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Equifax EFX Debt-to-equity

Debt-to-equity at other companies

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15.9×-16.9×
Fidelity National Information Services logo
Fidelity National Information ServicesFIS
1.3×+0.7×
Global Payments logo
Global PaymentsGPN
0.9×+0.2×
Paychex logo
PaychexPAYX
1.1×+0.9×
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Automatic Data Processing, Inc.ADP
0.7×+0.1×
Okta, Inc. logo
Okta, Inc.OKTA
0.1×0.0×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.6B+14.4%
Gross profit$881.8M+12.3%
Operating income$287.7M+22.0%
Net income$171.5M+28.8%
EPS (diluted)$1.42+34.0%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$183.4M-6.1%
Total debt$5.3B+6.9%
Total equity$4.5B-8.8%
Total assets$11.9B+0.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$241.9M+8.0%
CapEx$120.4M+12.3%
Free cash flow$121.5M+4.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$18.44B-28.5%
Enterprise value$23.56B-23.7%
P/E26.4×-15.7×
P/S2.9×-1.6×

Profitability

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Gross margin56.1%+0.6pp
Operating margin18.3%-0.1pp
Net margin11.1%+0.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity14.7%+1.8pp
Current ratio0.6×-0.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Equifax’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Equifax’s 10-Q, filed April 21, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Equifax's debt-to-equity?
Equifax (EFX) reported debt-to-equity of 1.2× in Q1 2026.
How has Equifax's debt-to-equity changed year-over-year?
Equifax's debt-to-equity increased by 17.3% year-over-year, from 1× to 1.2×.
What is the long-term trend for Equifax's debt-to-equity?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Equifax's debt-to-equity has grown at a -7.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 5.5× to 4×.
What does debt-to-equity mean?
How much debt the company carries for every dollar of shareholder equity.
How do you interpret debt-to-equity?
Lower is generally safer, but moderate leverage can boost returns. Read in the context of cash-flow stability — a utility tolerates more debt than a cyclical. Negative equity makes the ratio meaningless and it is suppressed there.
How does debt-to-equity compare across companies?
Comparable within an industry; capital structures differ sharply across sectors. Not meaningful for banks.