Farther Finance Advisors LLC Acquires 80 Shares of Equifax, Inc. $EFX

Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Equifax, Inc. (NYSE:EFX) by 15.1% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 610 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 80 shares during the quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC’s holdings in Equifax were worth $158,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Texas Capital Bank Wealth Management Services Inc increased its stake in Equifax by 3.7% in the 1st quarter. Texas Capital Bank Wealth Management Services Inc now owns 1,134 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $276,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. CX Institutional increased its position in shares of Equifax by 0.9% during the 2nd quarter. CX Institutional now owns 5,005 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $1,298,000 after purchasing an additional 43 shares during the last quarter. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC increased its position in shares of Equifax by 3.8% during the 1st quarter. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,395 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $340,000 after purchasing an additional 51 shares during the last quarter. Chesley Taft & Associates LLC increased its position in shares of Equifax by 2.2% during the 2nd quarter. Chesley Taft & Associates LLC now owns 2,721 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $706,000 after purchasing an additional 59 shares during the last quarter. Finally, First Horizon Advisors Inc. increased its position in shares of Equifax by 9.5% during the 1st quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 738 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $180,000 after purchasing an additional 64 shares during the last quarter. 96.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have recently commented on EFX shares. UBS Group increased their price objective on Equifax from $287.00 to $297.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, September 15th. Robert W. Baird dropped their target price on Equifax from $310.00 to $289.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their target price on Equifax from $310.00 to $300.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Oppenheimer dropped their price objective on Equifax from $296.00 to $279.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Seaport Res Ptn raised Equifax to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $284.80.

Equifax Stock Performance

EFX stock opened at $232.24 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $28.75 billion, a P/E ratio of 45.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.06 and a beta of 1.68. Equifax, Inc. has a 1 year low of $199.98 and a 1 year high of $294.92. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a current ratio of 0.77 and a quick ratio of 0.77. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $248.46 and its 200-day moving average price is $251.39.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The credit services provider reported $2.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.92 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $1.54 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.51 billion. Equifax had a return on equity of 18.89% and a net margin of 10.95%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.82 EPS. Equifax has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.870-1.970 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.330-7.630 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Equifax, Inc. will post 7.58 earnings per share for the current year.

Equifax Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 2nd were paid a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 2nd. Equifax’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 39.14%.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Mark W. Begor sold 48,264 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, July 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $241.71, for a total value of $11,665,891.44. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 142,872 shares in the company, valued at $34,533,591.12. This trade represents a 25.25% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 1.40% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.