Trust Co. of Vermont Grows Holdings in Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX)

Trust Co. of Vermont boosted its holdings in shares of Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) by 435.8% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 2,170 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,765 shares during the period. Trust Co. of Vermont’s holdings in Equifax were worth $638,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. EntryPoint Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of Equifax during the first quarter worth about $30,000. Tortoise Investment Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Equifax by 76.1% during the second quarter. Tortoise Investment Management LLC now owns 125 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $30,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. Mascoma Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Equifax during the second quarter worth $30,000. OFI Invest Asset Management purchased a new position in Equifax in the 1st quarter valued at $31,000. Finally, Crewe Advisors LLC increased its stake in Equifax by 138.2% in the 2nd quarter. Crewe Advisors LLC now owns 131 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $32,000 after buying an additional 76 shares during the period. 96.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Equifax news, EVP Carla Chaney sold 3,000 shares of the company’s 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 sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 10,875 shares in the company, valued at $3,065,118.75. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 1.57% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

EFX has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Oppenheimer raised their price objective on shares of Equifax from $300.00 to $315.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 8th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on Equifax from $265.00 to $305.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, July 19th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on Equifax from $300.00 to $304.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday. Barclays upped their price target on shares of Equifax from $300.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, September 13th. Finally, Robert W. Baird lifted their price target on shares of Equifax from $290.00 to $333.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and sixteen have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $310.47.

Equifax Stock Performance

Equifax stock opened at $282.05 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $294.95 and a 200 day moving average price of $262.95. Equifax Inc. has a 52 week low of $159.95 and a 52 week high of $309.63. The firm has a market capitalization of $34.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 62.82, a PEG ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.58. The company has a current ratio of 0.79, a quick ratio of 0.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.01.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 16th. The credit services provider reported $1.85 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.84 by $0.01. Equifax had a net margin of 10.67% and a return on equity of 18.88%. The company had revenue of $1.44 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.44 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.76 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 9.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts anticipate that Equifax Inc. will post 7.36 earnings per share for the current year.

Equifax Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 13th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were issued 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 dividend yield of 0.55%. Equifax’s payout ratio is 34.74%.

About Equifax

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.