These Top 6 Utility Stocks Have Been Rising in Popularity
The top utility stocks share certain characteristics that give them the power to outperform and provide steady stock returns for investors. Today we look at the markets top 6 utility companies rising in popularity. Each company on this list has the potential to provide above-average returns!
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Shares Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 121,788,000 |
| Shares Float | 121,388,617 |
| Shares Short | 2,440,865 |
| Insider Holdings | 38% |
| Institution Holdings | 91.23% |
About Equifax Inc
Equifax Inc. provides information solutions and human resources business process outsourcing services for businesses, governments, and consumers. The company operates through four segments: U.S. Information Solutions (USIS), Workforce Solutions, International, and Global Consumer Solutions. The USIS segment offers consumer and commercial information services, such as credit information and credit scoring, credit modeling and portfolio analytics, locate, fraud detection and prevention, identity verification, and other consulting; mortgage services; financial marketing; and identity management services. The Workforce Solutions segment provides employment, income, and social security number verification services, as well as payroll-based transaction and employment tax management services. The International segment provides information service products, which include consumer and commercial services, such as credit and financial information, and credit scoring and modeling; and credit and other marketing products and services, as well as offers information, technology, and other services to support debt collections and recovery management. The Global Consumer Solutions segment offers credit information, credit monitoring, and identity theft protection products directly to consumers through internet. The company serves customers in financial service, mortgage, employers, consumer, commercial, telecommunication, retail, automotive, utility, brokerage, healthcare, and insurance industries, as well as state, federal, and local governments. It operates in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Brazil, the Republic of Ireland, Russia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates. Equifax Inc. was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
General
| Name | Equifax Inc |
| Ticker | EFX |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Industry | Consulting Services |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 11,400 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 206.29 |
| Market Cap | 21,032,787,968 |
| PE Ratio | 55.39 |
| PEG Ratio | 2.23 |
| EBITDA | 1,092,099,968 |
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | 6.43 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | 1.49 |
| Profit Margin | 0.13 |
| Return on Assets | 0.05 |
| Return on Equity | 0.18 |
| Revenue | 4,127,500,032 |
| Earnings Per Share | 4.24 |
| Revenue Per Share | 33.97 |
| Gross Profit | 2,390,100,000 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | 0.24 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 40.73 |
| Forward PE | 26.95 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 5.12 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 6.61 |
Dividend
Equifax Inc pays out a dividend of $1.56 per share, with a dividend yield of 0.62%.
EFX's last dividend payment was made to shareholders on March 15, 2021.
They pay out 22.71% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Mar 15, 2024 | $0.39 |
| Dec 15, 2023 | $0.39 |
| Sep 15, 2023 | $0.39 |
| Jun 15, 2023 | $0.39 |
| Mar 15, 2023 | $0.39 |
| Dec 15, 2022 | $0.39 |
| Sep 15, 2022 | $0.39 |
| Jun 15, 2022 | $0.39 |
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