Informatica (NYSE:INFA) Releases Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.17 EPS

Informatica (NYSE:INFA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The technology company reported $0.21 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.38 by ($0.17), Zacks reports. Informatica had a return on equity of 5.29% and a net margin of 3.89%. Informatica updated its FY 2025 guidance to EPS and its Q1 2025 guidance to EPS.

Informatica Trading Down 3.6 %

INFA stock traded down $0.95 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $25.16. The company had a trading volume of 4,193,623 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,228,464. The company has a market capitalization of $7.68 billion, a PE ratio of 119.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.65 and a beta of 0.99. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $25.84 and a 200 day moving average of $25.50. Informatica has a 12 month low of $22.08 and a 12 month high of $39.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.75, a current ratio of 2.17 and a quick ratio of 2.17.

Informatica announced that its board has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, October 30th that authorizes the company to repurchase $400.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the technology company to repurchase up to 5.1% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Activity

In other Informatica news, CAO Mark Pellowski sold 10,035 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $27.06, for a total transaction of $271,547.10. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 138,477 shares in the company, valued at $3,747,187.62. This trade represents a 6.76 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP John Arthur Schweitzer sold 10,734 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $27.05, for a total value of $290,354.70. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 353,778 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,569,694.90. This represents a 2.94 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 48.10% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have commented on INFA shares. Guggenheim restated a “buy” rating and issued a $37.00 price target on shares of Informatica in a research report on Friday, January 31st. UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of Informatica from $27.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, October 31st. Truist Financial assumed coverage on Informatica in a report on Thursday, December 12th. They set a “buy” rating and a $34.00 price objective on the stock. Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage on shares of Informatica in a research report on Friday, January 17th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $29.00 target price on the stock. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on Informatica from $38.00 to $34.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, October 25th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $32.92.

Informatica Company Profile

Informatica Inc develops an artificial intelligence-powered platform that connects, manages, and unifies data across multi-vendor, multi-cloud, and hybrid systems at enterprise scale worldwide. Its platform includes a suite of interoperable data management products, including data integration products to ingest, transform, and integrate data; API and application integration products that enable users to create and manage APIs and integration processes for app-to-app synchronization, business process orchestration, B2B partner management, application development, and API management; data quality and observability products to profile, cleanse, standardize, observe, and monitor data to deliver accurate, complete, and consistent data; and master data management products to create an authoritative single source of truth of business-critical data.