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EFX vs. CCRN, CRAI, APTV, FI, IQV, IT, OMC, RHI, TRU, and WM

Should you be buying Equifax stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equifax include Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), Charles River Associates (CRAI), Aptiv (APTV), Fiserv (FI), IQVIA (IQV), Gartner (IT), Omnicom Group (OMC), Robert Half (RHI), TransUnion (TRU), and Waste Management (WM).

Equifax vs. Its Competitors

Equifax (NYSE:EFX) and Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ:CCRN) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Equifax has higher revenue and earnings than Cross Country Healthcare. Cross Country Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equifax, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Equifax$5.73B5.62$604.10M$4.8953.02
Cross Country Healthcare$1.34B0.29-$14.56M-$0.53-22.66

In the previous week, Equifax had 14 more articles in the media than Cross Country Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Equifax and 1 mentions for Cross Country Healthcare. Equifax's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Cross Country Healthcare's score of 0.63 indicating that Equifax is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Equifax Positive
Cross Country Healthcare Positive

96.2% of Equifax shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Equifax shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Equifax presently has a consensus target price of $295.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.97%. Cross Country Healthcare has a consensus target price of $17.93, suggesting a potential upside of 49.29%. Given Cross Country Healthcare's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cross Country Healthcare is more favorable than Equifax.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Equifax
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
Cross Country Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Equifax has a net margin of 10.68% compared to Cross Country Healthcare's net margin of -1.41%. Equifax's return on equity of 18.81% beat Cross Country Healthcare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Equifax10.68% 18.81% 7.60%
Cross Country Healthcare -1.41%2.56%1.84%

Equifax has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cross Country Healthcare has a beta of 0.36, suggesting that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Equifax beats Cross Country Healthcare on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EFX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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EFX vs. The Competition

MetricEquifaxConsulting IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$32.20B$7.53B$15.04B$20.65B
Dividend Yield0.77%1.67%2.73%3.65%
P/E Ratio53.0224.9028.1727.29
Price / Sales5.623.31569.3753.17
Price / Cash20.3117.8926.3322.28
Price / Book6.686.116.444.60
Net Income$604.10M$272.15M$196.70M$995.22M
7 Day Performance-2.43%1.52%0.50%-0.80%
1 Month Performance-2.99%3.46%5.42%3.55%
1 Year Performance-2.01%-8.54%21.87%7.35%

Equifax Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EFX
Equifax
4.7477 of 5 stars
$259.28
+0.7%
$295.50
+14.0%
-0.7%$32.20B$5.73B53.0214,700Positive News
CCRN
Cross Country Healthcare
3.8396 of 5 stars
$12.75
-2.0%
$17.93
+40.6%
-14.3%$417.95M$1.34B-24.068,205
CRAI
Charles River Associates
4.0442 of 5 stars
$195.71
-0.3%
$228.00
+16.5%
+5.4%$1.33B$697.48M26.41940News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
APTV
Aptiv
4.8878 of 5 stars
$71.96
-0.8%
$81.61
+13.4%
-4.1%$15.67B$19.71B11.91141,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FI
Fiserv
4.8817 of 5 stars
$173.41
-1.2%
$221.23
+27.6%
+5.9%$96.14B$20.46B30.6438,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
IQV
IQVIA
4.9139 of 5 stars
$162.57
-1.0%
$226.32
+39.2%
-30.2%$28.12B$15.41B22.1588,000Upcoming Earnings
IT
Gartner
4.6274 of 5 stars
$399.08
-0.3%
$515.89
+29.3%
-21.0%$30.72B$6.30B24.8321,044Trending News
Analyst Forecast
OMC
Omnicom Group
4.7112 of 5 stars
$73.82
-1.2%
$96.43
+30.6%
-24.3%$14.40B$15.69B10.1074,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
RHI
Robert Half
4.9394 of 5 stars
$41.19
-3.9%
$48.71
+18.3%
-37.3%$4.21B$5.80B20.6014,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TRU
TransUnion
4.3314 of 5 stars
$91.55
-0.1%
$109.69
+19.8%
+11.7%$17.86B$4.18B48.7013,400Positive News
WM
Waste Management
4.9326 of 5 stars
$226.79
-0.1%
$251.00
+10.7%
+4.5%$91.26B$22.06B34.2161,700Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:EFX) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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