Mutual of America Capital Management LLC Has $4.09 Million Stock Position in Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX)

Mutual of America Capital Management LLC lowered its holdings in shares of Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) by 4.0% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 16,534 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 686 shares during the period. Mutual of America Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Equifax were worth $4,089,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Toth Financial Advisory Corp boosted its stake in shares of Equifax by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Toth Financial Advisory Corp now owns 32,675 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $8,080,000 after acquiring an additional 135 shares during the period. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC bought a new position in Equifax during the fourth quarter worth $485,000. Tobam increased its holdings in shares of Equifax by 37.2% in the fourth quarter. Tobam now owns 568 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $140,000 after purchasing an additional 154 shares during the last quarter. Turtle Creek Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Equifax in the fourth quarter valued at about $41,000. Finally, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Equifax by 5.5% during the 4th quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 26,766 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $6,619,000 after buying an additional 1,406 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.20% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

EFX has been the subject of several research reports. Oppenheimer raised their price objective on shares of Equifax from $273.00 to $291.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 9th. Evercore ISI upgraded Equifax from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $210.00 to $310.00 in a research note on Tuesday, February 13th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on Equifax from $208.00 to $289.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 9th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $305.00 target price on shares of Equifax in a research report on Friday, February 9th. Finally, TheStreet raised shares of Equifax from a “c+” rating to a “b-” rating in a research report on Friday, December 29th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Equifax has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $267.00.

Equifax Trading Down 1.8 %

EFX opened at $238.55 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $29.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 54.22, a PEG ratio of 1.94 and a beta of 1.51. The company has a current ratio of 0.67, a quick ratio of 0.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.04. The company’s 50 day moving average is $259.23 and its 200-day moving average is $231.00. Equifax Inc. has a 1-year low of $159.95 and a 1-year high of $275.10.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 7th. The credit services provider reported $1.81 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.74 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $1.33 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.31 billion. Equifax had a net margin of 10.36% and a return on equity of 19.40%. The company’s revenue was up 10.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.52 earnings per share. Equities research analysts predict that Equifax Inc. will post 7.53 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Equifax Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 23rd were issued a $0.39 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 22nd. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.65%. Equifax’s payout ratio is presently 35.45%.

About Equifax

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.