After Hours
It may be riskier to trade before market opening and after market closing than during regular market hours. Since issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular securities due to lower liquidity and higher volatility. Recently, Yahoo Finance discussed the stock, revealing that N/A.
Stocks Info
Equifax, Inc is listed on the NYSE in the Industrials sector while operating in the Consulting Services industry. The current market capitalization of Equifax, Inc is $32.10B. A total of 1.08 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.01M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Nelson Lisa M bought 551 shares of EFX for 260.39 per share on Nov 26 ’24. In a previous transaction on Nov 26 ’24, Farshchi Jamil bought 14,716 shares at 260.39 per share.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Begor Mark W disposed of 58,304 shares on Oct 25 ’24 at a per-share price of $270.49. This resulted in the CEO holding 109,183 shares of EFX after the transaction. In another insider transaction, KELLEY JOHN J III sold 1,000 shares at $272.92 per share on Oct 25 ’24. Company shares held by the EVP, Chief Legal Officer now total 11,269.
Dividend
The reasons why investors prefer dividend-paying companies are that dividends generate immediate cash flow and indicate that the company will perform well in the future. Equifax, Inc pays an annual dividend of $1.56, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.60%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 57.45. EFX’s most recent ex-dividend date was 11/22/2024 when it declared a $0.39 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 12/13/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 9/13/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 9/3/2024. The EFX stock dividend was $0.39 per share in cash.
Despite rarely being accurate, price targets can exert some form of influence at times, and are often regarded as valuable by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, EFX has a high of $309.63 and a low of $208.67.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
As well as showing the assets and liabilities of the company, the balance sheet also shows the amount invested in equity by investors. Investors can analyze a company’s future prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information. EFX’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $224.70M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $5.29B in debt and $2.29B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $39.62, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $3.60B.
Analysts Opinion
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for EFX is Buy with a score of 4.45.
