TTM
18.1%
YoY change
+4.36pp
Trough year (1998)
-14.5%
Peak year (2004)
23.1%
Latest annual
18.7%
FCF Margin history chart for Equifax (EFX) from 1989 to 2025
Latest: 18.7%
FCF Margin change chart for Equifax (EFX) from 1989 to 2025
Latest: +4.36pp
FCF Margin history table for Equifax (EFX) from 1989 to 2025
| 2025 | 18.7% | +4.36pp | ||
| 2024 | 14.3% | +4.52pp | ||
| 2023 | 9.8% | +7.20pp | ||
| 2022 | 2.6% | -14.99pp | ||
| 2021 | 17.6% | +4.87pp | ||
| 2020 | 12.7% | +15.16pp | ||
| 2019 | -2.4% | -12.71pp | ||
| 2018 | 10.3% | -7.51pp | ||
| 2017 | 17.8% | -1.85pp | ||
| 2016 | 19.6% | -2.74pp | ||
| 2015 | 22.4% | +0.63pp | ||
| 2014 | 21.7% | +0.78pp | ||
| 2013 | 21.0% | +0.21pp | ||
| 2012 | 20.8% | +3.13pp | ||
| 2011 | 17.6% | +4.03pp | ||
| 2010 | 13.6% | -6.67pp | ||
| 2009 | 20.3% | +3.00pp | ||
| 2008 | 17.3% | -0.72pp | ||
| 2007 | 18.0% | -2.86pp | ||
| 2006 | 20.8% | -1.37pp | ||
| 2005 | 22.2% | -0.90pp | ||
| 2004 | 23.1% | +0.05pp | ||
| 2003 | 23.1% | +1.54pp | ||
| 2002 | 21.5% | +3.26pp | ||
| 2001 | 18.3% | -2.51pp | ||
| 2000 | 20.8% | +5.91pp | ||
| 1999 | 14.9% | +29.32pp | ||
| 1998 | -14.5% | -33.35pp | ||
| 1997 | 18.9% | -1.77pp | ||
| 1996 | 20.7% | +9.08pp | ||
| 1995 | 11.6% | +1.58pp | ||
| 1994 | 10.0% | +2.10pp | ||
| 1993 | 7.9% | -0.84pp | ||
| 1992 | 8.8% | -0.81pp | ||
| 1991 | 9.6% | +1.31pp | ||
| 1990 | 8.2% | +14.45pp | ||
| 1989 | -6.2% | — |
- 202518.7%+4.36pp
- 202414.3%+4.52pp
- 20239.8%+7.20pp
- 20222.6%-14.99pp
- 202117.6%+4.87pp
- 202012.7%+15.16pp
- 2019-2.4%-12.71pp
- 201810.3%-7.51pp
- 201717.8%-1.85pp
- 201619.6%-2.74pp
- 201522.4%+0.63pp
- 201421.7%+0.78pp
- 201321.0%+0.21pp
- 201220.8%+3.13pp
- 201117.6%+4.03pp
- 201013.6%-6.67pp
- 200920.3%+3.00pp
- 200817.3%-0.72pp
- 200718.0%-2.86pp
- 200620.8%-1.37pp
- 200522.2%-0.90pp
- 200423.1%+0.05pp
- 200323.1%+1.54pp
- 200221.5%+3.26pp
- 200118.3%-2.51pp
- 200020.8%+5.91pp
- 199914.9%+29.32pp
- 1998-14.5%-33.35pp
- 199718.9%-1.77pp
- 199620.7%+9.08pp
- 199511.6%+1.58pp
- 199410.0%+2.10pp
- 19937.9%-0.84pp
- 19928.8%-0.81pp
- 19919.6%+1.31pp
- 19908.2%+14.45pp
- 1989-6.2%—
FCF Margin values are taken from Equifax's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at Equifax (EFX)
According to Equifax's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 18.1%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
As of the 2025 fiscal year, Equifax (EFX) reported free cash flow margin of 18.67% – expanded 4.4 percentage points year-over-year.
Across the available history, free cash flow margin reached its high of 23.11% in 2004 and its low of -14.45% in 1998.
Equifax FCF Margin by Year
Equifax FCF Margin 2025: 18.7%
Equifax free cash flow margin in 2025 was 18.67%, expanded 4.4 percentage points from 2024.
Equifax FCF Margin 2024: 14.3%
2024's free cash flow margin for Equifax came in at 14.31%, expanded 4.5 percentage points from 2023.
Equifax FCF Margin 2023: 9.8%
Equifax posted free cash flow margin of 9.79% in 2023, expanded 7.2 percentage points from 2022.
Equifax FCF Margin 2022: 2.6%
In 2022, Equifax reported free cash flow margin of 2.59%, contracted 15.0 percentage points from 2021.
Equifax FCF Margin 2021: 17.6%
Equifax free cash flow margin in 2021 was 17.58%.
See more financial history for Equifax (EFX).
Sector peers by FCF Margin
Industrials peers of Equifax (EFX), ranked by their latest free cash flow margin
| 23.1% | |
| 16.5% | |
| 16.2% | |
| 15.4% | |
| 11.4% | |
| 9.2% | |
| 0.8% | |
| -1.1% |
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