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How to buy Equifax shares | $188.14
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Equifax Inc (EFX) is a leading consulting services business based in the US. It opened the day at $185.07 after a previous close of $183.39. During the day the price has varied from a low of $184.86 to a high of $189.54. The latest price was $188.14 (25 minute delay). Equifax is listed on the NYSE and employs 11,000 staff. All prices are listed in US Dollars.
How to buy shares in Equifax
- Choose a platform. If you're a beginner, our share-dealing table below can help you choose.
- Open your account. You'll need your ID, bank details and national insurance number.
- Confirm your payment details. You'll need to fund your account with a bank transfer, debit card or credit card.
- Search the platform for stock code: EFX in this case.
- Research Equifax shares. The platform should provide the latest information available.
- Buy your Equifax shares. It's that simple.
What's in this guide?
- Can I buy shares in Equifax?
- Has coronavirus impacted Equifax shares?
- Equifax shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is Equifax stock a buy or sell?
- Equifax performance over time
- Can I short Equifax shares?
- Is Equifax suitable for ethical investing?
- Are Equifax shares over-valued?
- Equifax's financials
- How volatile are Equifax shares?
- Does Equifax pay a dividend?
- Have Equifax shares ever split?
- Other common questions
How has Coronavirus impacted Equifax's share price?
Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Equifax's share price has had significant negative movement.
Its last market close was $158.58, which is 0.60% down on its pre-crash value of $159.53 and 53.95% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as $103.01.
If you had bought $1,000 worth of Equifax shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth $687.35 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth $1,041.87.
Equifax share price
Use our graph to track the performance of EFX stocks over time.Equifax shares at a glance
Information last updated 2020-12-11.
| Open | $185.07 |
|---|---|
| High | $189.54 |
| Low | $184.86 |
| Close | $188.14 |
| Previous close | $183.39 |
| Change | $4.75 |
| Change % | 2.59% |
| Volume | 711,869 |
Information last updated 2020-12-27.
| 52-week range | $102.257 - $196.47 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | $175.0065 |
| 200-day moving average | $165.6724 |
| Wall St. target price | $201 |
| PE ratio | 53.6394 |
| Dividend yield | $1.56 (0.8%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $3.616 |
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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 last close of $188.14
| 1 week (2021-01-15) | 6.29% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2020-12-23) | -2.45% |
| 3 months (2020-10-23) | 23.01% |
| 6 months (2020-07-23) | 6.51% |
| 1 year (2020-01-23) | 21.42% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2019-01-23) | 80.87% |
| 3 years (2018-01-23) | 50.52% |
| 5 years (2016-01-22) | 79.45% |
Is Equifax under- or over-valued?
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's P/E ratio
Equifax's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 54x. In other words, Equifax shares trade at around 54x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Equifax's PEG ratio
Equifax's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.1717. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Equifax's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Equifax's EBITDA
Equifax's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $1 billion (£0.0 million).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Equifax's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Equifax financials
| Revenue TTM | $3.9 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 16.78% |
| Gross profit TTM | $2 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 4.92% |
| Return on equity TTM | 16.16% |
| Profit margin | 11.29% |
| Book value | $24.087 |
| Market capitalisation | $23.6 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
How to short and sell Equifax shares
- Create a CFD or spread betting account.
- Search for the stock code. E.g. "EFX.US"
- Choose your position size.
- Select "sell" rather than "buy".
- Confirm your position and keep tabs on it. You may wish to set limits on your position.
There are currently 2.0 million Equifax shares held short by investors – that's known as Equifax's "short interest". This figure is 0.7% up from 2.0 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Equifax shares can be evaluated.
Equifax's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Equifax's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Equifax shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Equifax shares traded daily (recently around 790089.6). Equifax's SIR currently stands at 2.5. In other words for every 100,000 Equifax shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2500 shares are currently held short.
However Equifax's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Equifax shares, or, against the total number of tradable Equifax shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Equifax's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Equifax shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0183% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Equifax shares, roughly 18 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Equifax.
Find out more about how you can short Equifax stock.
Equifax's environmental, social and governance track record
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Equifax.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Equifax's total ESG risk score
Total ESG risk: 29.57
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Equifax's overall score of 29.57 (as at 01/01/2019) is nothing to write home about – landing it in it in the 49th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Equifax is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Equifax's environmental score
Environmental score: 4.14/100
Equifax's environmental score of 4.14 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Equifax is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Equifax's social score
Social score: 23.35/100
Equifax's social score of 23.35 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Equifax is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Equifax's governance score
Governance score: 9.08/100
Equifax's governance score puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Equifax is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Equifax's controversy score
Controversy score: 5/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. A high-profile company, Equifax scored a 5 out of 5 for controversy – the lowest score possible, reflecting that Equifax's public profile has been damaged by multiple incidents.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary
Equifax Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 29.57 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 49.24 |
| Environmental score | 4.14 |
| Environmental score percentile | 6 |
| Social score | 23.35 |
| Social score percentile | 6 |
| Governance score | 9.08 |
| Governance score percentile | 6 |
| Level of controversy | 5 |
Equifax share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 24.38% of net profits
Recently Equifax has paid out, on average, around 24.38% 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 15 December 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 23 November 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have Equifax's shares ever split?
Equifax's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 18 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 $102.257 up to $196.47. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
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 1.2845. 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).
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Equifax overview
Equifax Inc. provides information solutions and human resources business process outsourcing services for businesses, governments, and consumers. The company operates through four segments: U.S. Information Solutions (USIS), Workforce Solutions, International, and Global Consumer Solutions. The USIS segment offers 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; mortgage services; financial marketing; and identity management services. The Workforce Solutions segment provides employment, income, and social security number verification services, as well as payroll-based transaction and employment tax management services. The International segment provides information service products, which include consumer and commercial services, such as credit and financial information, and credit scoring and modeling; and credit and other marketing products and services, as well as offers information, technology, and other services to support debt collections and recovery management. The Global Consumer Solutions segment offers credit information, credit monitoring, and identity theft protection products directly to consumers through Internet. The company serves customers in financial service, mortgage, employers, consumer, commercial, telecommunication, retail, automotive, utility, brokerage, healthcare, and insurance industries, as well as state and federal governments. It operates in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Brazil, the Republic of Ireland, Russia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates. Equifax Inc. was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
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