EQUIFAX INC (EFX) Stock Technical Analysis
NYSE:EFX - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - US2944291051 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
Overall EFX gets a technical rating of 1 out of 10. EFX has been an average performer in the overall market. Also recent evolutions are not that positive: both the medium and short term time frames give negative signs.
The short term trend is negative, as is the long term trend. There should be more interesting stocks out there.
EFX is currently trading in the lower part of its 52 week range, which is not a good signal. Agreed, the S&P500 Index is also not doing fantastic, but it still sitting in the middle of its 52 week range.
EFX has an average volume of 1231750 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.
When comparing the performance of all stocks over the past year, EFX turns out to be only a medium performer in the overall market: it outperformed 42% of all stocks.
EFX is part of the Professional Services industry. There are 83 other stocks in this industry, EFX did better than 64% of them.
In the last month EFX has a been trading in the 199.98 - 248.17 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range, so some resistance may be found above.
Although the technical rating is bad, EFX does present a nice setup opportunity. Prices have been consolidating lately and the volatility has been reduced. There is a resistance zone just above the current price starting at 237.87. Right above this resistance zone may be a good entry point.
More info and screens
207.96
273.71
We found 1 important support area.
- Support @210.06 from a horizontal line in the weekly time frame.
When analyzing the resistance we notice 5 important areas.
- A resistance zone ranging from 237.87 to 239.70. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
- A resistance zone ranging from 245.03 to 247.58. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @258.61 from a trend line in the weekly time frame.
- Resistance @263.25 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @271.00 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS42.83
Mansfield-0.82
10 Day High227.98
10 Day Low199.98
20 Day High248.17
20 Day Low199.98
52 Week High309.63
52 Week Low199.98
Performance
1 Week1.62%
2 Weeks-4.55%
1 Month-9.12%
3 Month-15.83%
6 Month-21.54%
12 Month2.34%
2 Year6.18%
3 Year8.71%
5 Year59.29%
10 Year128.26%
15 Year558.48%
Daily CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (D)
Bullish Hammer (D)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (D)
Hanging Man (D)
Bullish Harami (D)
Doji (D)
Gravestone Doji (D)
DragonFly Doji (D)
Bearish Engulfing (D)
Bearish Shooting Star (D)
Bearish Harami (D)
Inside Bar (D)
Red Dog Reversal Down (D)
Red Dog Reversal Up (D)
Dark Cloud Cover (D)
Weekly CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (W)
Bullish Hammer (W)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (W)
Hanging Man (W)
Bullish Harami (W)
Doji (W)
Gravestone Doji (W)
DragonFly Doji (W)
Bearish Engulfing (W)
Bearish Shooting Star (W)
Bearish Harami (W)
Inside Bar (W)
Dark Cloud Cover (W)
Daily Chart Patterns
Bull Flag
Bear Flag
Ascending Triangle (D)
Descending Triangle (D)
Symmetrical Triangle (D)
Squeeze
Channel (D)
Channel Up (D)
Channel Down (D)
Rising Wedge (D)
Falling Wedge (D)
Double Bottom (D)
Multiple Bottom (D)
Double Top (D)
Multiple Top (D)
Weekly Chart Patterns
Weekly Bull Flag
Weekly Bear Flag
Squeeze Week
Channel (W)
Double Bottom (W)
Multiple Bottom (W)
Double Top (W)
Multiple Top (W)
Technical Indicators
MACD(12,26,9)-0.06
RSI(14)42.79
LBB199.23
UBB249.89
221.25
+1.97 (+0.9%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorIndustrials
GICS IndustryProfessional Services
Performance
% Chg0.9%
1 Week1.62%
2 Weeks-4.55%
1 Month-9.12%
3 Month-15.83%
6 Month-21.54%
12 Month2.34%
2 Year6.18%
3 Year8.71%
5 Year59.29%
10 Year128.26%
15 Year558.48%
Volatility
ATR(14)11.79
ATR(20)%4.38%
ATR Inc-32.53%
Range Today6.47
ADR(20)9.12
ADR(20)%4.12%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS42.83
Mansfield-0.82
10 Day High227.98
10 Day Low199.98
20 Day High248.17
20 Day Low199.98
52 Week High309.63
52 Week Low199.98
CS1 End210.06
CR1 Start237.87
Volume & EV
DER(3)1.82%
DER(5)1.68%
Volume1.46M
Volume Incr-0.93%
Vol(5)1.22M
Vol(50)1.23M