American Century Companies Inc. Sells 210,346 Shares of Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX)

American Century Companies Inc. cut its position in Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) by 32.7% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 432,816 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 210,346 shares during the quarter. American Century Companies Inc. owned about 0.35% of Equifax worth $110,303,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EFX. Geo Capital Gestora de Recursos Ltd grew its stake in shares of Equifax by 37.7% in the fourth quarter. Geo Capital Gestora de Recursos Ltd now owns 21,273 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $5,421,000 after acquiring an additional 5,820 shares in the last quarter. Mizuho Securities USA LLC grew its position in shares of Equifax by 46.4% during the 4th quarter. Mizuho Securities USA LLC now owns 11,748 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $2,994,000 after purchasing an additional 3,724 shares in the last quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas increased its holdings in shares of Equifax by 40.0% during the fourth quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas now owns 1,158 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $295,000 after purchasing an additional 331 shares during the period. Royal London Asset Management Ltd. raised its position in shares of Equifax by 4.4% in the fourth quarter. Royal London Asset Management Ltd. now owns 59,533 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $15,172,000 after buying an additional 2,494 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vinva Investment Management Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Equifax in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $755,000. Institutional investors own 96.20% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on EFX. Gordon Haskett upgraded Equifax to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. BNP Paribas cut shares of Equifax from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $265.00 price objective for the company. in a research report on Friday, March 14th. Royal Bank of Canada raised shares of Equifax from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $300.00 target price on the stock in a report on Thursday. Jefferies Financial Group cut their price target on shares of Equifax from $340.00 to $300.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. Finally, Oppenheimer lowered their price objective on shares of Equifax from $286.00 to $279.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fourteen have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $298.56.

Equifax Trading Up 0.3 %

NYSE:EFX opened at $244.06 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 0.75. The firm has a market cap of $30.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 50.53, a P/E/G ratio of 2.79 and a beta of 1.65. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $252.95 and its 200-day moving average is $265.26. Equifax Inc. has a 52 week low of $213.02 and a 52 week high of $309.63.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The credit services provider reported $2.12 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $2.12. Equifax had a net margin of 10.63% and a return on equity of 19.13%. Equities analysts expect that Equifax Inc. will post 7.58 earnings per share for the current year.

Equifax Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 21st were issued a dividend of $0.39 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 21st. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.64%. Equifax’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 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.