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EFX·Equifax Inc.

$189.36
-4.48 (-2.31%)
High
$194.76
Open
$190.00
Market Cap
22.71B
52W High
$228.67
Low
$186.99
P. Close
$189.36
P/E
30.57
52W Low
$131.50
Fwd P/E
20.33
DailyIQ Est.
$208.26
Inst. Own.
84.5%
Short Interest
4.69%
Days to Cover
2.9
Div. Yield
1.13%
Next Ex-Div
~Nov 30
NewEarnings release, scored · filed Oct 20, 2026Guidance lowered · tone -5.7 vs prior release · 63 lines scoredSee the breakdown
Technical Score (1D)
11
BEARISH
News Sentiment
64
BULLISH
On Nov 5, Equifax’s board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.56 per share, payable on Dec 15 2026 to shareholders recorded as of Nov 25. The dividend announcement followed the company’s long‑standing policy of paying cash dividends for more than a century, underscoring its stable cash flow and ongoing commitment to shareholder returns. The declaration was presented as a signal of confidence in future earnings, though no changes to earnings guidance or operational outlook were disclosed. The move was reported as a reaffirmation of Equifax’s dividend policy and its financial stability.
LOW TARGET
$155 -18.1%
2 analysts
MEAN TARGET
$200 +5.8%
16 analysts
HIGH TARGET
$245 +29.4%
14 analysts
PRICE RANGE
$155.00 - $245.00
SB / B / H / S / SS
8/14/8/1/1
DAILYIQ EST.
$208.26 (+10.0%)
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Consulting Services
Exchange
NYQ
Country
United States
Symbol
EFX
Description
Equifax is a data and analytics firm that provides critical information solutions globally. The company's core business revolves around three primary segments: Workforce Solutions, U.S. Information Solutions, and International. Workforce Solutions offers services that help employers with employment verification and human resource management, while U.S. Information Solutions provides credit information, fraud detection, and identity verification services to both consumers and businesses. The International segment delivers similar information and services, including credit scoring and marketing solutions, across numerous countries including the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Equifax's long history, dating back to 1899, and diverse geographic presence position it as a key player in the information services landscape.
Bought (1Y)
0 shares
$0
Sold (1Y)
84,172 shares
$15.0M
Schneider HaraldEVP, Chief D&A Officer
Tax Withholding689 shares2026-10-30
GAMBLE JOHN W JREVP, CFO & COO
Sell4,000 shares2026-10-29
Begor Mark WCEO
Option Exercise37,792 shares2026-10-23
Begor Mark WCEO
Sell33,667 shares2026-10-23
Begor Mark WCEO
Sell1,681 shares2026-10-23
69/ 100
Bullish
Overall: Bullish
✓Revenue growing year over year
✓Positive net margin
✓Positive operating cash flow
Net Margin
10.9%
Revenue CAGR
7.4%
Current Ratio
0.60x
Debt / Equity
1.11x
Return on Equity
14.3%

EPS

EstBeatMiss
$1.80$1.93$2.06$2.19$2.32Q2'25Q3'25Q1'26Q2'26Q3'26Q4'26
QtrEstActual+/−
Q4'26$2.15 - -
Q3'26$2.22$2.26+1.8%
Q2'26$2.20$2.25+2.3%
Q1'26$2.22$1.86-16.3%
Q3'25$1.94$2.04+5.3%
Q2'25$1.92$2.00+4.1%

Revenue

EstBeatMiss
$1.5B$1.6B$1.6B$1.7B$1.7BQ2'25Q3'25Q1'26Q2'26Q3'26Q4'26
QtrEstActual+/−
Q4'26$1.6B - -
Q3'26$1.7B$1.7B-0.8%
Q2'26$1.7B$1.7B-0.8%
Q1'26$1.7B$1.6B-2.6%
Q3'25 - $1.5B -
Q2'25 - $1.5B -

Market Data

EFX Stock Snapshot

BEARISH11/100
$189.36−$4.48 (2.3%)
Market cap
22.71B
P/E ratio
30.6
Day range
$186.99 – $194.76
News sentiment
64/100 · Bullish
Analyst target
$200.35 (+5.8%)
Consensus
Buy · 32 analysts
52-week range+44.0% off low · -17.2% from high
$131.50$228.67
Price $189.36 DailyIQ Est. $208.26

EFX is on the weaker side of its setup, with little confirmation for a reversal yet. In Industrials, names this size usually take direction from sector flows before company-level news.

Reverse DCF

What growth is priced into EFX?

RICH

At today's price, Equifax Inc. needs to grow free cash flow about 9.6% a year for 3 years, slowing to a long-run rate by year 10, to justify its valuation at a 7.70% cost of capital. Over the last five years its revenue has trended at 5.4% a year, so the market is asking for 4.3 percentage points above its own delivered rate. On that basis EFX looks priced above what its own growth record supports.

Implied FCF growth
9.6%
Growth trend
5.4%
Growth gap
+4.3 pts
Verdict
RICH
Discount rate (WACC)
7.70%
Beta
0.91

Behaviour On Record

What EFX's own history says about today's numbers

Realized volatility (21d)
56.1% 96th pct
Below its peak
-39.9%
vs 200-day average
+4.6%
Up days (1y)
50%

Equifax Inc. is currently running 56.1% annualised volatility over the last 21 sessions. Measured against EFX's own 13 years of daily returns rather than a market-wide average, that is the 96th percentile — an extreme by its own standards, against a typical reading of 24.1%.

EFX is trading -39.9% below its running peak. Across 13 full years on file, its median worst-drawdown-in-a-year was -27.1%, and the deepest was -47.6% in 2022. The current drawdown is already deeper than this stock's typical annual low point, which puts it in the part of its range where past recoveries began, and where past declines also continued.

Price sits +4.6% from its 200-day moving average. Against every other day in its history, that gap ranks at the 50th percentile — close to the gap it normally carries. Over the past year EFX closed higher on 50% of sessions, and it is currently 1 session into a falling streak.

On November specifically: over 13 years of records, EFX finished the month higher 10 of 13 times, with a median return of +3.2% and an average of +5.5%. Its strongest month historically has been November at +5.5% on average, its weakest September at -6.9%.

Overnight risk is measurable too: EFX has opened more than 2% away from the prior close in 105 of 3,268 sessions (3.2% of the time), with the largest gaps running +28.0% and -8.5%.

Across the last 3 dated reports on file, EFX moved an average of 2.9% in the session after earnings, closing higher 0 of those 3 times, with a median move of -1.8% and a largest of -6.0%.

All figures computed from 3,269 daily closes between 2013-11-06 and 2026-11-05, split-adjusted, recomputed daily. Percentiles are against EFX's own 13-year history, not a peer group or index.

Sector Rotation

Is money rotating into or out of EFX's sector?

Equifax Inc. sits in the Industrials sector, currently ranked 8th of 12 GICS sectors by relative-strength rotation score (weakening).

Sector rank
#8 of 12
Sector state
Weakening
Sector rotation score
27

Options Market

What is the options market pricing for EFX?

CallsPuts

For Equifax Inc.'s nearest expiry (2026-11-20, 14 days out), open interest is call-heavy, a bullish tilt (put/call ratio of 0.74), with at-the-money implied volatility around 50.0%. The options market is pricing roughly a ±9.6% move by that expiry — a range of about $171.96–$208.68.

Put/call ratio (2026-11-20)
0.74
ATM implied volatility
50.0%
Total open interest
2,968
Expected move by 2026-11-20
±9.6% ($171.96–$208.68)

Analyst Consensus Estimates

What do analysts expect EFX to earn?

Analysts expect Equifax Inc. to earn $8.51 per share in the fiscal year ending Dec 2026 and $12.94 in the fiscal year ending Dec 2029, from 2 estimates. These are analyst forecasts, not company guidance, and later years rest on fewer analysts.

Quarter endingEPS estimateEPS rangeEPS analystsRevenue estimateRevenue analysts
Dec 2026$2.13$2.08 to $2.2018$1.63B16
Mar 2027$1.92$1.78 to $2.0716$1.70B12
Jun 2027$2.48$2.34 to $2.708~$1.81B-
Sep 2027$2.58$2.47 to $2.778~$1.88B-
Fiscal year endingEPS estimateEPS rangeEPS analystsRevenue estimateRevenue analysts
Dec 2026$8.51$8.37 to $8.7123$6.67B20
Dec 2027$9.54$9.00 to $10.7020$7.06B19
Dec 2028$11.44$10.60 to $12.876~$8.34B-
Dec 2029$12.94$12.14 to $13.752~$9.43B-

Revenue marked ~ is our calculation from the EPS estimate, not analyst consensus.

Analyst Rating Changes

Are analysts turning bullish or bearish on EFX?

RBC Capital most recently downgraded Equifax Inc. to Sector Perform on Oct 26, 2026 with a price target of $189 (from $177). Over the last 90 days, coverage has run 2 upgrades against 2 downgrades, a net mixed lean.

Latest action
RBC Capital: Sector Perform
90-day upgrades
2
90-day downgrades
2
Net rating momentum
0
DateFirmActionRatingPrice target
Oct 26, 2026RBC CapitalDowngradeOutperform → Sector Perform$177 → $189
Oct 22, 2026Argus ResearchUpgradeHold → Buy-
Oct 21, 2026BMO CapitalMaintainedMarket Perform$160 → $175
Oct 21, 2026StifelMaintainedBuy$235 → $217
Oct 21, 2026NeedhamMaintainedBuy$190 → $210
Oct 19, 2026MizuhoMaintainedOutperform$210 → $185
Oct 16, 2026OppenheimerDowngradeOutperform → Perform-
Oct 16, 2026RBC CapitalMaintainedOutperform$194 → $177
Oct 13, 2026Morgan StanleyMaintainedOverweight$225 → $205
Oct 13, 2026NeedhamMaintainedBuy$245 → $190
Oct 2, 2026BarclaysMaintainedEqual-Weight$200 → $155
Sep 30, 2026BMO CapitalMaintainedMarket Perform$179 → $160

Earnings Release, Scored

What did Equifax Inc.'s latest earnings release say?

Filed Oct 20, 2026 · SEC Form 8-K, Exhibit 99

Guidance lowered
Tone79.0/ 100-5.7 vs prior release
Hedging words0.16per 100 words+0.07 vs prior release
Tone, last 3 releasesScale 50–90

Most important lines

  1. 1

    As a result, we are reducing our full year 2026 revenue guidance at the midpoint to $6.661 billion, reflecting this reduction in our U.S. Mortgage related revenue.

    Guidance loweredNew this quarterNegative tone
  2. 2

    Despite the impact of the significantly weakened U.S. mortgage market on the second half of 2026 revenue, we expect to deliver 2026 Adjusted EPS Guidance of $8.50 per share, a reduction of only $0.04 per share at the midpoint and well within our previous Guidance range.

    Guidance loweredNew this quarterNegative tone
  3. 3

    Workforce Solutions third quarter revenue up 7%.

    New this quarter

Peers & ETF holders

EFX peers & ETF holders

News & sentiment

What is the news saying about EFX?

EFX rose 32.9% over the month to Nov 6. News tone held between 35 and 82 from Oct 6 to Oct 15, then dropped to 42 on Oct 16.

Daily close and news tone, Oct 6 to Nov 6
$150$175$200Oct 6: tone 54Oct 7: tone 35Oct 8: tone 60Oct 9Oct 12: tone 56Oct 13: tone 54Oct 14: tone 59Oct 15: tone 83Oct 16: tone 42Oct 19: tone 37Oct 20: tone 68Oct 21: tone 55Oct 22: tone 59Oct 23: tone 63Oct 26: tone 43Oct 27: tone 44Oct 28: tone 38Oct 29: tone 45Oct 30: tone 51Nov 2Nov 3: tone 55Nov 4Nov 5: tone 63Nov 6Oct 6News toneNov 6123
  1. Oct 15 +7.3%same day: Stay Ahead of the Game With Equifax (EFX) Q3 Earnings: Wall Street's Insights on Key Metrics
  2. Oct 20 +11.6%same day: Equifax Delivers Strong 10% Revenue Growth in Third Quarter 2026 Driven by 8% Diversified Markets Revenue Growth Despite Challenging U.S. Mortgage Market; Returns $158 Million Cash to Shareholders
  3. Oct 22 +6.6%same day: Small Business Owners Putting up Personal Assets to Keep Businesses Afloat, New Equifax Canada Survey Finds
Latest stories naming Equifax

Technical analysis

How strong is EFX's momentum right now?

On the daily chart EFX ranks at the 11th percentile for momentum against 1,060 stocks and ETFs, a bearish reading.

Momentum rank by timeframe0 = weakest, 100 = strongest
See what drives the rankThe inputs behind each timeframe's momentum rank, plus RSI, stochastics, Bollinger Bands and moving averages. Free with an account.

Institutional ownership

Are big funds buying or selling EFX?

83 of the 201 tracked managers added to EFX in their latest 13F and 115 trimmed. Together they own 84.5% of the company, worth $15.9B. BlackRock and Vanguard Capital Management alone hold 14.3%.

83adding115trimming3unchanged
Largest holders by stake, latest 13FBar = share of EFX
  1. $1.5B positionTrimmed 0.7% last quarter
  2. $1.2B positionTrimmed 0.6% last quarter
  3. $1.2B positionTrimmed 1.1% last quarter
  4. $832.1M positionTrimmed 0.5% last quarter
  5. $825.3M positionAdded 3.5% last quarter
  6. $823.3M positionAdded 41.1% last quarter
  7. $700.1M positionAdded 5.4% last quarter
  8. $620.4M positionTrimmed 17.7% last quarter
  9. $525.5M positionTrimmed 17.6% last quarter
  10. $521.9M positionTrimmed 9.9% last quarter
Full holdings history

Congressional trading

Is Congress trading EFX?

3 members of Congress disclosed 4 EFX trades between Mar 20, 2025 and Apr 14, 2026: 2 buys and 2 sells, about $32.0K in estimated value.

BuysSellsMarMayJulSepNovJan ’26Mar
BuySell$1K–$15K$15K–$50K$50K–$100K$100K–$250K

What stands out

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How has EFX done against its peers?

Over the six months to Nov 6, EFX returned +9.3%. Of the 15 related stocks and ETFs, 7 did better, led by SHOP at +42.4%.

Change since May 6, through Nov 6
−50%0%+50%+100%May 6JunJulAugSepOctNov 6SHOP +42.4%EFX +9.3%CAT −39.8%