Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) EVP Rodolfo O. Ploder Sells 14,097 Shares of Stock

Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) EVP Rodolfo O. Ploder sold 14,097 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 owns 75,964 shares in the company, valued at $17,126,083.80. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink.

Equifax Price Performance

Equifax stock opened at $220.19 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $27.22 billion, a PE ratio of 49.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 1.51. Equifax Inc. has a 52-week low of $159.95 and a 52-week high of $275.10. 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 company’s 50 day moving average is $254.06 and its two-hundred day moving average is $233.64.

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

Equifax Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.71%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 22nd. Equifax’s dividend payout ratio is presently 34.74%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Equifax

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Norden Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Equifax in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $1,767,000. SpiderRock Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Equifax in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $2,541,000. Caprock Group LLC increased its position in shares of Equifax by 5.3% in the 1st quarter. Caprock Group LLC now owns 2,177 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $583,000 after purchasing an additional 110 shares during the last quarter. OFI Invest Asset Management purchased a new stake in shares of Equifax in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Finally, Benjamin F. Edwards & Company Inc. increased its position in shares of Equifax by 416.7% in the 1st quarter. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company Inc. now owns 279 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $75,000 after purchasing an additional 225 shares during the last quarter. 96.20% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have weighed in on the stock. Evercore ISI upgraded shares of Equifax from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $210.00 to $310.00 in a report on Tuesday, February 13th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on shares of Equifax from $208.00 to $289.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 9th. Redburn Atlantic lowered shares of Equifax from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $272.00 price objective on the stock. in a report on Thursday, January 11th. Robert W. Baird decreased their price objective on shares of Equifax from $275.00 to $260.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, April 19th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price objective on shares of Equifax from $276.00 to $241.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, April 19th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $270.19.

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.