UniSuper Management Pty Ltd Has $3.01 Million Stock Holdings in Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX)

UniSuper Management Pty Ltd increased its position in Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) by 36.1% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 11,822 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,133 shares during the quarter. UniSuper Management Pty Ltd’s holdings in Equifax were worth $3,013,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of EFX. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in Equifax by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 14,389,505 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $3,667,165,000 after purchasing an additional 135,009 shares during the period. State Street Corp lifted its stake in shares of Equifax by 1.1% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 4,816,186 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $1,415,284,000 after buying an additional 52,489 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Equifax by 1.0% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,885,661 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $845,041,000 after buying an additional 29,742 shares during the period. Cantillon Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Equifax by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. Cantillon Capital Management LLC now owns 1,835,102 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $467,676,000 after buying an additional 9,702 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Van ECK Associates Corp raised its holdings in Equifax by 95.9% in the 4th quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 1,617,574 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $412,239,000 after acquiring an additional 791,730 shares during the period. 96.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Equifax Stock Down 1.4 %

NYSE EFX opened at $240.37 on Friday. Equifax Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $213.02 and a fifty-two week high of $309.63. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $251.43 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $263.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90, a current ratio of 0.75 and a quick ratio of 0.88. The stock has a market capitalization of $29.81 billion, a PE ratio of 49.77, a PEG ratio of 2.79 and a beta of 1.65.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) last released 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 return on equity of 19.13% and a net margin of 10.63%. Equities analysts expect that Equifax Inc. will post 7.58 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Equifax Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 21st were given a dividend of $0.39 per share. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 21st. Equifax’s dividend payout ratio is 32.30%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on EFX. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on Equifax from $320.00 to $316.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 28th. Wolfe Research lowered Equifax from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a report on Thursday, December 12th. Royal Bank of Canada raised Equifax from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $300.00 target price for the company in a report on Thursday, March 20th. Needham & Company LLC reduced their target price on shares of Equifax from $325.00 to $300.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Finally, William Blair reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Equifax in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Four 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 company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Equifax has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $298.56.

Equifax Profile

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.