EFX · Equifax Inc

148.04−1.04  (−0.70%)

Price

Snapshot

50 fields · last close
Market Cap$17.51B
P/E25.23
Float116.6M
Beta1.34
Volatility33.6%
ExchangeNYSE
SectorProfessional Services
Cap tierLarge cap
Macro sensitivityHigh
Clavix score73.7
Price148.04
Change−0.70%
Prev Close149.08
Open148.39
Day Low146.92
Day High150.47
Avg Vol2
Avg $ Vol$310.7M
52W High238.94
52W Low137.01
52W Pos10.8%
From High−38.04%
From Low+8.05%
Max DD 1Y−41.30%
Spread0.10%
LiquidityNormal
SMA 20−0.42%
SMA 50−12.26%
SMA 200−17.73%
RSI (14)41.8
Vol 30D33.5%
Vol 90D41.3%
1Y Range137–239
Daily bars533
Perf Week+4.63%
Perf Month−13.47%
Perf Quarter−13.13%
Perf Half Y−20.03%
Perf Year−35.27%
Perf YTD−30.83%
Prev Day−0.70%
ClavixB
Debt / Eq1.11
Curr Ratio0.60
Int Cover5.2×
FCF Margin26.6%
Rev Growth+6.9%
ProfitProfitable
LeverageModerate
Sector rank10 / 15

What EFX does

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.

Clavix risk grade

regraded every trading day
B73.7/100

EFX grades B, 73.7 of 100. Steadiest on Sector Resilience (70), most exposed on Price Stability (56, mixed). 0 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Professional Services median. Ranks 10 of 15 in Professional Services by Clavix score.

PriceMacroSectorNewsFinancial

How rough the ride is

EFXProfessional Services median
Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier1.340.75
Volatilityannualized33.6%18.8%
Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall−41.3%—
Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change1.40%—
Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions48 (19%)—

How its days are spread

Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.

52-week range

EFX
149.08

The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.

Drawdown from the 1-year peak

EFX

Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.

Market sensitivity

EFXProfessional Services median
Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer1.340.75
Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucketHighModerate 44% of 16

Where it sits on the macro scale

Low 6Moderate 7High 2Very High 1

Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Professional Services names sit in each bucket.

Where it ranks in its sector

Sector
Professional Services15 companies ranked
EFX
#10 of 15

Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.

Price performance

EFX
1 week+4.6%
1 month−13.5%
Year to date−30.8%
1 year−35.3%

Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.

Recent coverage, scored

EFX
Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 3030 since 26 Aug
Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish57
Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 4017 · 8
Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening17 ↑ 8 ↓

Where the article scores land

Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.

Balance sheet, against the sector

Debt / equityTotal debt vs shareholder equity · lower is stronger
1.11sector median 1.11 · 15 names
Current ratioShort-term assets vs liabilities · higher is stronger
0.60sector median 1.26 · 15 names
FCF marginFree cash flow as a share of revenue · higher is stronger
26.6%sector median 18.7% · 15 names
Interest coverageOperating income vs interest expense · higher is stronger
5.2×sector median 6.8× · 15 names

The shaded band is the middle half of the 15 Professional Services names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.

Growth

EFX
Revenue growthyear over year+6.9%

Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why

0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Professional Services median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.

Recent news

most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to open

Equifax (EFX) is set to report earnings next week, with Wall Street expecting earnings growth, though the article notes the company lacks the key ingredients analysts look for in a likely earnings beat.

Source Zacks Investment Research Significance major Impact financial impact Risk worsening

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Equifax announced Mortgage Ultimate™, a new product that combines automated income and employment verifications from The Work Number® with Network Verification Services into a single workflow for mortgage lenders, claiming a 95% fulfillment rate.

Source PRNewsWire Significance moderate Impact product Risk improving

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Equifax and TransUnion have launched new 'score later' tools that let mortgage lenders pull a borrower's credit file first and add the credit score later in the process.

Source housingwire.com Significance moderate Impact product Risk improving

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Equifax launched Mortgage Score Select™, a product that lets mortgage lenders and brokers choose which credit score to place on a loan file, with the goal of cutting costs and adding flexibility in what the company describes as a new era of mortgage credit score choice.

Source prnewswire.com Significance minor Impact product Risk improving

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Equifax launched Mortgage Score Select™, a product that lets mortgage lenders and brokers pull a credit file with a chosen credit score, no score, and repull it within 24 hours for $1, aimed at giving flexibility in a market with multiple credit score options.

Source PRNewsWire Significance minor Impact product Risk improving

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