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Equifax EFX Return on invested capital

Return on invested capital at other companies

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66.4%+13.8pp
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3.6%-0.9pp
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Fidelity National Information ServicesFIS
4.6%-0.3pp
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PaychexPAYX
34.6%-19.8pp
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Automatic Data Processing, Inc.ADP
66.7%-10.3pp
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Okta, Inc.OKTA
2.3%+1.8pp

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
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 return on invested capital?
Equifax (EFX) reported return on invested capital of 8.8% in Q1 2026.
How has Equifax's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Equifax's return on invested capital increased by 11.1% year-over-year, from 7.9% to 8.8%.
What is the long-term trend for Equifax's return on invested capital?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Equifax's return on invested capital has grown at a -8.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 47.6% to 32.9%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.