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Equifax Inc.

EFX Research profile · latest available data

Price overview

$148.11

▼ -0.69 (-0.5%)

52w hi$253.63
52w lo$148.11
Vol3.03M
As of25 Sep 2026

The Verdict

Sell

Our score -0.55

Short-0.85
Medium-0.44
Long-0.13

computed 2026-09-27

Key fundamentals

Equifax Inc.

Industrials · Consulting Services

Market cap$17.40B
Enterprise value$22.84B
Trailing P/E26.03x
Forward P/E14.58x
EV / EBITDA11.87x
P / S (ttm)2.70x
Profit margin10.7%
Return on equity14.3%
Revenue growth+10.6%
Earnings growth+0.7%
Debt / equity120.96

Layer Breakdown

LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.22
Sector-0.01
Technical-0.19
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment-0.75

macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27

Business overview

Equifax Inc. operates as a data, analytics, and technology company. The company operates through three segments: Workforce Solutions, U.S. Information Solutions (USIS), and International. The Workforce Solutions segment offers services that enables customers to verify income, employment, educational history, criminal justice data, healthcare professional licensure, and sanctions of people in the United States; and employer customers with services that that assist them in complying with and automating certain payroll-related and human resource management processes throughout the entire cycle of the employment relationship. The U.S. Information Solutions segment provides 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 services; mortgage services; financial marketing services; identity management services; and credit monitoring products. The International segment offers information service products, which include consumer and commercial services comprising credit and financial information, and credit scoring and modeling; and credit and other marketing products and services, as well as information, technology, and services to support debt collections and recovery management. The company also provides information solutions for businesses, governments and consumers; and human resources business process automation and outsourcing services for employers. It operates in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, India, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, and the United States. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

United States · www.equifax.com

Risk Metrics

Beta vs SPX0.92
Corr SPX0.40
Annual vol37.2%
Annual ret-28.2%
Sharpe-0.76
Max DD-50.7%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Analyst Coverage

Mean PT$227.90
High / Low$270.00 / $195.00
Median$225.00
Analysts21
Strong Buy4
Buy13
Hold7
Sell0
Strong Sell0

Recent rating actions

2026-04-27Needham→ Buy
2026-04-23UBS→ Buy
2026-04-22Wells Fargo→ Overweight
2026-04-22Needham→ Buy
2026-04-22Baird→ Outperform
2026-04-16Mizuho→ Outperform

Material Events

DateEvent8-K
2026-07-29Other Material Event, Exhibitsread
2026-07-21Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2026-06-16Bylaws Amendment, Exhibitsread
2026-05-13Shareholder Voteread
2026-04-24Material Agreement, Material Obligation…read
2026-04-21Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2026-02-04Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2025-10-21Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2025-07-22Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2025-05-30Officer / Director Changeread
2025-05-09Shareholder Voteread
2025-04-22Earnings Release, Exhibitsread

Flow & Concentration

Insider 180d net$0
Insider buys / sells0 / 0
Insider biasNeutral
13F holders8
Top-5 share97.5%
HHI3,202 (concentrated)

Top Holders

HolderValueShares
State Street Corp$825.28M5.20M
AQR Capital Management$415.92M2.67M
Fidelity / FMR LLC$214.24M1.35M
Capital Research / Capital World$154.56M973.76K
Citadel Advisors$50.25M316.62K
Millennium Management$35.67M224.71K
Renaissance Technologies$5.78M36.40K
T. Rowe Price Group$310.79K1.96M

As of 2026-06-30

Dividends

Yield (TTM)0.72%
$ / share (TTM)$1.06
5y CAGR+3.9%

Annual dividend per share

2021$1.56
2022$1.56
2023$1.56
2024$1.56
2025$1.89
2026$0.56

SEC Filings

DateFormDoc
2026-08-124view
2026-07-298-Kview
2026-07-284view
2026-07-24424B2view
2026-07-22424B2view
2026-07-218-Kview
2026-07-2110-Qview
2026-07-014view
2026-06-168-Kview
2026-05-138-Kview
2026-05-114view
2026-05-114view
2026-05-114view
2026-05-114view
2026-05-114view

The Long Run

FY 2010–2025 · 16 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$5.27B+30.1%
Operating income$1.10B+7.8%
Net income$545.30M+5.7%
Cash from ops$1.32B+7.5%

Indices

S&P 500

Recent Sessions

DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Sep 25$148.60$150.07$146.80$148.113.03M
Sep 24$155.32$157.20$148.11$148.801.83M
Sep 23$159.62$160.37$154.67$155.321.55M
Sep 22$160.44$162.53$157.85$159.781.53M
Sep 21$160.32$160.62$157.50$158.621.44M

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