Equifax, Inc. (EFX) to Issue Quarterly Dividend of $0.50 on December 15th

Equifax, Inc. (NYSE:EFX) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 6th. Investors of record on Monday, November 24th will be paid a dividend of 0.50 per share by the credit services provider on Monday, December 15th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 24th.

Equifax has a dividend payout ratio of 21.4% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities research analysts expect Equifax to earn $9.92 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $2.00 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 20.2%.

Equifax Stock Performance

NYSE:EFX opened at $213.74 on Friday. Equifax has a twelve month low of $199.98 and a twelve month high of $281.07. The company has a quick ratio of 0.74, a current ratio of 0.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $229.82 and its 200 day simple moving average is $247.24. The firm has a market capitalization of $26.16 billion, a PE ratio of 40.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.41 and a beta of 1.64.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October 21st. The credit services provider reported $2.04 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.94 by $0.10. Equifax had a net margin of 11.08% and a return on equity of 19.28%. The firm had revenue of $1.54 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.52 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.85 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter 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. On average, analysts anticipate that Equifax will post 7.58 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Equifax

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.