EFX vs INTU vs PCTY Stock Comparison

Equifax, Intuit and Paylocity Holding Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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EFX Equifax Inc
$192.16 +34.7% 1M -7.8% 1Y
Market cap
$22.50B
P/E
30.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.59B
Div. yield
1.13%
Credit Bureaus Financial Services
1 win
INTU Intuit Inc.
$356.64 +25.3% 1M -46.0% 1Y
Market cap
$95.72B
P/E
21.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$21.45B
Div. yield
1.40%
Accounting Software Technology
7 wins
PCTY Paylocity Holding Corp
$170.96 +16.0% 1M +22.7% 1Y
Market cap
$9.11B
P/E
34.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.77B
Div. yield
–
HR Software Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Intuit leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Intuit 7, Paylocity Holding 4, Equifax 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionEFXINTUPCTYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $22.50B $95.72B $9.11B INTU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 30.3x 21.6x 34.3x INTU
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 23.8x 16.5x 20.7x INTU
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.9% +13.9% +11.0% INTU
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 11.3% 21.3% 15.2% INTU
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.3% 16.7% 21.0% PCTY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.5x 0.1x -0.4x PCTY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 1.13% 1.40% — INTU
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -7.8% -46.0% +22.7% PCTY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -7.6%/yr -10.3%/yr -9.4%/yr EFX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 42.0% 52.7% 41.9% PCTY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 53/100 73/100 62/100 INTU

Percentile Scorecard

EFXINTUPCTY

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisEFXINTUPCTY
Valuation 31 #670 of 963 80 #21 of 99 52 #48 of 99
Growth 54 #376 of 823 66 #34 of 98 67 #33 of 98
Profitability 62 #325 of 845 93 #8 of 96 84 #16 of 96
Financial Health 47 #476 of 896 69 #35 of 111 56 #50 of 111
Shareholder Returns 72 #207 of 731 59 #28 of 67 53 #32 of 67
Overall 53 73 62
  • EFX ranked among 1,001 companies in Financial Services
  • INTU ranked among 113 companies in Business Applications
  • PCTY ranked among 113 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodEFXINTUPCTYSPY
1 month +34.7%+25.3%+16.0% -1.0%
3 months +8.3%+8.8%+15.7% -0.4%
6 months +10.9%-8.2%+66.7% +4.5%
Year to date -11.4%-46.2%+12.1% +12.4%
1 year -7.8%-46.0%+22.7% +13.6%
3 years +5.7%-28.5%+17.7% +76.4%
3 years, per year +1.9%-10.6%+5.6% +20.8%
5 years -32.5%-42.0%-38.9% +63.7%
5 years, per year -7.6%-10.3%-9.4% +10.4%
10 years +55.5%+238.8%+374.2% +267.7%
10 years, per year +4.5%+13.0%+16.8% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureEFXINTUPCTYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 42.0%52.7%41.9% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 44.1%58.5%41.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.490.16-0.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.19-0.870.54 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.3%-68.4%-66.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -15.3%-47.3%-3.8% -1.6%
52-week high $226.96$676.55$177.67 $779.14
52-week low $137.26$255.07$95.10 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleEFXINTUPCTY
P/E now vs peer median 30.3xmedian 13.8x 21.6xmedian 25.3x 34.3xmedian 25.3x
P/S now vs peer median 3.4xmedian 3.3x 4.5xmedian 2.8x 5.1xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 13.8xmedian 6.0x 14.3xmedian 16.5x 17.9xmedian 16.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 20.4xmedian 11.0x 11.0xmedian 16.1x 18.3xmedian 16.1x
P/B now vs peer median 5.0xmedian 1.3x 5.0xmedian 2.8x 7.5xmedian 2.8x
PEG now vs peer median 2.11median 0.95 0.86median 0.84 1.34median 0.84

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsEFXINTUPCTY
Revenue $6.59B $21.45B $1.77B
Gross profit $3.64B $17.37B $1.23B
Operating income $1.24B $5.88B $385.99M
Net income $748.20M $4.57B $269.74M
Free cash flow $1.10B $8.66B $497.10M
R&D – $3.38B $221.39M
EPS (diluted) $6.29 $16.48 $4.92
Cash & equivalents $192.90M $4.71B $271.92M
Total debt $5.21B $7.67B $81.25M
Shares (diluted) 118.10M 277.00M 54.77M
Enterprise value $21.90B $75.07B $8.21B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricEFXINTUPCTY
P/E 30.3x 21.6x 34.3x
P/FCF 20.4x 11.0x 18.3x
P/Operating cash flow 14.0x 10.8x 17.1x
P/S 3.4x 4.5x 5.1x
P/B 5.0x 5.0x 7.5x
P/Tangible book 6.8x 6.7x 8.0x
EV/EBITDA 13.8x 14.3x 17.9x
EV/EBIT 22.2x 16.3x 23.1x
EV/Revenue 4.2x 4.5x 5.0x
EV/FCF 24.9x 11.1x 17.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 17.1x 10.9x 16.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.11 0.86 1.34

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEFXINTUPCTY
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.9% 13.9% 11.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 8.7% 14.3% 14.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 8.8% 14.7% 11.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 8.6% 15.1% 14.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 13.0% 19.5% 27.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 12.8% 23.3% 35.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 13.1% 18.0% 18.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 12.4% 24.2% 24.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 18.5% 20.6% 22.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 14.4% 25.1% 25.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 9.7% 42.4% 27.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.9% 20.5% 23.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 10.5% 41.5% 22.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 29.5% 21.4% 24.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEFXINTUPCTY
Gross margin 55.2% 81.0% 69.2%
EBITDA margin 30.3% 31.4% 28.1%
Operating margin 18.8% 27.4% 21.8%
Pretax margin 15.5% 28.1% 21.9%
Net margin 11.3% 21.3% 15.2%
FCF margin 16.7% 40.4% 28.1%
Operating cash flow margin 24.5% 41.2% 30.1%
Return on equity 16.8% 23.0% 22.5%
Return on assets 6.3% 12.0% 5.2%
Return on invested capital 9.3% 16.7% 21.0%
Return on capital employed 11.8% 21.1% 22.1%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.6x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.2x 1.9x 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue 1.4% 9.6% 7.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEFXINTUPCTY
Debt / assets 43.6% 20.8% 1.7%
Debt / equity 1.2x 0.4x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.5x 0.1x -0.4x
Debt / FCF 4.7x 0.9x 0.2x
Liabilities / assets 62.4% 48.4% 75.0%
Equity / assets 37.6% 51.6% 25.0%
Interest coverage 5.4x 23.0x –
Current ratio 1.1x 1.5x 1.1x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.8x 0.1x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.7x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 3.52 5.23 2.53

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEFXINTUPCTY
Dividend yield 1.1% 1.4% –
Net buyback yield 5.0% 5.5% 4.3%
Shareholder yield 6.1% 6.9% 4.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) 34.8% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 23.6% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 18.1% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 10.8% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusEFXINTUPCTY
Forward P/E 23.8xFY2026 16.5xFY2027 20.7xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $8.08FY2026 $21.63FY2027 $8.25FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +5.6%FY2026 +28.4%FY2027 -0.7%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +16.8% +14.7% +13.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.45BFY2026 $24.07BFY2027 $1.94BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +6.2%FY2026 +12.2%FY2027 +9.6%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +7.0% +9.3% -1.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEFXINTUPCTY
Held by institutions 100.0% 91.0% 85.4%
Institutions holding 839 1,752 468
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.6% +7.2% +2.3%
Institutions buying 373 804 274
Institutions selling 350 794 155
Buyers to sellers 1.07 1.01 1.77

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

EFXINTUPCTY
EFX 1.00 0.53 0.55
INTU 0.53 1.00 0.63
PCTY 0.55 0.63 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EFX, INTU and PCTY?

Intuit (INTU) is the largest by market capitalisation: Equifax (EFX) $22.50B, Intuit (INTU) $95.72B, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) $9.11B.

Which stock is cheaper, EFX, INTU and PCTY?

Intuit (INTU) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Equifax (EFX) 30.3x, Intuit (INTU) 21.6x, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) 34.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Intuit (INTU) is cheapest (Equifax (EFX) 23.8x, Intuit (INTU) 16.5x, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) 20.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Intuit (INTU) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Equifax (EFX) +10.9%, Intuit (INTU) +13.9%, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) +11.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Intuit (INTU) has the highest net margin (Equifax (EFX) 11.3%, Intuit (INTU) 21.3%, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) 15.2%). On return on invested capital, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) leads (Equifax (EFX) 9.3%, Intuit (INTU) 16.7%, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) 21.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Paylocity Holding (PCTY) returned the most: Equifax (EFX) -7.8%, Intuit (INTU) -46.0%, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) +22.7%. Over five years, Equifax (EFX) compounded fastest (Equifax (EFX) -7.6%/yr, Intuit (INTU) -10.3%/yr, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) -9.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Intuit (INTU) has the highest dividend yield: Equifax (EFX) 1.13%, Intuit (INTU) 1.40%. Paylocity Holding (PCTY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) has been the steadiest (Equifax (EFX) 42.0%, Intuit (INTU) 52.7%, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) 41.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, EFX, INTU and PCTY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Intuit (INTU) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.