Equifax, Inc (NYSE:EFX) shares, rose in value on Friday, November 01, with the stock price down by -0.24% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $264.39.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $265.02, falling within a range of $263.985 and $269.15. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 1.58 whereas the PE ratio was 58.66 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $309.63, and the low was $164.23. On the whole, EFX has fluctuated by -9.92% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Equifax, Inc currently standing at about $32.77 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-Feb-05. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 1.56, with its dividend yield at 0.59%.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 5.71B, with a low estimate of 1.44B and a high estimate of 1.5B. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 1.45B.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that EFX’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a Hold on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 50% Buy.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 3.78, with the price of EFX currently trading nearly -4.79% and -8.80% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 27.20, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 1.87% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 2.09%. Furthermore, Equifax, Inc (EFX)’s beta value is 1.59, and its average true range (ATR) is 5.78.
A comparison of Equifax, Inc (EFX) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. EFX showed an intraday change of -0.24% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 57.66%%.
Data on historical trading for Equifax, Inc (NYSE:EFX) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 0.97 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 931.89K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 123.30 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 0.53% of Equifax, Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 97.82% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 2.19 million shares as on 2024-10-15, resulting in a short ratio of 2.15. According to the data, the short interest in Equifax, Inc (EFX) stood at 229.00 of shares outstanding as of 2024-10-15; the number of short shares registered in 2024-09-13 reached 2.64 million. The stock has risen by 6.91% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the EFX stock heading into the next quarter.
