Equifax Stock Analysis – Key Insights and Trends

By Naomi Wentworth • Wednesday, June 04 15:17 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Finance company Equifax has moved 1.5% so far today on a volume of 436,083, compared to its average of 1,082,776. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved 0.0%.

Equifax trades -6.58% away from its average analyst target price of $286.47 per share. The 20 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $255.0 to $310.0, and on average have given Equifax a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying EFX should be aware of the facts below:

Equifax's current price is 313.8% above its Graham number of $64.67, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Equifax has moved 9.2% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 11.5%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 4.9, Equifax has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 54.6 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
EFX has a forward P/E ratio of 28.4 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $9.41 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 6.67 compared to its sector average of 1.78
Equifax Inc. operates as a data, analytics, and technology company.
Based in Atlanta, the company has 15,000 full time employees and a market cap of $33.24 Billion. Equifax currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.6%.

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