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In the latest session, Equifax, Inc (NYSE: EFX) closed at $254.36 up 0.54% from its previous closing price of $253.00. In other words, the price has increased by $0.54 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.25 million shares were traded. EFX stock price reached its highest trading level at $255.26 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $247.56.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Equifax, Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 185.57 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 38.78. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.88 and its Current Ratio is at 0.75. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.04 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.90.
On December 16, 2024, Exane BNP Paribas Upgraded its rating to Outperform which previously was Neutral but kept the price unchanged to $305.
Morgan Stanley Upgraded its Equal-Weight to Overweight on December 12, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $275 to $320.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 12 ’25 when Nelson Lisa M bought 552 shares for $248.18 per share.
Farshchi Jamil bought 18,911 shares of EFX for $4,693,332 on Feb 12 ’25. On Nov 26 ’24, another insider, Nelson Lisa M, who serves as the EVP, President International of the company, sold 551 shares for $260.39 each. As a result, the insider received 143,475 and left with 11,697 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, EFX now has a Market Capitalization of 31528431616 and an Enterprise Value of 38636552192. As of this moment, Equifax,’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 52.63, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 26.74. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.69. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 5.55 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 6.58. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.914 whereas that against EBITDA is 22.758.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for EFX is 1.64, which has changed by -0.028865337 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.20652604 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, EFX has reached a high of $309.63, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $213.02. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.54%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -3.89%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, EFX has traded an average of 1.02M shares per day and 1274590 over the past ten days. A total of 124.00M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 123.29M. Insiders hold about 0.54% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 95.75% stake in the company. Shares short for EFX as of 1736899200 were 2537282 with a Short Ratio of 2.11, compared to 1734048000 on 2216547. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2537282 and a Short% of Float of 2.6500002.
Dividends & Splits
The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.76. The current Payout Ratio is 32.23% for EFX, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-11-22 with an ex-dividend date of 1740096000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1995-12-18 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
