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Equifax, Inc. (EFX) vs FTI Consulting, Inc. (FCN)

Equifax, Inc. and FTI Consulting, Inc. are both Consulting Services companies. Equifax, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $19.0B against $4.0B — 4.7× the size. FTI Consulting, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 17.8× against 28.1×. Equifax, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.4% against 7.12%. Equifax, Inc. has the higher net margin (10.7% vs 6.44%) and the lower return on invested capital (8.68% vs 10.9%). Across the 22 metrics below, FTI Consulting, Inc. leads on 16 and Equifax, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric EFX FCN Consulting Services median
P/E 28.14 17.77 18.40
P/S 2.96 1.09 1.26
P/B 4.34 3.20 2.55
Price to free cash flow 17.28 11.90 11.90
EV/EBITDA 12.11 10.41 11.26
EV/Sales 3.57 1.38 1.53
Earnings yield 3.55% 5.63% 4.08%
Free cash flow yield 5.79% 8.40% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric EFX FCN Consulting Services median
Gross margin 55.54% 31.82% 45.06%
Operating margin 17.85% 9.69% 9.60%
Net margin 10.73% 6.44% 6.29%
Free cash flow margin 17.15% 9.14% 0.00%
Return on equity 14.53% 15.63% 0.00%
Return on assets 5.79% 7.19% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 8.68% 10.85% 0.00%

Growth

Metric EFX FCN Consulting Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.35% 7.12% (0.96%)
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 9.92% 5.51% (6.86%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.04% 9.01% 7.37%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 4.89% 5.15% 4.89%

Health

Metric EFX FCN Consulting Services median
Debt to equity 0.92 0.76 0.00
Current ratio 0.60 2.03 1.72
Net debt to EBITDA 2.13 0.20 0.23

Dividend

Metric EFX FCN Consulting Services median
Dividend yield 1.35% — 1.32%
Payout ratio 0.38 — 0.30

Size

Metric EFX FCN Consulting Services median
Market cap 18.95b 4.04b 152.13m

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