OLD National Bancorp IN Has $16.80 Million Stock Position in Equifax, Inc. $EFX

OLD National Bancorp IN boosted its position in shares of Equifax, Inc. (NYSE:EFX) by 1.2% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 64,789 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 773 shares during the period. OLD National Bancorp IN’s holdings in Equifax were worth $16,804,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of EFX. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position in Equifax by 49.2% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 3,638 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $927,000 after purchasing an additional 1,200 shares during the last quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in Equifax during the first quarter valued at $231,000. Impact Capital Partners LLC boosted its position in Equifax by 2.6% during the first quarter. Impact Capital Partners LLC now owns 2,801 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $682,000 after purchasing an additional 71 shares during the last quarter. Blue Zone Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in Equifax by 14.9% during the first quarter. Blue Zone Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 26,318 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $6,410,000 after purchasing an additional 3,420 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Toth Financial Advisory Corp boosted its position in Equifax by 1.1% during the first quarter. Toth Financial Advisory Corp now owns 33,153 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $8,075,000 after purchasing an additional 362 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.20% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Equifax

In related news, CEO Mark W. Begor sold 48,264 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $241.71, for a total transaction of $11,665,891.44. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 142,872 shares in the company, valued at $34,533,591.12. The trade was a 25.25% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Insiders own 1.40% of the company’s stock.

Equifax Trading Up 2.0%

Equifax stock opened at $236.89 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.79, a quick ratio of 0.77 and a current ratio of 0.77. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $248.28 and its 200-day simple moving average is $251.47. The firm has a market capitalization of $29.33 billion, a PE ratio of 46.36, a PEG ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 1.68. Equifax, Inc. has a 52 week low of $199.98 and a 52 week high of $294.92.

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 22nd. The credit services provider reported $2.00 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.92 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $1.54 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.51 billion. Equifax had a return on equity of 18.89% and a net margin of 10.95%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.82 earnings per share. Equifax has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.870-1.970 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.330-7.630 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Equifax, Inc. will post 7.58 earnings per share for the current year.

Equifax Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 2nd were paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 2nd. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.8%. Equifax’s payout ratio is presently 39.14%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently issued reports on the company. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on Equifax from $310.00 to $300.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, July 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on Equifax from $277.00 to $272.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Citigroup cut their target price on Equifax from $294.00 to $290.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Barclays cut their target price on Equifax from $260.00 to $240.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Equifax in a report on Saturday, September 27th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $282.47.

Equifax 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.