Equifax, Inc. (NYSE: EFX) is 22.20% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $159.95 and a high of $309.63 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 $297.57 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 4.62%.
Currently trading at $302.19, the stock is 0.60% and 6.09% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.83 million and changing 1.55% at the moment leaves the stock 18.51% off its SMA200. EFX registered 53.79% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 14.17%.
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The stock witnessed a 1.89% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 26.03%, and is 1.48% 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 2.31% over the week and 2.16% over the month.
Equifax, Inc. (EFX) has around 14900 employees, a market worth around $37.39B and $5.47B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 64.47 and Fwd P/E is 31.52. Profit margin for the company is 10.67%. Distance from 52-week low is 88.93% and -2.40% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.18%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 9.57% this year
1080.0 institutions hold shares in Equifax, Inc. (EFX), with institutional investors hold 99.52% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 123.30M, and float is at 123.08M with Short Float at 2.45%. Institutions hold 99.06% 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 KELLEY JOHN J III, the company’s EVP, Chief Legal Officer. SEC filings show that KELLEY JOHN J III sold 3,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Aug 28 ’24 at a price of $304.99 per share for a total of $0.91 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 12259.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 07 ’24, Chaney Carla (EVP, Chief HR Officer) disposed off 3,000 shares at an average price of $281.85 for $0.85 million. The insider now directly holds 10,875 shares of Equifax, Inc. (EFX).
