How to buy Equifax stock (EFX)

Equifax is a consulting services business based in the US. Equifax shares (EFX) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $273.50 – an increase of 4.97% over the previous week. Equifax employs 15,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $5.6 billion.

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Equifax stock price (NYSE: EFX)

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Equifax shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-11.

Latest market close	$273.50
52-week range	$212.08 - $309.15
50-day moving average more info button	$269.89
200-day moving average more info button	$263.27
Wall St. target price	$310.41
PE ratio more info button	58.5167
Dividend yield more info button	$1.56 (0.59%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$4.49

Is it a good time to buy Equifax stock?

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Equifax price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $265.81 from 2024-12-13

1 week (2024-12-10)	2.02%
1 month (2024-11-15)	7.06%
3 months (2024-09-17)	-10.75%
6 months (2024-06-17)	11.19%

1 year (2023-12-15)	8.67%
2 years (2022-12-16)	40.39%
3 years (2021-12-17)	270.8087
5 years (2019-12-17)	102.75%

Is Equifax stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Equifax stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Equifax's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Equifax's P/E ratio

Equifax's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 59x. In other words, Equifax shares trade at around 59x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Equifax's PEG ratio

Equifax's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.7989. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Equifax's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Equifax's EBITDA

Equifax's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.7 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Equifax's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Equifax financials

Revenue TTM	$5.6 billion
Operating margin TTM	17.14%
Gross profit TTM	$2.9 billion
Return on assets TTM	5.22%
Return on equity TTM	11.93%
Profit margin	10.07%
Book value	$39.62
Market Capitalization more info button	$32.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Equifax share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 22.35% of net profits

Recently Equifax has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Equifax shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Equifax's case, that would currently equate to about $1.56 per share.

While Equifax's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Equifax is investing more in its future growth.

Equifax's most recent dividend payout was on 12 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 21 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Equifax's shares ever split?

Equifax's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 17 December 1995 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Equifax shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Equifax shares which in turn could have impacted Equifax's share price.

Equifax share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Equifax's shares have ranged in value from as little as $212.0752 up to $309.1525. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Equifax's is 1.594. This would suggest that Equifax's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Equifax 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 assist them in complying with and automating payroll-related and human resource management processes throughout the entire cycle of the employment relationship. The USIS 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.

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of Equifax is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.454% of Equifax shares are held by insiders and 95.588% by institutions. How many people work for Equifax?
Latest data suggests 15,000 work at Equifax. When does the fiscal year end for Equifax?
Equifax's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Equifax based?
Equifax's address is: 1550 Peachtree Street, NW, Atlanta, GA, United States, 30309 What is Equifax's ISIN number?
Equifax's international securities identification number is: US2944291051 What is Equifax's CUSIP number?
Equifax's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 294429105