Equifax Inc
NYSE:EFX
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Equifax Inc
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Intrinsic Value
The intrinsic value of Equifax Inc (EFX) under the Base Case is 284.25 USD per share.
Compared with the current market price of 176.1 USD, the stock appears
Undervalued by 38% .
The intrinsic value is calculated using the DCF method. The model assumes Equifax's net margin reaches 18% by 2036, above the six-year high of 15%. If its margin stayed at its five-year average of 12%, the estimate would be about $197.
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Fundamental Analysis
What Equifax Does
Equifax is a consumer and business credit reporting company. It collects financial and employment data, organizes that information into credit files and risk scores, and sells those reports and analytics to lenders, landlords, employers, insurers, and other businesses that need to judge credit risk or verify identity. It also serves consumers directly with credit monitoring and identity theft protection products.
- Headquarters
- United States of America US
- Employees
- 15 000
- IPO date
- May 11, 1971
Equifax has a wide economic moat
The Work Number becomes more useful to employers and lenders as more employers contribute job and income records, giving Equifax a broad source of information that rivals cannot quickly reproduce. Businesses also build Equifax data and tools into verification and lending workflows, making a switch costly and time-consuming.
Read the full moat analysisLatest Earnings Call
- EPS
- $2.25
- Expected
- $2.21
- Surprise
- +1.8%
- Stock, day of the call
- −3.9%
Revenue & Expenses Breakdown
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Earnings Waterfall
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The intrinsic value for Equifax Inc (EFX) under the Base Case is 284.25 USD.
Compared with the current market price of 176.1 USD, the stock appears Undervalued by 38% .