Equifax
EFX · Research & Consulting Services
$182.36
2.6%FTI Consulting
FCN · Research & Consulting Services
$157.24
0.2%The short version
- Equifax is the larger business, with $6.1B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $3.8B for FTI Consulting, about 1.6 times as much.
- Equifax grew revenue faster (6.9%, against 2.4%).
- Equifax kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (18.0% operating margin, against 10.3% operating margin).
- Equifax turned more of its sales into free cash flow (18.7% FCF margin, against 2.5% FCF margin).
- FTI Consulting earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (16.6%, against 8.5%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Equifax’s earnings: a P/E of 29.5x against 18.9x for FTI Consulting.
| Latest fiscal year | EFX · FY25 | FCN · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $21.5B | $4.6B |
| Revenue | $6.1B | $3.8B |
| Free cash flow | $1.1B | $93.6M |
| Net income | $660M | $271M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 6.9% | 2.4% |
| 5-year growth | 8.0% | 9.0% |
| Share count change | −0.6% | −8.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | 32.1% |
| Operating margin | 18.0% | 10.3% |
| Net margin | 10.9% | 7.2% |
| FCF margin | 18.7% | 2.5% |
| Return on capital | 8.5% | 16.6% |
| Return on equity | 14.1% | 13.6% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $4.9B | $99.9M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.7x | 0.2x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $1.2B | $859M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 29.5x | 18.9x |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 4 |
FY16
EFX $3.1B
FCN $1.8B
FY17
EFX $3.4B
FCN $1.8B
FY18
EFX $3.4B
FCN $2.0B
FY19
EFX $3.5B
FCN $2.4B
FY20
EFX $4.1B
FCN $2.5B
FY21
EFX $4.9B
FCN $2.8B
FY22
EFX $5.1B
FCN $3.0B
FY23
EFX $5.3B
FCN $3.5B
FY24
EFX $5.7B
FCN $3.7B
FY25
EFX $6.1B
FCN $3.8B
EFX
FCN
FY16
EFX 26.2%
FCN 7.9%
FY17
EFX 24.7%
FCN 6.0%
FY18
EFX 13.1%
FCN 11.1%
FY19
EFX −9.6%
FCN 13.0%
FY20
EFX 16.4%
FCN 11.5%
FY21
EFX 23.1%
FCN 11.2%
FY22
EFX 20.6%
FCN 10.0%
FY23
EFX 17.7%
FCN 10.8%
FY24
EFX 18.3%
FCN 9.4%
FY25
EFX 18.0%
FCN 10.3%
EFX
FCN
FY16
EFX $650M
FCN $205M
FY17
EFX $598M
FCN $116M
FY18
EFX $350M
FCN $198M
FY19
EFX −$85.8M
FCN $176M
FY20
EFX $525M
FCN $292M
FY21
EFX $866M
FCN $287M
FY22
EFX $133M
FCN $135M
FY23
EFX $516M
FCN $175M
FY24
EFX $813M
FCN $360M
FY25
EFX $1.1B
FCN $93.6M
EFX
FCN
FY16
EFX 12.9%
FCN 6.7%
FY17
EFX 12.2%
FCN 7.9%
FY18
EFX 6.8%
FCN 12.1%
FY19
EFX −4.7%
FCN 17.0%
FY20
EFX 9.0%
FCN 16.3%
FY21
EFX 12.3%
FCN 17.7%
FY22
EFX 8.7%
FCN 16.6%
FY23
EFX 7.3%
FCN 18.3%
FY24
EFX 7.9%
FCN 17.1%
FY25
EFX 8.5%
FCN 16.6%
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