With 0.61 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.04 million shares. During the session, the Consulting Services company that operates in wider Industrials sector, reached to the highest price of $270.69 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $267.03. The 52-week range on EFX shows that it touched its highest point at $309.63 and its lowest point at $199.98 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $285.47. With its current market cap of 33.41 billion, EFX has annualized dividend of $1.67 while the current yield stands at 0.62%. EFX paid its most recent dividend on 1747958400, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1747958400. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.63.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of EFX was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.04%, but this was down by -1.75% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 13.62% while six-month performance rose 1.55%. The stock gained 15.56% in the past year, while it has gained 5.54% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for EFX yields 4.90 with Next year EPS estimates of 9.33. For the next quarter, that number is 1.90. This implies an EPS growth rate of 4.21% for this year and 22.76% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 124.20 million EFX shares are outstanding with a float of 123.46 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-05-30, short shares totaled 3.22 million, which was 258.99999 higher than short shares on 1745971200. In addition to Mr. Mark W. Begor as the firm’s CEO & Director, Mr. John W. Gamble Jr. serves as its Executive VP, CFO & COO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 1.00636 of EFX’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-03-31, EFX reported revenue of $1442000000.0 and operating income of $235800000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $414700000.0 and diluted EPS was $1.06.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for EFX since 16 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 12 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 4 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With EFX analysts setting a high price target of 310.0 and a low target of 255.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 286.967. Based on these targets, EFX could surge 15.25% to reach the target high and fall by -5.19% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 6.69% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $7.35352 being high and $7.22364 being low. For EFX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $7.2636.
