Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd Makes New Investment in Equifax, Inc. $EFX

Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd purchased a new position in Equifax, Inc. (NYSE:EFX) in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund purchased 9,408 shares of the credit services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $2,440,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Riverwater Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of Equifax by 4.0% in the second quarter. Riverwater Partners LLC now owns 1,868 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $485,000 after buying an additional 72 shares during the last quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC lifted its position in shares of Equifax by 8.7% in the second quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 7,958 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $2,064,000 after buying an additional 637 shares during the last quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Equifax by 594.9% in the second quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 13,162 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $3,414,000 after buying an additional 11,268 shares during the last quarter. Atlatl Advisers LLC acquired a new position in shares of Equifax during the 2nd quarter worth about $203,000. Finally, University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. bought a new stake in Equifax during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $1,326,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.20% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently weighed in on EFX. Oppenheimer began coverage on Equifax in a research note on Monday, October 13th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $271.00 target price for the company. BMO Capital Markets decreased their target price on Equifax from $251.00 to $245.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. UBS Group increased their target price on Equifax from $287.00 to $297.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, September 15th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on Equifax from $277.00 to $272.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Bank of America decreased their target price on Equifax from $285.00 to $250.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, October 3rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $277.13.

Insider Activity at Equifax

In related news, EVP Jamil Farshchi sold 4,925 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $238.94, for a total transaction of $1,176,779.50. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 39,364 shares in the company, valued at $9,405,634.16. This represents a 11.12% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Mark W. Begor sold 21,386 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $231.12, for a total value of $4,942,732.32. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 22,045 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,095,040.40. This trade represents a 49.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 54,270 shares of company stock worth $12,580,837. Corporate insiders own 1.40% of the company’s stock.

Equifax Trading Down 1.4%

Equifax stock opened at $211.40 on Friday. Equifax, Inc. has a 12 month low of $199.98 and a 12 month high of $281.07. The stock has a market cap of $25.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.41 and a beta of 1.68. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $242.56 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $251.21. The company has a quick ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 0.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 21st. The credit services provider reported $2.04 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.94 by $0.10. Equifax had a return on equity of 19.28% and a net margin of 11.08%.The company had revenue of $1.54 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.52 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.85 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Equifax has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.980-2.080 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.550-7.650 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Equifax, Inc. will post 7.58 EPS for the current year.

Equifax Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 2nd were paid a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 2nd. Equifax’s dividend payout ratio is currently 37.95%.

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.