Rhumbline Advisers Sells 3,681 Shares of Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX)

Rhumbline Advisers lowered its holdings in shares of Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) by 1.6% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 221,523 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 3,681 shares during the period. Rhumbline Advisers owned about 0.18% of Equifax worth $56,455,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC bought a new position in shares of Equifax during the third quarter valued at $29,000. McClarren Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in Equifax in the fourth quarter valued at $25,000. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division acquired a new position in Equifax in the fourth quarter valued at $35,000. Spire Wealth Management lifted its holdings in Equifax by 98.7% in the fourth quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 151 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $38,000 after buying an additional 75 shares during the period. Finally, Exchange Traded Concepts LLC acquired a new position in Equifax in the third quarter valued at $48,000. Institutional investors own 96.20% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on EFX shares. William Blair restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Equifax in a report on Friday, February 7th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price target on shares of Equifax from $320.00 to $316.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 28th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on shares of Equifax from $321.00 to $313.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price target on shares of Equifax from $340.00 to $300.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. Finally, BNP Paribas raised shares of Equifax from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $305.00 target price for the company in a research report on Monday, December 16th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Equifax has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $301.13.

Insider Activity at Equifax

In other news, EVP Lisa M. Nelson sold 551 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $260.39, for a total value of $143,474.89. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 11,697 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,045,781.83. This represents a 4.50 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 1.57% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Equifax Stock Down 0.5 %

EFX opened at $249.58 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 0.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90. The stock has a market cap of $30.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 51.67, a PEG ratio of 3.00 and a beta of 1.58. Equifax Inc. has a twelve month low of $213.02 and a twelve month high of $309.63. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $260.13 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $274.15.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The credit services provider reported $2.12 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.12. Equifax had a net margin of 10.63% and a return on equity of 19.13%. As a group, equities analysts expect that Equifax Inc. will post 7.45 earnings per share for the current year.

Equifax Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.39 per share. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.63%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 21st. Equifax’s payout ratio is currently 32.30%.

Equifax 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.