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Equifax (BSP:E1FX34) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of May. 06, 2024)


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What is Equifax Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

Note: If the price history is too short, we do not calculate current Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for this stock. All the historical data is shown as the company's primary share's data instead.

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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:

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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 57.76

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 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)
=0.065/129.4194*129.4194
=0.065

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

Equifax Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 0.032 100.560 0.041
201409 0.041 100.428 0.053
201412 0.052 99.070 0.068
201503 0.028 99.621 0.036
201506 0.052 100.684 0.067
201509 0.089 100.392 0.115
201512 0.076 99.792 0.099
201603 0.027 100.470 0.035
201606 0.055 101.688 0.070
201609 0.070 101.861 0.089
201612 0.086 101.863 0.109
201703 0.018 102.862 0.023
201706 0.063 103.349 0.079
201709 0.075 104.136 0.093
201712 0.052 104.011 0.065
201803 0.023 105.290 0.028
201806 0.071 106.317 0.086
201809 0.028 106.507 0.034
201812 0.022 105.998 0.027
201903 -0.035 107.251 -0.042
201906 0.051 108.070 0.061
201909 -0.116 108.329 -0.139
201912 0.061 108.420 0.073
202003 -0.030 108.902 -0.036
202006 0.081 108.767 0.096
202009 0.145 109.815 0.171
202012 0.102 109.897 0.120
202103 0.018 111.754 0.021
202106 0.153 114.631 0.173
202109 0.169 115.734 0.189
202112 0.150 117.630 0.165
202203 -0.188 121.301 -0.201
202206 0.063 125.017 0.065
202209 0.113 125.227 0.117
202212 0.095 125.222 0.098
202303 -0.004 127.348 -0.004
202306 0.052 128.729 0.052
202309 0.131 129.860 0.131
202312 0.093 129.419 0.093
202403 0.065 129.419 0.065

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  (BSP:E1FX34) 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 (BSP:E1FX34) Business Description

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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.

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