worth $41,000. Finally, Parnassus Investments LLC raised its stake in shares of Equifax by 38.8% during the 3rd quarter. Parnassus Investments LLC now owns 113,315 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $20,757,000 after buying an additional 31,686 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.20% of the company’s stock.

Equifax Company 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.