California Public Employees Retirement System lowered its position in shares of Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX - Free Report) by 7.3% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 196,730 shares of the credit services provider's stock after selling 15,462 shares during the quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System owned about 0.16% of Equifax worth $50,137,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of EFX. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. grew its stake in Equifax by 39.0% during the fourth quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 10,843 shares of the credit services provider's stock worth $2,775,000 after buying an additional 3,043 shares during the period. Barclays PLC boosted its position in Equifax by 2.8% during the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 184,890 shares of the credit services provider's stock worth $54,329,000 after purchasing an additional 5,097 shares during the period. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC increased its holdings in Equifax by 11.1% in the 4th quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 1,585 shares of the credit services provider's stock valued at $404,000 after purchasing an additional 158 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC purchased a new position in Equifax in the fourth quarter valued at about $3,572,000. Finally, Van ECK Associates Corp raised its position in Equifax by 95.9% in the fourth quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 1,617,574 shares of the credit services provider's stock valued at $412,239,000 after purchasing an additional 791,730 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.20% of the company's stock.
Equifax Stock Performance
Shares of NYSE EFX traded down $21.50 during trading on Friday, reaching $210.30. The stock had a trading volume of 2,944,287 shares, compared to its average volume of 960,775. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 0.75. The stock has a market cap of $26.25 billion, a PE ratio of 43.54, a P/E/G ratio of 2.79 and a beta of 1.65. Equifax Inc. has a one year low of $209.89 and a one year high of $309.63. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $248.10 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $261.08.
Equifax (NYSE:EFX - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The credit services provider reported $2.12 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $2.12. Equifax had a net margin of 10.63% and a return on equity of 19.13%. On average, research analysts forecast that Equifax Inc. will post 7.58 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Equifax Dividend Announcement
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 21st were paid a $0.39 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 21st. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.74%. Equifax's payout ratio is currently 32.30%.
Analyst Ratings Changes
EFX has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. UBS Group lowered their target price on Equifax from $335.00 to $310.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 7th. Gordon Haskett raised shares of Equifax to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their target price on shares of Equifax from $284.00 to $281.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Royal Bank of Canada raised shares of Equifax from a "sector perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $300.00 price target for the company in a report on Thursday, March 20th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group dropped their price target on shares of Equifax from $340.00 to $300.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirteen have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $294.50.
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About Equifax
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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.
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