Xponance Inc. Sells 458 Shares of Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX)

Xponance Inc. decreased its position in shares of Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) by 1.8% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 24,427 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 458 shares during the period. Xponance Inc.’s holdings in Equifax were worth $6,041,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EFX. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in Equifax by 105,549.9% during the 4th quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC now owns 38,813,671 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $7,543,825,000 after buying an additional 38,776,933 shares during the period. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. increased its position in Equifax by 77.8% during the 4th quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 8,935,666 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $1,736,737,000 after buying an additional 3,910,202 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new position in Equifax during the 4th quarter worth $229,992,000. Veritas Asset Management LLP increased its position in Equifax by 58.2% during the 3rd quarter. Veritas Asset Management LLP now owns 1,788,875 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $327,686,000 after buying an additional 657,999 shares during the period. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in Equifax by 28.6% during the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,562,758 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $519,829,000 after buying an additional 569,794 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 96.20% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts recently commented on EFX shares. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on Equifax from $208.00 to $289.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 9th. Redburn Atlantic cut Equifax from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $272.00 price target on the stock. in a research report on Thursday, January 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on Equifax from $290.00 to $273.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price target on Equifax from $276.00 to $241.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. Finally, TheStreet upgraded Equifax from a “c+” rating to a “b-” rating in a research report on Friday, December 29th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $266.35.

Equifax Stock Performance

Shares of EFX stock opened at $216.20 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $257.79 and its 200-day moving average price is $231.21. Equifax Inc. has a 12 month low of $159.95 and a 12 month high of $275.10. The firm has a market capitalization of $26.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 48.15, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.51. The company has a current ratio of 0.73, a quick ratio of 0.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.04.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 18th. The credit services provider reported $1.50 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.44 by $0.06. Equifax had a return on equity of 19.08% and a net margin of 10.42%. 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 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.7% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts forecast that Equifax Inc. will post 7.34 EPS for the current year.

Equifax Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 23rd were issued a dividend of $0.39 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, February 22nd. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.72%. Equifax’s dividend payout ratio is 34.74%.

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.