Equifax, Inc (NYSE:EFX) shares, rose in value on Friday, December 13, with the stock price up by 0.20% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $265.81.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $265.29, falling within a range of $261.5 and $265.99. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 1.594 whereas the PE ratio was 58.98 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $309.63, and the low was $213.02. On the whole, EFX has fluctuated by -0.06% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Equifax, Inc currently standing at about $32.95 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in January. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 1.56, with its dividend yield at 0.59%.
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 50% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a Hold.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 3.80, with the price of EFX currently trading nearly 2.87% and -0.90% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 52.91, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 2.07% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 2.13%. Furthermore, Equifax, Inc (EFX)’s beta value is 1.57, and its average true range (ATR) is 5.85.
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 0.20% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 9.87%%.
Data on historical trading for Equifax, Inc (NYSE:EFX) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 0.83 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 1.03 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 123.90 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 0.52% of Equifax, Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 95.90% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 2.07 million shares as on 2024-11-29, resulting in a short ratio of 1.89. According to the data, the short interest in Equifax, Inc (EFX) stood at 216.00 of shares outstanding as of 2024-11-29; the number of short shares registered in 2024-10-31 reached 2.48 million. The stock has risen by 7.49% 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.
