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Company snapshot — Equifax Inc

EFX in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Equifax collects and analyses consumer and commercial data, then sells it back as credit reports, scores, identity checks and employment verification. Its Workforce Solutions unit confirms income, employment and education history for lenders and employers; its US Information Solutions unit handles credit scoring, fraud checks and mortgage-related data; its International unit repeats this model in other countries. It is based in Atlanta and operates across the Americas, Europe, and parts of Asia-Pacific.
Where it sits in the stack
Equifax carries no seat in our Rubin index, the diary's AI build-out ladder, so it sits outside that stack. Within our wider universe it belongs among data and analytics services, a sleeve the diary follows for how credit and identity data get processed rather than for AI infrastructure.
Who it is priced against
Our peer group has no listed comparison for Equifax; the name the market most often sets beside it is TransUnion, another consumer credit bureau.
Why Closelook tracks it
Equifax holds a seat in the S&P 500 but no Rubin or Halo membership and no Closelook score has been built yet, so the diary has not assigned it a module reading or an edition quote.
What the diary watches
Whether the recent downgrade and the slide against its 50-day and 200-day levels mark a shift in how credit-data demand is read, or just a short pullback.

Equifax Inc (EFX) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for EFX, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 4 analyst actions on the wire · latest: initiation by William Blair, 2026-08-21

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for EFX from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Initiation William Blair — at Outperform Initiated to Outperform 2026-08-21
  • Initiation BMO Capital — at Outperform Initiated to Outperform from Market Perform 2026-08-21
  • Initiation Evercore ISI — at Outperform Initiated to Outperform from Outperform 2026-08-21

4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 downgrade, 3 initiations. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Consulting Services · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Consulting Services

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against EFX on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.35%, quarterly · last 0.56 USD on 2026-08-31

Dividends and capital return

What EFX pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.18 USD per share · a 1.35% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +20.7% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.81 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.56 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-31
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.39 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.57 USD · 2025: 1.92 USD · 2026: 1.68 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-22

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Equifax Inc (EFX)?

Equifax Inc trades as EFX on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is EFX in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Equifax Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does EFX trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -9.7% vs the 50-day and -13.1% vs the 200-day average, 40.2% below the 52-week high and +6.9% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Equifax Inc do?

Equifax collects and analyses consumer and commercial data, then sells it back as credit reports, scores, identity checks and employment verification. Its Workforce Solutions unit confirms income, employment and education history for lenders and employers; its US Information Solutions unit handles credit scoring, fraud checks and mortgage-related data; its International unit repeats this model in other countries. It is based in Atlanta and operates across the Americas, Europe, and parts of Asia-Pacific. Our peer group has no listed comparison for Equifax; the name the market most often sets beside it is TransUnion, another consumer credit bureau.

Where does Equifax Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Equifax carries no seat in our Rubin index, the diary's AI build-out ladder, so it sits outside that stack. Within our wider universe it belongs among data and analytics services, a sleeve the diary follows for how credit and identity data get processed rather than for AI infrastructure. Equifax holds a seat in the S&P 500 but no Rubin or Halo membership and no Closelook score has been built yet, so the diary has not assigned it a module reading or an edition quote.

Does Equifax Inc pay a dividend?

Equifax Inc has paid 2.18 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.35% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.56 USD on 2026-08-31. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Equifax Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Equifax Inc on the Closelook wire is a initiation by William Blair on 2026-08-21 (at Outperform). 4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 downgrade, 3 initiations. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for EFX, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Consulting Services, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.