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Equifax EFX Interest coverage

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Fair IsaacFICO
7.1×+0.1×
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3.6×-1.2×
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8.7×-41.4×
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13.5×+0.8×
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41.5×+32.5×
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Willis Towers WatsonWTW
8.3×+5.3×

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$18.33B-28.5%
Enterprise value$23.45B-23.7%
P/E26.2×-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
Debt / equity1.2×+0.2×
Current ratio0.6×-0.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Equifax’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

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 interest coverage?
Equifax (EFX) reported interest coverage of 5.3× in Q1 2026.
How has Equifax's interest coverage changed year-over-year?
Equifax's interest coverage increased by 12.5% year-over-year, from 4.7× to 5.3×.
What is the long-term trend for Equifax's interest coverage?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Equifax's interest coverage has grown at a -7.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 27.6× to 20×.
What does interest coverage mean?
How many times the company's operating profit covers its interest bill.
How do you interpret interest coverage?
Higher is safer; below ~2× is a warning that earnings provide little cushion against the debt burden. Debt-free companies have no interest expense and the ratio is left blank.
How does interest coverage compare across companies?
Comparable across leveraged non-financials; less relevant for net-cash companies with negligible interest.