New York State Common Retirement Fund Sells 4,000 Shares of Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX)

New York State Common Retirement Fund cut its position in shares of Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) by 5.4% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 70,499 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 4,000 shares during the quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund owned approximately 0.06% of Equifax worth $17,967,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of EFX. Kentucky Retirement Systems Insurance Trust Fund grew its position in Equifax by 17.6% during the fourth quarter. Kentucky Retirement Systems Insurance Trust Fund now owns 4,309 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $1,098,000 after acquiring an additional 645 shares during the last quarter. Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS raised its stake in shares of Equifax by 2.6% during the fourth quarter. Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS now owns 50,142 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $12,779,000 after acquiring an additional 1,280 shares in the last quarter. Venturi Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Equifax by 5.2% during the fourth quarter. Venturi Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,428 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $364,000 after acquiring an additional 70 shares in the last quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. raised its position in Equifax by 260.3% in the 4th quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 4,014 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $1,023,000 after purchasing an additional 2,900 shares during the period. Finally, Truist Financial Corp raised its position in Equifax by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 58,370 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $14,876,000 after purchasing an additional 1,460 shares during the period. 96.20% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently commented on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on shares of Equifax from $284.00 to $281.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 7th. BNP Paribas raised Equifax from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $305.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Monday, December 16th. Oppenheimer decreased their target price on shares of Equifax from $286.00 to $279.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 7th. Gordon Haskett raised shares of Equifax to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 18th. Finally, Argus cut shares of Equifax from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 11th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fourteen have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $301.13.

Equifax Price Performance

Shares of EFX stock opened at $238.04 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $29.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 49.28, a PEG ratio of 2.79 and a beta of 1.58. The business’s fifty day moving average is $258.10 and its 200 day moving average is $272.88. Equifax Inc. has a twelve month low of $213.02 and a twelve month high of $309.63. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 0.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90.

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, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.12. Equifax had a net margin of 10.63% and a return on equity of 19.13%. Research analysts expect that Equifax Inc. will post 7.58 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Equifax Announces Dividend

The business 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 $0.39 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 21st. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.66%. 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.