Shares of Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX – Get Free Report) have received an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the seventeen brokerages that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price target among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $267.00.
A number of analysts have recently weighed in on EFX shares. Truist Financial raised their price target on shares of Equifax from $270.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 9th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on shares of Equifax from $208.00 to $289.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 9th. Oppenheimer lifted their price target on Equifax from $273.00 to $291.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 9th. Bank of America upgraded Equifax from an “underperform” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $164.00 to $300.00 in a research note on Monday, January 8th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their target price on Equifax from $195.00 to $222.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, December 29th.
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Equifax Price Performance
Equifax stock opened at $237.68 on Friday. Equifax has a 52-week low of $159.95 and a 52-week high of $275.10. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $259.14 and a 200-day moving average of $231.05. The firm has a market capitalization of $29.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 54.02, a PEG ratio of 1.91 and a beta of 1.51. The company has a quick ratio of 0.67, a current ratio of 0.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.04.
Equifax (NYSE:EFX – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 17th. The credit services provider reported $1.50 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.44 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $1.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.40 billion. Equifax had a net margin of 10.36% and a return on equity of 19.40%. The business’s revenue was up 6.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.43 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Equifax will post 7.53 EPS for the current year.
Equifax Announces Dividend
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 23rd were given a $0.39 dividend. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.66%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 22nd. Equifax’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 35.45%.
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.
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