profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Equifax
$188.12+0.72% today
-9.1% in 1 year
1-year low $137.241-year high $226.96
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $33.34 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Equifax sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $5.12 billion in 2022 to $6.07 billion in 2025, with $660 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Equifax handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $928M$233M
Free cash flow 2025$1.1B
Bought back its own shares$928M
Paid as dividends$233M
Cash vs. debt$181M vs. $5.1B
Equifax vs. similar companies
Equifax grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equifax | 33.3× · Expensive | ||
 Experian | 29.4× · Fair price | ||
 SGS SA | 30.5× · Expensive | ||
 TransUnion | 33.9× · Expensive | ||
 Bureau Veritas SA | 22.9× · Fair price |
Compare Equifax with Moody's · S&P Global
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Equifax's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,128 | 4,924 | 5,122 | 5,265 | 5,681 | 6,075 | |
| – | – | 2,945 | 2,930 | 3,162 | 3,429 | |
| 677 | 1,138 | 1,056 | 934 | 1,042 | 1,095 | |
| 1,226 | 1,584 | 1,681 | 1,579 | 1,720 | 1,834 | |
| 520 | 744 | 696 | 545 | 604 | 660 | |
| 4.24 | 6.02 | 5.65 | 4.40 | 4.84 | 5.32 | |
| – | – | 57.5% | 55.7% | 55.7% | 56.4% | |
| 16.4% | 23.1% | 20.6% | 17.7% | 18.3% | 18.0% | |
| 12.6% | 15.1% | 13.6% | 10.4% | 10.6% | 10.9% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 9,612 | 11,041 | 11,548 | 12,280 | 11,759 | 11,864 |
| Cash | 1,685 | 225 | 285 | 217 | 170 | 181 |
| Total debt | 4,402 | 5,325 | 5,787 | 5,711 | 5,011 | 5,093 |
| Total liabilities | 6,402 | 7,440 | 7,575 | 7,593 | 6,840 | 7,126 |
| 3,168 | 3,584 | 3,957 | 4,534 | 4,797 | 4,604 | |
| 123 | 124 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 124 | |
| 8.6% | 9.7% | 9.0% | 7.4% | 8.4% | 9.0% | |
| 16.4% | 20.8% | 17.6% | 12.0% | 12.6% | 14.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 946 | 1,335 | 757 | 1,117 | 1,325 | 1,616 | |
| 421 | 469 | 625 | 601 | 512 | 481 | |
| 525 | 866 | 133 | 516 | 813 | 1,134 | |
| Dividends paid | 190 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 193 | 233 |
| 0 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 928 | |
| 55 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 82 | 78 |
Valuation
- 33.3×
- 21.8×
- 7.18
- 4.3×
- 3.6×
- 19.4×
- 14.7×
- 5.2%
- 3.0%
- 1.3%
Profitability
- 56.4%
- 18.0%
- 10.9%
- 30.0%
- 7.9%
- 6.8%
- 14.6%
- 5.9%
- 12.1%
- –
Growth
- +8.0%
- +4.6%
- +39.5%
- +3.9%
- +0.3%
Financial health
- 2.7×
- 1.17
- 44.4%
- 5.3×
- 0.61
- 0.61
- 0.53
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 49%of 982
Top 15%of 991
Bottom 25%of 875
Top 43%of 988
Top 39%of 988
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $227.60
- Range
- $195.00 – $265.00
- 12 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2026 | 1.86 | 1.69 | +10.1% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 2.09 | 2.06 | +1.5% |
| Oct 21, 2025 | 2.04 | 1.94 | +5.2% |
| Jul 22, 2025 | 2.00 | 1.93 | +3.6% |
| Apr 22, 2025 | 1.53 | 1.41 | +8.5% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | 2.12 | 2.12 | +0.0% |
| Oct 16, 2024 | 1.85 | 1.85 | +0.0% |
| Jul 17, 2024 | 1.82 | 1.76 | +3.4% |
1.3%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$13a year at today's yield, before tax
+3.9%2020 to 2025
Raised1 yearin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$1.16 in 2015 → $1.89 in 2025
How safe it looks
35.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 20.5%
News
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The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
45No pass
Benjamin Graham
33No pass
Philip Fisher
49No pass
Peter Lynch
24No pass
Joel Greenblatt
18No pass
Charlie Munger
38No pass
Terry Smith
42No pass
Questions about Equifax
Is Equifax a good stock to buy?
A solid business, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Equifax AI analysis
What does Equifax do?
Equifax Inc. provides information solutions and human resources business process automation outsourcing services for businesses, governments, and consumers. The company operates through three segments: Workforce Solutions, U.S. Information Solutions (USIS), and International. It is in Consulting Services, based in Atlanta, GA, United States, with 15,000 employees.
Does Equifax pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.3% a year, about 35% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $233 million in dividends.
Is Equifax stock halal?
Yes. Equifax passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 23% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Equifax stock done over the past year?
Down 9.1% over the past twelve months, to $188.12. It traded between $137.24 and $226.96 and is 17.1% below its high.
Who are Equifax's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Experian, SGS SA, TransUnion and Bureau Veritas SA. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Equifax's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.