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How to buy Equifax stock

Learn how to easily invest in Equifax stock.

Equifax is a consulting services business based in the US. Equifax shares (EFX) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Equifax employs 14,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $5.1 billion.

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Equifax stock price (NYSE: EFX)

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Equifax shares at a glance

Information last updated 2023-03-16.
Latest market close$200.89
52-week range$145.42 - $241.88
50-day moving average $210.31
200-day moving average $194.37
Wall St. target price$217.47
PE ratio 34.6539
Dividend yield $1.56 (0.8%)
Earnings per share (TTM) $5.75

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Is it a good time to buy Equifax stock?

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Equifax price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $200.89 from 2023-03-17

1 week (2023-03-10) N/A
1 month (2023-02-17) N/A
3 months (2022-12-17) N/A
6 months (2022-09-21) 13.70%
1 year (2022-03-18) -16.68%
2 years (2021-03-19) 15.52%
3 years (2020-03-20) 93.18%
5 years (2018-03-20) 71.35%

Is Equifax stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Equifax stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Equifax's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Equifax financials

Revenue TTM $5.1 billion
Operating margin TTM 21.27%
Gross profit TTM $2.9 billion
Return on assets TTM 6.03%
Return on equity TTM 18.49%
Profit margin 13.59%
Book value $32.30
Market capitalisation $24.4 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Equifax share dividends

21%

Dividend payout ratio: 20.63% of net profits

Recently Equifax has paid out, on average, around 20.63% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.8% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Equifax shareholders could enjoy a 0.8% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Equifax's case, that would currently equate to about $1.56 per share.

While Equifax's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Equifax is investing more in its future growth.

Equifax's most recent dividend payout was on 14 March 2023. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 20 February 2023 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Equifax's shares ever split?

Equifax's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 17 December 1995. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Equifax shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Equifax shares which in turn could have impacted Equifax's share price.

Equifax share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Equifax's shares have ranged in value from as little as $145.422 up to $241.88. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

EFX.US volatility(beta: 1.45)Avg. volatility(beta: 1.00)LowHigh

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Equifax's is 1.4469. This would suggest that Equifax's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Equifax overview

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. The USIS segment provides consumer and commercial information services, such as credit information and credit scoring, credit modeling and portfolio analytics, locate, fraud detection and prevention, identity verification, and other consulting services; mortgage services; financial marketing services; identity management services; and credit monitoring products.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Equifax is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.436% of Equifax shares are held by insiders and 100.922% by institutions.
How many people work for Equifax?
Latest data suggests 14,000 work at Equifax.
When does the fiscal year end for Equifax?
Equifax's fiscal year ends in December.
Where is Equifax based?
Equifax's address is: 1550 Peachtree Street, NW, Atlanta, GA, United States, 30309
What is Equifax's ISIN number?
Equifax's international securities identification number is: US2944291051
What is Equifax's CUSIP number?
Equifax's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 294429105

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