Equifax (NYSE:EFX) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Meets Expectations

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The credit services provider reported $2.12 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.12, Zacks reports. Equifax had a return on equity of 18.56% and a net margin of 10.07%. Equifax updated its FY 2025 guidance to 7.250-7.650 EPS and its Q1 2025 guidance to 1.330-1.430 EPS.

Equifax Stock Performance

Shares of Equifax stock traded down $20.00 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $250.23. The company had a trading volume of 3,208,197 shares, compared to its average volume of 987,129. Equifax has a 1-year low of $213.02 and a 1-year high of $309.63. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $261.66 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $275.09. The stock has a market cap of $31.02 billion, a PE ratio of 55.53, a P/E/G ratio of 2.84 and a beta of 1.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.96, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.88.

Equifax Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 21st will be issued a dividend of $0.39 per share. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.62%. Equifax’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 34.67%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

EFX has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Wolfe Research lowered shares of Equifax from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a report on Thursday, December 12th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on shares of Equifax from $321.00 to $313.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday. BNP Paribas raised Equifax from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $305.00 target price for the company in a research report on Monday, December 16th. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on Equifax from $320.00 to $316.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 28th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lowered their target price on Equifax from $305.00 to $284.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fifteen have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Equifax has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $310.41.

Insider Activity at Equifax

In other news, EVP Lisa M. Nelson sold 551 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $260.39, for a total transaction of $143,474.89. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 11,697 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,045,781.83. The trade was a 4.50 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 1.66% of the company’s stock.

Equifax Company 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.