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 firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, April 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $225.45, for a total transaction of $3,178,168.65. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 75,964 shares in the company, valued at $17,126,083.80. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

Equifax Price Performance

EFX opened at $220.67 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $27.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 49.15, a PEG ratio of 1.95 and a beta of 1.51. The company has a quick ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.04. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $253.31 and a 200-day moving average price of $233.94. Equifax Inc. has a twelve month low of $159.95 and a twelve month high of $275.10.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, April 18th. The credit services provider reported $1.50 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.44 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $1.39 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.40 billion. Equifax had a net margin of 10.42% and a return on equity of 19.08%. The company’s revenue was up 6.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.43 earnings per share. Equities analysts expect that Equifax Inc. will post 7.36 EPS for the current year.

Equifax Dividend Announcement

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Equifax

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Wetzel Investment Advisors Inc. bought a new position in shares of Equifax in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. OFI Invest Asset Management bought a new position in shares of Equifax in the first quarter valued at approximately $31,000. KB Financial Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of Equifax in the third quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Turtle Creek Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Equifax in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $41,000. Finally, Smithfield Trust Co boosted its position in shares of Equifax by 55.5% in the third quarter. Smithfield Trust Co now owns 199 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 71 shares during the period. 96.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

EFX has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price objective on shares of Equifax from $276.00 to $241.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, April 19th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on shares of Equifax from $208.00 to $289.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 9th. Oppenheimer lowered their target price on shares of Equifax from $291.00 to $272.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, April 19th. Truist Financial increased their target price on shares of Equifax from $270.00 to $285.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 9th. 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 report on Friday, April 19th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $270.19.

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.