Quotient Wealth Partners LLC Has $426,000 Holdings in Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX)

Quotient Wealth Partners LLC reduced its stake in Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) by 2.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,448 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 42 shares during the quarter. Quotient Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in Equifax were worth $426,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EFX. EntryPoint Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of Equifax during the 1st quarter worth $30,000. Tortoise Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in Equifax by 76.1% during the second quarter. Tortoise Investment Management LLC now owns 125 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 54 shares during the period. Mascoma Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Equifax in the second quarter valued at about $30,000. OFI Invest Asset Management bought a new position in shares of Equifax in the first quarter worth about $31,000. Finally, Crewe Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Equifax by 138.2% during the 2nd quarter. Crewe Advisors LLC now owns 131 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 76 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 96.20% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have commented on EFX shares. Needham & Company LLC lifted their price target on Equifax from $305.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, July 19th. Citigroup increased their price target on shares of Equifax from $263.00 to $304.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of Equifax from $273.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, July 19th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on shares of Equifax from $265.00 to $305.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, July 19th. Finally, Oppenheimer upped their price target on Equifax from $300.00 to $315.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and sixteen have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Equifax has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $307.74.

Equifax Stock Down 0.2 %

Shares of EFX opened at $283.73 on Friday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $294.14 and its 200-day simple moving average is $261.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 0.79 and a quick ratio of 0.79. Equifax Inc. has a one year low of $159.95 and a one year high of $309.63. The company has a market capitalization of $35.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 60.63, a PEG ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.58.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 17th. The credit services provider reported $1.82 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.73 by $0.09. Equifax had a return on equity of 18.88% and a net margin of 10.67%. The firm had revenue of $1.43 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.42 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.71 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 8.6% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Equifax Inc. will post 7.36 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Equifax Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 13th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were given a $0.39 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 3rd. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.55%. Equifax’s dividend payout ratio is currently 33.33%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Carla Chaney sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $281.85, for a total transaction of $845,550.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 10,875 shares in the company, valued at $3,065,118.75. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Insiders own 1.57% of the company’s stock.

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.