Impact Capital Partners LLC Makes New $696,000 Investment in Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX)

Impact Capital Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund purchased 2,730 shares of the credit services provider's stock, valued at approximately $696,000.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. increased its position in Equifax by 39.0% during the 4th quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 10,843 shares of the credit services provider's stock worth $2,775,000 after purchasing an additional 3,043 shares during the period. Barclays PLC increased 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. Intech Investment Management LLC increased its position in Equifax by 84.1% during the 3rd quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 6,861 shares of the credit services provider's stock worth $2,016,000 after purchasing an additional 3,135 shares during the period. NS Partners Ltd increased its position in Equifax by 2.3% during the 3rd quarter. NS Partners Ltd now owns 95,010 shares of the credit services provider's stock worth $27,920,000 after purchasing an additional 2,094 shares during the period. Finally, Strategic Financial Concepts LLC acquired a new position in Equifax during the 4th quarter worth approximately $3,572,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.20% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

EFX has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Wolfe Research cut Equifax from an "outperform" rating to a "peer perform" rating in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. William Blair reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of Equifax in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Barclays decreased their price target on Equifax from $335.00 to $325.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 7th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on Equifax from $304.00 to $283.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, November 19th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price target on Equifax from $340.00 to $300.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirteen have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Equifax currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $298.47.

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Equifax Price Performance

EFX stock traded up $4.54 on Monday, reaching $240.46. The company had a trading volume of 752,394 shares, compared to its average volume of 907,663. Equifax Inc. has a 1 year low of $213.02 and a 1 year high of $309.63. 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 company's fifty day moving average is $253.55 and its 200 day moving average is $267.50. The company has a market cap of $29.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 49.79, a PEG ratio of 2.79 and a beta of 1.65.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The credit services provider reported $2.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $2.12. Equifax had a return on equity of 19.13% and a net margin of 10.63%. On average, research analysts forecast that Equifax Inc. will post 7.58 earnings per share for the current year.

Equifax Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 21st were paid a dividend of $0.39 per share. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 21st. Equifax's dividend payout ratio is presently 32.30%.

Equifax Profile

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.