Biltmore Family Office LLC Sells 57 Shares of Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX)

Biltmore Family Office LLC cut its stake in shares of Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) by 0.3% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 17,876 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 57 shares during the period. Equifax makes up 0.8% of Biltmore Family Office LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 22nd biggest position. Biltmore Family Office LLC’s holdings in Equifax were worth $4,556,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. McClarren Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in Equifax in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Central Pacific Bank Trust Division bought a new stake in shares of Equifax during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Spire Wealth Management increased its stake in shares of Equifax by 98.7% in the 4th quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 151 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $38,000 after acquiring an additional 75 shares in the last quarter. Generali Asset Management SPA SGR purchased a new stake in shares of Equifax in the 4th quarter worth approximately $39,000. Finally, Atala Financial Inc purchased a new position in shares of Equifax in the 4th quarter worth about $49,000. 96.20% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

EFX has been the topic of several research reports. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their target price on shares of Equifax from $284.00 to $281.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 7th. UBS Group lowered their price objective on Equifax from $335.00 to $310.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Gordon Haskett upgraded shares of Equifax to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 18th. Barclays cut their target price on Equifax from $335.00 to $325.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada raised shares of Equifax from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $300.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Thursday, March 20th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fourteen have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $298.56.

Equifax Price Performance

EFX stock opened at $247.75 on Thursday. Equifax Inc. has a 1 year low of $213.02 and a 1 year high of $309.63. The firm has a market cap of $30.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 51.29, a PEG ratio of 2.79 and a beta of 1.65. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $250.01 and its 200 day moving average price is $262.46. 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 posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The credit services provider reported $2.12 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.12. Equifax had a net margin of 10.63% and a return on equity of 19.13%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Equifax Inc. will post 7.58 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Equifax Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 21st were paid a $0.39 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 21st. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.63%. Equifax’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 32.30%.

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.