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Equifax (STU:EFX) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 53.02 (As of May. 20, 2024)


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What is Equifax Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-20), Equifax's current share price is €228.00. Equifax's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €4.30. Equifax's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 53.02.

The historical rank and industry rank for Equifax's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

STU:EFX' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 20.91   Med: 35.69   Max: 66.17
Current: 52.77

During the past years, Equifax's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 66.17. The lowest was 20.91. And the median was 35.69.

STU:EFX's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
83.15% of 362 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 18.255 vs STU:EFX: 52.77

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Equifax's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €0.891. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is €4.30 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Equifax Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Equifax's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Equifax Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Equifax Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 37.84 48.93 63.71 42.83 53.88

Equifax Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 44.49 51.57 39.44 53.88 56.75

Competitive Comparison of Equifax's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Consulting Services subindustry, Equifax's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Equifax's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Equifax's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Equifax's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Equifax Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Equifax's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=228.00/4.3
=53.02

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Equifax's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Equifax's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=0.891/131.7762*131.7762
=0.891

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Equifax Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.791 100.560 1.037
201409 1.022 100.428 1.341
201412 1.202 99.070 1.599
201503 0.617 99.621 0.816
201506 1.128 100.684 1.476
201509 1.543 100.392 2.025
201512 1.368 99.792 1.806
201603 0.505 100.470 0.662
201606 1.086 101.688 1.407
201609 1.451 101.861 1.877
201612 1.850 101.863 2.393
201703 0.410 102.862 0.525
201706 1.284 103.349 1.637
201709 1.534 104.136 1.941
201712 1.022 104.011 1.295
201803 0.424 105.290 0.531
201806 1.218 106.317 1.510
201809 0.445 106.507 0.551
201812 0.370 105.998 0.460
201903 -0.610 107.251 -0.749
201906 0.894 108.070 1.090
201909 -1.946 108.329 -2.367
201912 1.009 108.420 1.226
202003 -0.422 108.902 -0.511
202006 1.060 108.767 1.284
202009 1.728 109.815 2.074
202012 1.238 109.897 1.484
202103 0.207 111.754 0.244
202106 1.917 114.631 2.204
202109 2.068 115.734 2.355
202112 1.780 117.630 1.994
202203 -2.610 121.301 -2.835
202206 0.893 125.017 0.941
202209 1.654 125.227 1.741
202212 1.296 125.222 1.364
202303 -0.056 127.348 -0.058
202306 0.739 128.729 0.756
202309 1.871 129.860 1.899
202312 1.296 129.419 1.320
202403 0.891 131.776 0.891

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Equifax  (STU:EFX) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Equifax (STU:EFX) Business Description

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Address
1550 Peachtree Street N.W., Atlanta, GA, USA, 30309
Along with Experian and TransUnion, Equifax is one of the leading credit bureaus in the United States. Equifax's credit reports provide credit histories on millions of consumers, and the firm's services are critical to lenders' credit decisions. In addition, about a third of the firm's revenue comes from workforce solutions, which provides income verification and employer human resources services. Equifax generates over 20% of its revenue from outside the United States.