Ratings Equifax Inc.

Equities

EFX

US2944291051

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262.4 USD +0.74% Intraday chart for Equifax Inc. -0.87% +6.11%

Summary

  • From a short-term investment perspective, the company presents a deteriorated fundamental configuration.

Strengths

  • The earnings growth currently anticipated by analysts for the coming years is particularly strong.
  • Before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, the company's margins are particularly high.
  • The company returns high margins, thereby supporting business profitability.
  • Analysts have consistently raised their revenue expectations for the company, which provides good prospects for the current and next years in terms of revenue growth.
  • Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
  • Over the past four months, analysts' average price target has been revised upwards significantly.
  • The opinion of analysts covering the stock has improved over the past four months.
  • Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been strongly revised upwards.

Weaknesses

  • The company is in a hindered financial situation with significant debt and rather low EBITDA levels.
  • The company's valuation in terms of earnings multiples is rather high. Indeed, the firm is getting paid 43.75 times its estimated earnings per share for the ongoing year.
  • The company's "enterprise value to sales" ratio is among the highest in the world.
  • The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.
  • The valuation of the company is particularly high given the cash flows generated by its activity.
  • The company is not the most generous with respect to shareholders' compensation.
  • For the past year, analysts have significantly revised downwards their profit estimates.
  • For the last few months, analysts have been revising downwards their earnings forecast.
  • Financial statements have repeatedly disappointed market stakeholders. Most often, they were below expectations.

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Sector: Professional Information Services

1st Jan change Capi. Investor Rating ESG Refinitiv
+6.11% 32.6B
C+
-4.02% 132B
A-
+9.26% 70.31B
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+12.86% 37.61B
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-6.22% 17.04B
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+14.39% 15.27B
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+7.05% 10.05B
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-14.87% 4.37B
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+9.33% 2.13B -
+19.57% 2.08B
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Financials

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Consensus

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Business Predictability

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