898 Shares in Equifax, Inc. $EFX Purchased by Optimize Financial Inc

Optimize Financial Inc purchased a new position in shares of Equifax, Inc. (NYSE:EFX) in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 898 shares of the credit services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $219,000.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. DAVENPORT & Co LLC raised its position in shares of Equifax by 12.0% during the 1st quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC now owns 2,212 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $539,000 after purchasing an additional 237 shares during the last quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas raised its position in shares of Equifax by 1,464.7% during the 1st quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas now owns 18,119 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $4,413,000 after purchasing an additional 16,961 shares during the last quarter. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Equifax during the 1st quarter worth about $209,000. QRG Capital Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Equifax by 19.9% during the 1st quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,611 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $392,000 after purchasing an additional 267 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC raised its position in shares of Equifax by 44.2% during the 1st quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 5,229 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $1,274,000 after purchasing an additional 1,602 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.20% of the company’s stock.

Equifax Stock Performance

Equifax stock opened at $252.24 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $249.65 and a 200-day simple moving average of $250.05. Equifax, Inc. has a 1-year low of $199.98 and a 1-year high of $309.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a current ratio of 0.77 and a quick ratio of 0.77. The stock has a market cap of $31.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 49.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.05 and a beta of 1.68.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The credit services provider reported $2.00 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.92 by $0.08. Equifax had a net margin of 10.95% and a return on equity of 18.89%. The business had revenue of $1.54 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.51 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.82 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. Equifax has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.870-1.970 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.330-7.630 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Equifax, Inc. will post 7.58 EPS for the current year.

Equifax Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 2nd will be paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 2nd. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.8%. Equifax’s dividend payout ratio is 39.14%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently issued reports on EFX. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price objective on shares of Equifax from $280.00 to $260.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Oppenheimer dropped their price objective on shares of Equifax from $296.00 to $279.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $305.00 price objective (up previously from $295.00) on shares of Equifax in a research note on Tuesday, June 10th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on shares of Equifax from $310.00 to $300.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Bank of America cut shares of Equifax from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their price objective for the company from $300.00 to $285.00 in a research note on Monday, June 23rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $283.53.

Insider Buying and Selling at Equifax

In related news, CEO Mark W. Begor sold 48,264 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $241.71, for a total transaction of $11,665,891.44. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 142,872 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $34,533,591.12. This trade represents a 25.25% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 1.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.