Cantor Fitzgerald Predicts Stronger Earnings for Informatica

Informatica Inc. (NYSE:INFA) – Investment analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald lifted their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Informatica in a research report issued on Friday, February 14th. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst T. Blakey now forecasts that the technology company will post earnings per share of $0.84 for the year, up from their previous forecast of $0.70. Cantor Fitzgerald currently has a “Hold” rating and a $29.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Informatica’s current full-year earnings is $0.43 per share.

Informatica (NYSE:INFA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The technology company reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.38 by ($0.17). The business had revenue of $428.31 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $457.55 million. Informatica had a net margin of 3.89% and a return on equity of 5.29%.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on Informatica from $38.00 to $34.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Royal Bank of Canada lowered Informatica from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and lowered their price target for the company from $35.00 to $19.00 in a research report on Friday, February 14th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft downgraded shares of Informatica from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $21.00 price objective on the stock. in a report on Friday, February 14th. Baird R W downgraded shares of Informatica from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, February 14th. Finally, Robert W. Baird restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $19.00 target price (down previously from $35.00) on shares of Informatica in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Eleven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $24.67.

Informatica Price Performance

Shares of NYSE INFA opened at $20.34 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $6.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 96.84, a PEG ratio of 3.65 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.75, a quick ratio of 2.17 and a current ratio of 2.17. Informatica has a fifty-two week low of $16.37 and a fifty-two week high of $39.80. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $25.53 and its 200 day simple moving average is $25.45.

Informatica announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, October 30th that allows the company to buyback $400.00 million in shares. This buyback authorization allows the technology company to reacquire up to 5.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

Insider Activity

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Informatica

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. ORG Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in Informatica in the 4th quarter valued at $32,000. Quarry LP purchased a new stake in shares of Informatica in the third quarter worth $38,000. New Age Alpha Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Informatica during the fourth quarter valued at $43,000. National Bank of Canada FI grew its position in Informatica by 3,288.0% during the third quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 1,694 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $43,000 after buying an additional 1,644 shares in the last quarter. Finally, FNY Investment Advisers LLC bought a new position in Informatica in the 4th quarter worth about $54,000. 98.45% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Informatica

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.