Equifax, Inc (NYSE: EFX) is 8.98% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $180.31 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 $264.21 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 5.28%.
Currently trading at $269.49, the stock is -1.74% and -6.12% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.03 million and changing 2.00% at the moment leaves the stock 2.67% off its SMA200. EFX registered 46.65% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 12.65%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $287.7274 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $262.3635.
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The stock witnessed a -5.19% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -3.21%, and is 1.69% 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 3.05% over the week and 2.28% over the month.
Equifax, Inc (EFX) has around 14900 employees, a market worth around $33.40B and $5.59B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 59.79 and Fwd P/E is 28.48. Profit margin for the company is 10.07%. Distance from 52-week low is 49.46% and -12.96% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.84%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 8.73% this year
1113.0 institutions hold shares in Equifax, Inc (EFX), with institutional investors hold 98.17% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 123.30M, and float is at 123.29M with Short Float at 1.78%. Institutions hold 97.72% 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 Begor Mark W, the company’s CEO. SEC filings show that Begor Mark W sold 58,304 shares of the company’s common stock on Oct 25 ’24 at a price of $270.49 per share for a total of $15.77 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.11 million shares.
Equifax, Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Oct 25 ’24 that KELLEY JOHN J III (EVP, Chief Legal Officer) sold a total of 1,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Oct 25 ’24 and was made at $272.92 per share for $0.27 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 11269.0 shares of the EFX stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Oct 25 ’24, Begor Mark W (Officer) Proposed Sale 58,304 shares at an average price of $270.49 for $15.77 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Equifax, Inc (EFX).
