Equifax (NYSE:EFX) Price Target Lowered to $281.00 at Stifel Nicolaus

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) had its price objective cut by equities researchers at Stifel Nicolaus from $284.00 to $281.00 in a report released on Friday,Benzinga reports. The firm presently has a “buy” rating on the credit services provider’s stock. Stifel Nicolaus’ price objective suggests a potential upside of 13.67% from the stock’s previous close.

EFX has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Needham & Company LLC decreased their target price on shares of Equifax from $325.00 to $300.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on shares of Equifax from $321.00 to $313.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on Equifax from $304.00 to $283.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, November 19th. Wolfe Research downgraded Equifax from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group cut their target price on Equifax from $340.00 to $300.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and sixteen have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Equifax presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $304.35.

Equifax Trading Down 0.1 %

Shares of EFX stock traded down $0.27 on Friday, hitting $247.21. The company had a trading volume of 292,232 shares, compared to its average volume of 993,892. The firm has a market cap of $30.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 54.79, a P/E/G ratio of 2.84 and a beta of 1.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.96, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 0.88. Equifax has a twelve month low of $213.02 and a twelve month high of $309.63. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $261.38 and its two-hundred day moving average is $274.90.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The credit services provider reported $2.12 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $2.12. Equifax had a net margin of 10.07% and a return on equity of 18.56%. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Equifax will post 7.27 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Equifax

In other news, EVP Lisa M. Nelson sold 551 shares of Equifax stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $260.39, for a total transaction of $143,474.89. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 11,697 shares in the company, valued at $3,045,781.83. This trade represents a 4.50 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Insiders own 1.66% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Equifax

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of EFX. State Street Corp lifted its position in Equifax by 1.1% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 4,816,186 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $1,415,284,000 after acquiring an additional 52,489 shares during the period. FMR LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Equifax by 37.4% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 3,233,744 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $950,268,000 after purchasing an additional 880,162 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Equifax by 1.0% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,885,661 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $845,041,000 after buying an additional 29,742 shares during the last quarter. Cantillon Capital Management LLC raised its position in Equifax by 0.5% during the 4th quarter. Cantillon Capital Management LLC now owns 1,835,102 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $467,676,000 after buying an additional 9,702 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Van ECK Associates Corp lifted its position in Equifax by 95.9% during the fourth quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 1,617,574 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $412,239,000 after purchasing an additional 791,730 shares during the period. 96.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Equifax Company Profile

Equifax Inc operates as a data, analytics, and technology company. The company operates through three segments: Workforce Solutions, U.S. Information Solutions (USIS), and International. The Workforce Solutions segment offers services that enables customers to verify income, employment, educational history, criminal justice data, healthcare professional licensure, and sanctions of people in the United States; and employer customers with services that assist them in complying with and automating payroll-related and human resource management processes throughout the entire cycle of the employment relationship.