Equifax (NYSE:EFX) Upgraded at Seaport Res Ptn

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) was upgraded by equities researchers at Seaport Res Ptn to a “hold” rating in a note issued to investors on Wednesday,Zacks.com reports.

EFX has been the subject of several other research reports. Citigroup dropped their price objective on shares of Equifax from $294.00 to $290.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on Equifax from $277.00 to $272.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. BMO Capital Markets cut their price objective on Equifax from $280.00 to $260.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Oppenheimer decreased their target price on Equifax from $296.00 to $279.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $305.00 target price (up from $295.00) on shares of Equifax in a research note on Tuesday, June 10th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have given a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $284.80.

Equifax Price Performance

Equifax stock opened at $232.24 on Wednesday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $248.46 and a 200 day simple moving average of $251.39. Equifax has a one year low of $199.98 and a one year high of $294.92. The company has a market capitalization of $28.75 billion, a PE ratio of 45.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.06 and a beta of 1.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a current ratio of 0.77 and a quick ratio of 0.77.

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

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 value of $11,665,891.44. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 142,872 shares in the company, valued at $34,533,591.12. This represents a 25.25% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 1.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Equifax

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in EFX. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Equifax by 1.8% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 14,966,903 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $3,881,966,000 after purchasing an additional 258,572 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its stake in Equifax by 40.0% in the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 7,037,804 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $1,714,129,000 after buying an additional 2,009,987 shares during the period. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in Equifax by 1.4% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 4,968,897 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $1,288,783,000 after buying an additional 66,914 shares during the last quarter. Harris Associates L P grew its position in shares of Equifax by 27.6% during the 1st quarter. Harris Associates L P now owns 4,570,557 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $1,113,205,000 after buying an additional 987,772 shares during the period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Equifax by 2.5% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,142,763 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $811,650,000 after acquiring an additional 75,627 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 96.20% of the company’s stock.

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.