Greenleaf Trust Has $489,000 Holdings in Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX)

Greenleaf Trust boosted its holdings in shares of Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) by 3.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,665 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 48 shares during the period. Greenleaf Trust’s holdings in Equifax were worth $489,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EFX. EntryPoint Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of Equifax during the 1st quarter valued at about $30,000. Tortoise Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in Equifax by 76.1% during the 2nd quarter. Tortoise Investment Management LLC now owns 125 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the period. Mascoma Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Equifax in the 2nd quarter valued at $30,000. Crewe Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Equifax by 138.2% during the second quarter. Crewe Advisors LLC now owns 131 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 76 shares during the period. Finally, First Community Trust NA bought a new position in Equifax during the second quarter worth $33,000. 96.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Equifax

In other Equifax news, EVP Carla Chaney sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $281.85, for a total value of $845,550.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 10,875 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,065,118.75. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. 1.57% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have commented on EFX shares. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on shares of Equifax from $277.00 to $307.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 20th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on Equifax from $265.00 to $305.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, July 19th. Citigroup boosted their price target on Equifax from $263.00 to $304.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 24th. Wells Fargo & Company reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Equifax in a research report on Friday, October 18th. Finally, Bank of America boosted their target price on shares of Equifax from $255.00 to $286.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 18th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and sixteen have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Equifax has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $310.47.

Equifax Trading Down 0.7 %

Shares of Equifax stock opened at $269.81 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $33.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 60.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.58. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $293.01 and a 200 day simple moving average of $263.52. Equifax Inc. has a 12-month low of $159.95 and a 12-month high of $309.63. The company has a current ratio of 0.79, a quick ratio of 0.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.01.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October 16th. The credit services provider reported $1.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.84 by $0.01. Equifax had a net margin of 10.67% and a return on equity of 18.88%. The firm had revenue of $1.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.44 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.76 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 9.3% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Equifax Inc. will post 7.36 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Equifax Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 13th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were issued a $0.39 dividend. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.58%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 3rd. Equifax’s dividend payout ratio is presently 34.74%.

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.