Equifax, Inc (NYSE: EFX) is -14.57% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $199.98 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 $224.44 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -6.71%.
Currently trading at $217.73, the stock is -7.14% and -10.68% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.38 million and changing -2.99% at the moment leaves the stock -17.88% off its SMA200. EFX registered -17.13% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -23.96%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $243.7534 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $265.13544.
The stock witnessed a -9.04% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -12.24%, and is -6.07% down 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 8.49% over the week and 3.79% over the month.
Equifax, Inc (EFX) has around 14700 employees, a market worth around $27.17B and $5.68B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 45.05 and Fwd P/E is 23.35. Profit margin for the company is 10.63%. Distance from 52-week low is 8.88% and -29.68% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.62%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 3.14% this year
1177.0 institutions hold shares in Equifax, Inc (EFX), with institutional investors hold 96.81% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 124.80M, and float is at 124.06M with Short Float at 2.65%. Institutions hold 96.30% 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 11.807 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 7.4434 and valued at over $2.23 billion, while MORGAN STANLEY holds 4.1222 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).
