Equifax (NYSE:EFX) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 7.250-7.650 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 8.740. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.9 billion-$6.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.3 billion. Equifax also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 1.330-1.430 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price target on Equifax from $321.00 to $313.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday. Morgan Stanley cut their target price on shares of Equifax from $320.00 to $316.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 28th. Wolfe Research downgraded shares of Equifax from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on Equifax from $304.00 to $283.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, November 19th. Finally, BNP Paribas upgraded shares of Equifax from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $305.00 price target on the stock in a report on Monday, December 16th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and fifteen have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Equifax currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $310.41.

Equifax Stock Performance

EFX opened at $270.35 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $33.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 60.08, a P/E/G ratio of 2.84 and a beta of 1.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.96, a current ratio of 0.88 and a quick ratio of 0.88. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $261.66 and a 200 day moving average price of $275.09. Equifax has a 1 year low of $213.02 and a 1 year high of $309.63.

Equifax Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.39 per share. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.58%. Equifax’s payout ratio is currently 34.67%.

Insider Activity at Equifax

In other news, EVP Lisa M. Nelson sold 551 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $260.39, for a total transaction of $143,474.89. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 11,697 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,045,781.83. The trade was a 4.50 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 1.66% of the stock is 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.