Equifax (EFX)

Industrials · Consulting Services · S&P 500
$142.48 -0.08% on the day Market cap $17.3B 52-week range $137.01 to $244.37 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
1% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $17.3B, Equifax's free cash flow of $1.1B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 1% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Equifax's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price1.4% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years6.4% a year
Revenue, same period7.6% a year
Price to free cash flow15.2x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from EFX's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation6
Profitability6
Growth2
Financial health2
Cash efficiency7

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)25.2x
P/E (forward)18.4x
Price / free cash flow15.2x
EV / EBITDA12.5x
Price / sales2.68x
Price / book4.11x
Revenue growth+10.6%
Operating margin17.9%
Net margin10.7%
Return on equity15.8%
Dividend yield1.4%
Debt / equity1.70x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Equifax's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$4.9B$5.1B$5.3B$5.7B$6.1B
Net income$744M$696M$545M$604M$660M
Free cash flow$866M$133M$516M$813M$1.1B
EPS (diluted)$6.02$5.65$4.40$4.84$5.32
Operating margin23.1%20.6%17.7%18.3%18.0%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Total Workforce Solutions$2.6B43%
Total U.S. Information Solutions$2.1B34%
Total International$1.4B23%

Superinvestors who own EFX

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 9 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Bill Nygren
Harris Associates LP
Trimmed $1.2B1.6%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $416M0.14%Q2 2026
Charles Brandes
Brandes Investment Partners, LP
Added $183M1.3%Q2 2026
Ric Dillon
Diamond Hill Capital Management
New position $32M0.25%Q2 2026
Wallace Weitz
Weitz Investment Management
Added $30M2.1%Q2 2026
C.T. Fitzpatrick
Vulcan Value Partners
New position $14M0.44%Q2 2026
Tom Gayner
Markel Group Inc.
Held $12M0.09%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $11M0.02%Q2 2026
Ron Baron
Baron Capital (BAMCO)
Trimmed $423,4650.00%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Equifax's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Mar 13, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$184.27—
Mar 13, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$184.27—
Mar 10, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$196.09—
Mar 10, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$196.09—
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$203.89—
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$203.89—
Jan 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$209.71—
Jan 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$209.71—
Oct 7, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$238.29—
Oct 7, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$238.29—

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Equifax's stock price imply?

At a market value of $17.3B, Equifax would need its free cash flow to grow about 1% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 6% a year.

Are Equifax insiders buying the stock?

10 open-market insider purchases of EFX in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Equifax?

9 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold EFX in their latest 13F, including Bill Nygren, Cliff Asness, Charles Brandes.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.