Equifax (EFX)

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Equifax Beneish M-Score: -2.646

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EFX Beneish M-Score Rankings

Overall 53rd percentile 1744 of 3761
Sector 23rd percentile 517 of 675 in Financial
Industry 31st percentile 11 of 16 in Credit Services

EFX Beneish M-Score Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum -2.918 Dec 2008
Maximum -2.512 Dec 2007
Average -2.671

About Beneish M Score

The Beneish M Score helps to uncover companies who are likely to be manipulating their reported earnings. Companies with a higher score are more likely to be manipulators. This is a probabilistic model, so it will not detect manipulators with 100% accuracy.

The best cut-off point depends on the costs mistakenly classifying in one of two ways:

1) Classifying firm that is manipulating earnings as a non-manipulator (Type I error), and
2) Classifying a firm as a manipulator when it actually was not manipulating (Type II Error).

Here are optimal cut-offs according to Beneish, presented as the score followed by the cost of Type I error relative to cost of Type II error):

M Score HTML Table:

ScoreRelative Error Costs
(Type I:Type II)
M Score > -1.49 (10:1)
M Score > -1.78 (20:1)
M Score > -1.89 (40+:1)


Beneish excluded financial institutions from his sample when calculating the M-Score, so extreme care should be taken when looking at M-Scores of financial firms - their business models are different from the manufacturing and other service firms that Beneish used in his study.

If you want more details, here is the original Beneish M Score Paper, or you can learn about our calculation by clicking "Learn More" below.

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EFX News

Top 5 Financials by 14 period RSI: $HCP $EFX $LM $CINF $AIV (S&P 500) $NSM $AGNC $NLY $MFA $RWT (non S&P 500)
about 11 hours ago by TheEquitiesRoom
UPDATE: J.P. Morgan Raises Equifax's PT
May 21, 7:20AM Benzinga
Top 5 financials by 14 period RSI: $TRV $EFX $LM $HCP $ALL (S&P500) $NSM $MTGE $WIBC $AMTG $PRE (non-S&P 500)
about 8 days ago by TheEquitiesRoom
$EFX - Another interesting chart that I am not interested in. http://chart.ly/ue9p3t5
about 9 days ago by AffluenzaVirus
$EFX http://stks.co/3r1Y Added EFX to my swing long watch list. Entry: 46.65. Initial Stop: 45.28. First Target: 50.76.
about 13 days ago by jackdamn
TALX Reports Successful 2012 Client Forum
May 15, 8:00AM PR Newswire
Notable stocks with a strong RS line. $EFX $FDO $LECO $TNGO $TRV $AXP $PCYC $ACIW
about 15 days ago by hertcapital
EQUIFAX INC Financials
May 02, 1:04PM
Equifax Passes This Key Test
May 01, 10:10AM Fool
$EFX Insider Sale: $1.3M of stock sold by Paul Springman on April 27, 2012 http://stks.co/3aTH
about 28 days ago by MarketBrief
Listen to $EFX Q1 2012 earnings call - live at 08:30 AM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/3WVk
about 33 days ago by earningscast
$EFX Reports Q1 EPS $0.7 vs $0.66 Est; Revenues $522.7M vs $501.18M Est
about 33 days ago by Benzinga
What Equifax Does With Its Cash
Apr 25, 2:39PM Fool
$EFX http://stks.co/31u7 Resistance now Support? Bull flag. Sitting on 20 DMA. Looks primed.
about 67 days ago by mikewill17
$EFX filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/309M
about 68 days ago by MarketBrief
Watching $EFX for $44.55 on above average volume to start its leg higher. http://chart.ly/u68xxsl
about 71 days ago by AffluenzaVirus
Not surprised to see $EFX get that big upgrade. With credit and consumerism exploding all over the world, their future is clearly bright.
about 77 days ago by bradloncar
Credit Services industry grp moving higher or at 52 highs $CGA $DFS $AEA $SLM $EFX
about 77 days ago by ajb_2010
$EFX New 52 Week High - Crossed daily highs resistance.
about 78 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant
Heavy close, breaking down out of range: $LUK $BGC $THRX $TXT $AGCO $MOLX $EFX $SWFT $RCII $TRMB
about 87 days ago by TheEquitiesRoom
Select TR1 long ideas. $BYI $EFX $GBX $GNC $PII $RAX $SLXP $SWI $WFM
about 88 days ago by hertcapital
Select TR1 long ideas. $ARG $BEAV $EFX $FAST $KOG $KS $REGN (sling-shot) $TITN $TPX $URI $WAB
about 96 days ago by hertcapital
Stocks trading ex-dividend one week from today: http://stks.co/2OJA / $COLM $MAT $AGO $AMAT $APO $EFX $IVZ $PHX $SWM $ZION ...
about 105 days ago by DynamicDividend
Equifax Gives Shareholders a 12.5% Raise: http://stks.co/2Lrp $EFX
about 108 days ago by DynamicDividend
$EFX New 52 Week High - Crossed daily highs resistance.
about 109 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant
$EFX weekly breakout on Earnings http://stks.co/2KM0
about 110 days ago by 1973Hog
$EFX Upside Blowoff - 15 Minute Down Reversal - Red bar after 4 higher highs and higher lows
about 110 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant
Listen to $EFX Q4 2011 earnings call - live at 08:30 AM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/2K53
about 110 days ago by earningscast
$EFX Reports Q4 EPS $0.68 vs $0.67 Est; Revenues $509.70M vs $501.49M Est
about 110 days ago by Benzinga

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