Equifax (NYSE:EFX) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.330-1.430 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 1.820. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.4 billion-$1.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.5 billion. Equifax also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 7.250-7.650 EPS.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. BNP Paribas upgraded shares of Equifax from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $305.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Monday, December 16th. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their target price on shares of Equifax from $321.00 to $313.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday. Wolfe Research lowered shares of Equifax from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a report on Thursday, December 12th. Robert W. Baird raised their price target on Equifax from $290.00 to $333.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, October 18th. Finally, William Blair reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Equifax in a report on Friday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and sixteen have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Equifax currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $303.94.

Equifax Stock Up 0.2 %

EFX traded up $0.43 during trading on Friday, reaching $247.91. The stock had a trading volume of 717,787 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,011,235. Equifax has a one year low of $213.02 and a one year high of $309.63. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $261.38 and its two-hundred day moving average is $274.90. The company has a market capitalization of $30.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 55.05, a P/E/G ratio of 2.84 and a beta of 1.58. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.96.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The credit services provider reported $2.12 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.12. Equifax had a return on equity of 18.56% and a net margin of 10.07%. As a group, analysts expect that Equifax will post 7.27 earnings per share for the current year.

Equifax Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 21st will be given a dividend of $0.39 per share. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.63%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 21st. Equifax’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 34.67%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Equifax

In other news, EVP Lisa M. Nelson sold 551 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $260.39, for a total transaction of $143,474.89. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 11,697 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,045,781.83. This represents a 4.50 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. 1.66% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Equifax Company 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.