Equifax, Inc. (NYSE: EFX) is 19.88% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $159.95 and a high of $298.58 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The EFX stock was last observed hovering at around $298.39 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.94%.
Currently trading at $296.45, the stock is 4.40% and 13.22% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.61 million and changing -0.65% at the moment leaves the stock 20.82% off its SMA200. EFX registered 54.47% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 11.79%.
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The stock witnessed a 13.63% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 22.44%, and is 0.99% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.63% over the week and 2.51% over the month.
Equifax, Inc. (EFX) has around 14900 employees, a market worth around $36.68B and $5.47B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 63.24 and Fwd P/E is 30.99. Profit margin for the company is 10.67%. Distance from 52-week low is 85.34% and -0.71% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.18%).
Equifax, Inc. quarterly earnings per share for the current quarter are estimated at 1.81 with sales reaching $1.44B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 9.25% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 8.70% year-over-year.
1077.0 institutions hold shares in Equifax, Inc. (EFX), with institutional investors hold 99.47% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 123.30M, and float is at 122.98M with Short Float at 2.15%. Institutions hold 99.02% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS with over 14.61 million shares valued at $3.54 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.8261 of the EFX Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 14.18 million shares valued at $3.44 billion to account for 11.4853 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 9.21 million shares representing 7.4554 and valued at over $2.23 billion, while MORGAN STANLEY holds 4.1288 of the shares totaling 5.1 million with a market value of $1.24 billion.
Equifax, Inc. (EFX) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Chaney Carla, the company’s EVP, Chief HR Officer. SEC filings show that Chaney Carla sold 3,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Aug 07 ’24 at a price of $281.85 per share for a total of $0.85 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 10875.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 01 ’24, Chaney Carla (EVP, Chief HR Officer) disposed off 3,000 shares at an average price of $279.48 for $0.84 million. The insider now directly holds 13,875 shares of Equifax, Inc. (EFX).
