A new trading day began on Tuesday, with Equifax, Inc (NYSE: EFX) stock price down -1.63% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $264.86. EFX’s price has ranged from $213.02 to $309.63 over the past 52 weeks.
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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Industrials sector was 9.32%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 8.46%. With a float of $123.30 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $123.90 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 14900 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 46.83%, operating margin of 18.38%, and the pretax margin is 13.74%.
Equifax, Inc (EFX) Insider Activity
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Consulting Services Industry. The insider ownership of Equifax, Inc is 0.52%, while institutional ownership is 95.44%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 26 ’24, was worth 143,475. In this transaction EVP, President International of this company sold 551 shares at a rate of $260.39, taking the stock ownership to the 11,697 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 26 ’24, when Company’s EVP, CISO & Acting CTO sold 14,716 for $260.39, making the entire transaction worth $3,831,899. This insider now owns 34,632 shares in total.
Equifax, Inc (EFX) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.9 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 8.46% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 15.50% during the next five years compared to 12.25% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Equifax, Inc (NYSE: EFX) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Equifax, Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.88. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 5.78. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 41.22.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 4.51, a number that is poised to hit 2.11 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 9.16 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Equifax, Inc (EFX)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 0.87 million, its volume of 0.91 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 63.25%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 5.97.
During the past 100 days, Equifax, Inc’s (EFX) raw stochastic average was set at 28.28%, which indicates a significant decrease from 68.98% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 25.41% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 24.25% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $269.89, while its 200-day Moving Average is $263.27. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $264.53 in the near term. At $268.50, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $270.92. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $258.14, it is likely to go to the next support level at $255.72. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $251.75.
Equifax, Inc (NYSE: EFX) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 32.30 billion, the company has a total of 123,952K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 5,265 M while annual income is 545,300 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 1,442 M while its latest quarter income was 141,300 K.