Equifax Inc. believes knowledge drives progress. As a global data, analytics, and technology company, Equifax plays an essential role in the global economy by helping financial institutions, companies, employees, and government agencies make critical decisions with greater confidence. Its unique blend of differentiated data, analytics, and cloud technology drives insights to power decisions to move people forward. Headquartered in Atlanta and supported by more than 11,000 employees worldwide, Equifax operates or has investments in 25 countries in North America, Central and South America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region.

Company profile
Ticker
EFX
Exchange
Website
CEO
Mark Begor
Employees
Incorporated
Location
Fiscal year end
Industry (SIC)
SEC CIK
Corporate docs
Subsidiaries
AccountScore Holdings Limited • AccountScore India Private Limited • AccountScore Limited • AccountScore US Corporation • Anakam Information Solutions, LLC • Anakam, Inc. • Ansonia Credit Data, Inc. • Apac BizInfo Pte Limited • Appriss Insights, LLC • ASNEF/Equifax Servicios de Informacion Sobre Solvencia y Credito S.L. ...
IRS number
580401110
EFX stock data
News

Analyst Ratings for Equifax
11 Aug 22
Benzinga Before The Bell: Elon Musk Sells $6.8B Tesla Shares, Nio Begins ES7 Test Drives, Coinbase Accused Of Misleading Investors And Other Top Financial Stories Wednesday, August 10
10 Aug 22
Equifax-Backed Credit Score Provider Says Unpaid Medical Bills Do Not Predict Creditworthiness
10 Aug 22
Earnings Scheduled For August 10, 2022
10 Aug 22
Equifax May Face Class-action Suit after Credit-score Glitch
5 Aug 22
Press releases
Equifax® Canada Expands Financial Data Exchange Engagement
3 Aug 22
Aarav Solutions enables Equifax® Canada to launch new automated and cloud-based billing and invoicing system
2 Aug 22
Equifax Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Midigator
26 Jul 22
Equifax to Acquire LawLogix
21 Jul 22
Equifax Delivers Record Second Quarter Revenue
20 Jul 22
Analyst ratings and price targets
Current price
Average target
$225.57
Low target
$200.00
High target
$245.00
Barclays
Maintains
$230.00
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Maintains
$230.00
Deutsche Bank
Maintains
$221.00
Morgan Stanley
Maintains
$230.00
Credit Suisse
Maintains
$245.00
Wells Fargo
Initiated
$200.00
Stifel
Maintains
$223.00
Calendar
21 Jul 22
12 Aug 22
31 Dec 22
Financial summary
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Cash burn rate (est.) | Burn method: Change in cash | Burn method: Operating income | Burn method: FCF (opex + capex) | Last Q | Avg 4Q | Last Q | Avg 4Q | Last Q | Avg 4Q |
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Cash on hand (at last report) | 223.6M | 223.6M | 223.6M | 223.6M | 223.6M | 223.6M |
Cash burn (monthly) | (no burn) | 19.54M | (no burn) | (no burn) | (no burn) | (no burn) |
Cash used (since last report) | n/a | 28.38M | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Cash remaining | n/a | 195.22M | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Runway (months of cash) | n/a | 10.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Recent insider trades
Date | Owner | Security | Transaction | Code | Indirect | 10b5-1 | $Price | #Shares | $Value | #Remaining |
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1 Aug 22 | Lisa M Nelson | Common Stock | Payment of exercise | Dispose F | No | No | 210.78 | 754 | 158.93K | 8,266 |
29 Jul 22 | Mark W Begor | Common Stock | Grant | Acquire A | No | No | 0 | 23,934 | 0 | 103,798 |
29 Jul 22 | Mark W Begor | Stock Option/Right to Buy Common Stock | Grant | Acquire A | No | No | 229.8 | 43,440 | 9.98M | 43,440 |
29 Jul 22 | Mark W Begor | Stock Option/Right to Buy Common Stock | Grant | Acquire A | No | No | 250.69 | 48,281 | 12.1M | 48,281 |
30 Jun 22 | Marcus Robert D | Phantom Stock Units Common Stock | Grant | Acquire A | No | No | 182.78 | 171 | 31.26K | 303 |
13 May 22 | Carla Chaney | Common Stock | Payment of exercise | Dispose F | No | No | 198.19 | 7,496 | 1.49M | 13,314 |
13 May 22 | Carla Chaney | Common Stock | Grant | Acquire A | No | No | 0 | 9,140 | 0 | 20,810 |
5 May 22 | Marcus Robert D | Common Stock | Grant | Acquire A | No | No | 0 | 865 | 0 | 14,336 |
Institutional ownership, Q1 2022
90.9% owned by funds/institutions
13F holders | Current |
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Total holders | 683 |
Opened positions | 87 |
Closed positions | 85 |
Increased positions | 258 |
Reduced positions | 203 |
13F shares | Current |
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Total value | 26.33B |
Total shares | 111.22M |
Total puts | 790.1K |
Total calls | 1.24M |
Total put/call ratio | 0.6 |
Largest owners | Shares | Value |
---|---|---|
Vanguard | 13.04M | $3.09B |
Massachusetts Financial Services | 11.81M | $2.8B |
BLK Blackrock | 9.72M | $2.3B |
STT State Street | 4.81M | $1.14B |
Generation Investment Management | 4.41M | $1.05B |
FMR | 4.07M | $965.28M |
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 3.3M | $782.51M |
Capital International Investors | 3.26M | $773.68M |
TROW T. Rowe Price | 3.21M | $761.29M |
IVZ Invesco | 3.05M | $722.5M |
Financial report summary
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Financial reports
Current reports
8-K
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers
2 Aug 22
8-K
Equifax Delivers Record Second Quarter Revenue
20 Jul 22
8-K
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
11 May 22
8-K
Equifax Delivers Ninth Consecutive Quarter of Double-Digit Revenue Growth
20 Apr 22
8-K
Equifax Delivers Record Revenue and Eighth Consecutive Quarter of Double-Digit Growth
9 Feb 22
8-K
Equifax Delivers Seventh Consecutive Quarter of Double-Digit Revenue Growth
20 Oct 21
8-K
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
31 Aug 21
8-K
Other Events
16 Aug 21
8-K
Results of Operations and Financial Condition
21 Jul 21
8-K
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
11 May 21
Registration and prospectus
S-3ASR
Automatic shelf registration
22 Jul 22
S-8 POS
Registration of securities for employees (post-effective amendment)
7 Jun 22
S-8 POS
Registration of securities for employees (post-effective amendment)
7 Jun 22
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
24 Nov 21
424B2
Prospectus for primary offering
12 Aug 21
FWP
Free writing prospectus
11 Aug 21
424B2
Prospectus for primary offering
11 Aug 21
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
6 Nov 20
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
23 Jul 20
424B2
Prospectus for primary offering
24 Apr 20
Proxies
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
24 Mar 22
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
25 Mar 21
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
27 Apr 20
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
27 Apr 20
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
27 Mar 20
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
22 Mar 19
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
22 Mar 19
Other
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
20 Aug 18
CORRESP
Correspondence with SEC
13 Aug 18
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
30 Jul 18
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
22 Jun 15
CORRESP
Correspondence with SEC
21 Jun 15
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
9 Jun 15
CORRESP
Correspondence with SEC
25 Feb 14
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
25 Feb 14
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
24 Feb 14
CORRESP
Correspondence with SEC
19 Feb 14
Ownership
4
EQUIFAX / Lisa M Nelson ownership change
3 Aug 22
4
EQUIFAX / Mark W Begor ownership change
2 Aug 22
4
EQUIFAX / ROBERT D MARCUS ownership change
5 Jul 22
4
EQUIFAX / Carla Chaney ownership change
17 May 22
4
EQUIFAX / SCOTT A MCGREGOR ownership change
9 May 22
4
EQUIFAX / ROBERT W SELANDER ownership change
9 May 22
4
EQUIFAX / ROBERT D MARCUS ownership change
9 May 22
4
EQUIFAX / John A McKinley ownership change
9 May 22
4
EQUIFAX / Melissa D Smith ownership change
9 May 22
4
EQUIFAX / Heather H Wilson ownership change
9 May 22
Patents
Utility
Secure Online Access Control to Prevent Identification Information Misuse
28 Jul 22
In some aspects, a computing system can control access of a user computing device to a resource.
Utility
Data Protection Via Attributes-based Aggregation
14 Jul 22
Systems and methods for obfuscating sensitive data by aggregating the data based on data attributes are provided.
Utility
Machine-learning Techniques for Time-delay Neural Networks
30 Jun 22
Various aspects involve time-delay neural networks for risk assessment or other outcome predictions.
Utility
Secure online access control to prevent identification information misuse
7 Jun 22
In some aspects, a computing system can control access of a user computing device to a resource.
Utility
Verifying an Identity Based on Multiple Distributed Data Sources Using a Blockchain to Safeguard the Identity
2 Jun 22
An online identity can be verified based on data from multiple identity sources stored in a blockchain.
Transcripts
2022 Q2
Earnings call transcript
21 Jul 22
2022 Q1
Earnings call transcript
21 Apr 22
2021 Q4
Earnings call transcript
10 Feb 22
2021 Q3
Earnings call transcript
21 Oct 21
2021 Q2
Earnings call transcript
23 Jul 21
2021 Q1
Earnings call transcript
22 Apr 21
2020 Q4
Earnings call transcript
12 Feb 21
2020 Q3
Earnings call transcript
22 Oct 20
2020 Q2
Earnings call transcript
23 Jul 20
2020 Q1
Earnings call transcript
21 Apr 20
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