Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Co Sells 628 Shares of Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX)

Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Co lessened its position in shares of Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) by 5.8% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 10,283 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 628 shares during the quarter. Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Co’s holdings in Equifax were worth $2,621,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its holdings in shares of Equifax by 22.3% in the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 6,097 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $1,792,000 after buying an additional 1,110 shares during the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC increased its stake in Equifax by 11.5% in the third quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 16,512 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $4,852,000 after purchasing an additional 1,704 shares in the last quarter. Bank of Montreal Can raised its stake in Equifax by 1.9% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 93,795 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $27,237,000 after buying an additional 1,748 shares during the period. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its position in shares of Equifax by 0.3% during the third quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 74,459 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $21,881,000 after purchasing an additional 234 shares during the period. Finally, Quantbot Technologies LP grew its position in shares of Equifax by 5.3% in the 3rd quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP now owns 3,630 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $1,067,000 after purchasing an additional 182 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.20% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

EFX has been the subject of a number of research reports. Needham & Company LLC decreased their price objective on Equifax from $325.00 to $300.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 7th. Oppenheimer lowered their target price on shares of Equifax from $286.00 to $279.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 7th. UBS Group reduced their price target on Equifax from $335.00 to $310.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 7th. William Blair restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Equifax in a research note on Friday, February 7th. Finally, Gordon Haskett upgraded shares of Equifax to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 18th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fourteen have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $298.56.

Equifax Stock Performance

Shares of EFX stock opened at $240.37 on Friday. Equifax Inc. has a 52 week low of $213.02 and a 52 week high of $309.63. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $251.43 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $263.86. The firm has a market cap of $29.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 49.77, a P/E/G ratio of 2.79 and a beta of 1.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 0.75.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The credit services provider reported $2.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.12. Equifax had a return on equity of 19.13% and a net margin of 10.63%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Equifax Inc. will post 7.58 earnings per share for the current year.

Equifax Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 21st were given a dividend of $0.39 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 21st. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.65%. Equifax’s dividend payout ratio is currently 32.30%.

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.