Equifax, Inc. $EFX Stock Holdings Trimmed by Brown Advisory Inc.

Brown Advisory Inc. lowered its position in shares of Equifax, Inc. (NYSE:EFX) by 5.2% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 50,687 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 2,790 shares during the quarter. Brown Advisory Inc.’s holdings in Equifax were worth $13,147,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in EFX. Capital Investment Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Equifax by 31.8% during the second quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 4,443 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $1,152,000 after buying an additional 1,072 shares during the last quarter. Inspire Investing LLC increased its position in Equifax by 28.0% in the 1st quarter. Inspire Investing LLC now owns 1,295 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $315,000 after acquiring an additional 283 shares during the period. Stevens Capital Management LP bought a new stake in Equifax during the 2nd quarter valued at $932,000. SCS Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Equifax during the 1st quarter worth $274,000. Finally, Silvant Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Equifax in the second quarter worth $963,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.20% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Jamil Farshchi sold 4,925 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, October 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $238.94, for a total transaction of $1,176,779.50. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 39,364 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,405,634.16. The trade was a 11.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Mark W. Begor sold 21,386 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, October 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.12, for a total value of $4,942,732.32. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 22,045 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,095,040.40. This trade represents a 49.24% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 54,270 shares of company stock worth $12,580,837 over the last ninety days. 1.40% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on shares of Equifax from $300.00 to $285.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 15th. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price target on shares of Equifax from $251.00 to $245.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 22nd. UBS Group increased their price objective on shares of Equifax from $287.00 to $297.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, September 15th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Equifax in a report on Monday, December 1st. Finally, Seaport Res Ptn upgraded Equifax to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 1st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $277.13.

Equifax Stock Up 0.1%

NYSE EFX opened at $211.50 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 0.74 and a quick ratio of 0.74. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $220.53 and its 200 day simple moving average is $242.63. Equifax, Inc. has a 12 month low of $199.98 and a 12 month high of $281.07. The company has a market capitalization of $25.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 40.13, a PEG ratio of 2.37 and a beta of 1.59.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October 21st. The credit services provider reported $2.04 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.94 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $1.54 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.52 billion. Equifax had a net margin of 11.08% and a return on equity of 19.28%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.85 earnings per share. Equifax has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.980-2.080 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance at 7.550-7.650 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Equifax, Inc. will post 7.58 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Equifax Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 15th. Investors of record on Monday, November 24th will be issued a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 24th. Equifax’s payout ratio is presently 37.95%.

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.