Equifax, Inc (NYSE: EFX) is -3.57% lower 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 make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The EFX stock was last observed hovering at around $244.92 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.84%.
Currently trading at $245.76, the stock is -0.11% and -3.73% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.03 million and changing 0.34% at the moment leaves the stock -7.40% off its SMA200. EFX registered -8.70% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -18.80%.
The stock witnessed a -7.88% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -5.00%, and is 1.29% 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 2.18% over the week and 2.45% over the month.
Equifax, Inc (EFX) has around 14700 employees, a market worth around $30.48B and $5.68B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 50.84 and Fwd P/E is 26.03. Profit margin for the company is 10.63%. Distance from 52-week low is 15.37% and -20.63% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.62%).
with sales reaching $1.41B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 4.77% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 5.68% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 1.69% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 124.00M, and float is at 123.29M with Short Float at 1.94%.
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 11.807 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 GAMBLE JOHN W JR, the company’s EVP, CFO & COO. SEC filings show that GAMBLE JOHN W JR sold 3,500 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 28 ’25 at a price of $242.31 per share for a total of $0.85 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 67153.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 13 ’25, Begor Mark W (CEO) disposed off 22,161 shares at an average price of $252.63 for $5.6 million. The insider now directly holds 142,243 shares of Equifax, Inc (EFX).
