Equifax, Inc (NYSE: EFX) is 3.41% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $213.02 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 $252.34 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 11.19%.
Currently trading at $263.53, the stock is 3.03% and 1.72% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.23 million and changing 4.43% at the moment leaves the stock 0.42% off its SMA200. EFX registered 8.11% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of -0.40%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $259.1048 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $262.44006.
The stock witnessed a -0.66% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -9.49%, and is 7.34% 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 1.77% over the week and 2.47% over the month.
Equifax, Inc (EFX) has around 14900 employees, a market worth around $32.67B and $5.59B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 58.47 and Fwd P/E is 29.85. Profit margin for the company is 10.07%. Distance from 52-week low is 23.71% and -14.89% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.84%).
with sales reaching $1.44B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 8.33% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 8.21% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 8.88% in year-over-year returns.
1169.0 institutions hold shares in Equifax, Inc (EFX), with institutional investors hold 96.12% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 123.90M, and float is at 123.30M with Short Float at 1.94%. Institutions hold 95.68% 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 Nelson Lisa M, the company’s EVP, President International. SEC filings show that Nelson Lisa M sold 551 shares of the company’s common stock on Nov 26 ’24 at a price of $260.39 per share for a total of $0.14 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 11697.0 shares.
Equifax, Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Nov 26 ’24 that Farshchi Jamil (EVP, CISO & Acting CTO) sold a total of 14,716 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Nov 26 ’24 and was made at $260.39 per share for $3.83 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 34632.0 shares of the EFX stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 26 ’24, Nelson Lisa M (Officer) Proposed Sale 551 shares at an average price of $260.39 for $0.14 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Equifax, Inc (EFX).
