Brighton Jones LLC Sells 80 Shares of Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX)

Brighton Jones LLC lowered its position in Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) by 2.0% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 4,008 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after selling 80 shares during the quarter. Brighton Jones LLC’s holdings in Equifax were worth $972,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Private Advisor Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Equifax during the fourth quarter valued at $209,000. BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S lifted its position in shares of Equifax by 6.7% in the 4th quarter. BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S now owns 2,374 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $587,000 after purchasing an additional 150 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Equifax by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 33,920 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $8,388,000 after purchasing an additional 1,079 shares in the last quarter. UBS Group AG increased its holdings in Equifax by 26.6% during the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 98,987 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $24,478,000 after buying an additional 20,775 shares during the period. Finally, Coldstream Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in Equifax in the fourth quarter worth approximately $359,000. 96.20% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Equifax Stock Down 1.0 %

Shares of EFX stock opened at $299.09 on Friday. Equifax Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $159.95 and a fifty-two week high of $309.63. The firm has a market capitalization of $36.97 billion, a PE ratio of 66.61, a P/E/G ratio of 1.99 and a beta of 1.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 0.79 and a current ratio of 0.79. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $287.16 and its 200-day simple moving average is $259.10.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 17th. The credit services provider reported $1.82 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.73 by $0.09. Equifax had a net margin of 10.67% and a return on equity of 18.88%. The company had revenue of $1.43 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.42 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.71 EPS. Equifax’s quarterly revenue was up 8.6% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts expect that Equifax Inc. will post 7.33 earnings per share for the current year.

Equifax Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 13th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were given a dividend of $0.39 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 3rd. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.52%. Equifax’s dividend payout ratio is presently 34.74%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Equifax

In other Equifax news, EVP Carla Chaney sold 3,000 shares of Equifax stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $281.85, for a total transaction of $845,550.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 10,875 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,065,118.75. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. 1.57% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have issued reports on EFX. Oppenheimer increased their target price on Equifax from $272.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, July 19th. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on Equifax from $250.00 to $271.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 12th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on shares of Equifax from $265.00 to $305.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, July 19th. Bank of America increased their price target on shares of Equifax from $255.00 to $286.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 18th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC lifted their price objective on shares of Equifax from $305.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, July 19th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fourteen have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $302.06.

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.