EFX vs INTU vs WK Stock Comparison

Equifax, Intuit and Workiva Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
EFX Equifax Inc
$178.57 +20.5% 1M -23.6% 1Y
Market cap
$20.56B
P/E
27.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.59B
Div. yield
0.01%
Credit Bureaus Financial Services
2 wins
INTU Intuit Inc.
$339.89 +23.2% 1M -50.2% 1Y
Market cap
$90.62B
P/E
19.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$21.45B
Div. yield
–
Accounting Software Technology
5 wins
WK Workiva Inc
$86.44 +24.1% 1M -3.1% 1Y
Market cap
$4.69B
P/E
99.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$965.70M
Div. yield
–
Compliance Software Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Intuit leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Intuit 5, Workiva 4, Equifax 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionEFXINTUWKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $20.56B $90.62B $4.69B INTU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 27.7x 19.8x 99.8x INTU
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 22.1x 15.7x 24.1x INTU
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.9% +13.9% +19.7% WK
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 11.3% 21.3% 4.9% INTU
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.3% 16.7% 173.8% WK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.5x 0.1x -16.7x WK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -23.6% -50.2% -3.1% WK
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -7.8%/yr -11.1%/yr -9.9%/yr EFX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 41.9% 52.5% 45.6% EFX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 57/100 74/100 66/100 INTU

Percentile Scorecard

EFXINTUWK

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

AxisEFXINTUWK
Valuation 33 #632 of 947 83 #18 of 102 50 #52 of 102
Growth 55 #313 of 691 70 #30 of 98 97 #4 of 98
Profitability 70 #201 of 673 94 #7 of 95 69 #30 of 95
Financial Health 49 #388 of 754 69 #34 of 109 68 #36 of 109
Shareholder Returns 76 #173 of 713 56 #29 of 64 49 #33 of 64
Overall 57 74 66
  • EFX ranked among 1,011 companies in Financial Services
  • INTU ranked among 115 companies in Business Applications
  • WK ranked among 115 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodEFXINTUWKSPY
1 month +20.5%+23.2%+24.1% -0.8%
3 months +0.7%+11.8%+55.1% +3.5%
6 months +4.7%-12.8%+60.4% +7.0%
Year to date -17.7%-48.7%+0.2% +12.2%
1 year -23.6%-50.2%-3.1% +13.0%
3 years +9.8%-29.1%-7.6% +86.3%
3 years, per year +3.2%-10.8%-2.6% +23.1%
5 years -33.2%-44.6%-40.7% +68.6%
5 years, per year -7.8%-11.1%-9.9% +11.0%
10 years +38.7%+215.2%+427.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year +3.3%+12.2%+18.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureEFXINTUWKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 41.9%52.5%45.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.8%58.5%44.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.550.210.05 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.56-0.96-0.07 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.3%-68.4%-72.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -22.0%-50.3%-7.4% -1.8%
52-week high $229.02$683.39$93.31 $779.14
52-week low $137.26$255.07$44.31 $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.

MultipleEFXINTUWK
P/E now vs peer median 28.2xmedian 13.1x 20.5xmedian 28.8x 102.2xmedian 28.8x
P/S now vs peer median 3.2xmedian 3.2x 4.3xmedian 2.8x 4.8xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 13.0xmedian 6.9x 13.6xmedian 17.7x 88.4xmedian 17.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 18.9xmedian 10.9x 10.5xmedian 15.8x 23.3xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 4.7xmedian 1.2x 4.8xmedian 3.2x -48.2xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.96median 0.88 0.82median 0.85 3.00median 0.85

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 monthsEFXINTUWK
Revenue $6.59B $21.45B $965.70M
Gross profit $3.64B $17.37B $774.58M
Operating income $1.24B $5.88B $31.45M
Net income $748.20M $4.57B $47.04M
Free cash flow $1.10B $8.66B $200.52M
R&D – $3.38B $216.63M
EPS (diluted) $6.29 $16.48 $0.84
Cash & equivalents $192.90M $4.71B $252.48M
Total debt $5.21B $7.67B $71.21M
Shares (diluted) 118.10M 277.00M 56.06M
Enterprise value $19.83B $69.97B $1.27B

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
MetricEFXINTUWK
P/E 28.2x 20.5x 102.2x
P/FCF 18.9x 10.5x 23.3x
P/Operating cash flow 13.0x 10.3x 23.2x
P/S 3.2x 4.3x 4.8x
P/B 4.7x 4.8x -48.2x
P/Tangible book 6.3x 6.4x -40.0x
EV/EBITDA 13.0x 13.6x 88.4x
EV/EBIT 20.9x 15.6x 125.0x
EV/Revenue 3.9x 4.3x 4.1x
EV/FCF 23.5x 10.6x 19.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 16.1x 10.4x 19.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.96 0.82 3.00

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEFXINTUWK
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.9% 13.9% 19.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 8.7% 14.3% 18.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 8.8% 14.7% 25.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 8.6% 15.1% 21.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) 13.0% 19.5% 138.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 12.8% 23.3% 31.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 13.1% 18.0% 170.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 12.4% 24.2% 34.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 18.5% 20.6% 170.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 14.4% 25.1% 34.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 9.7% 42.4% 90.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.9% 20.5% 79.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 10.5% 41.5% 94.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 29.5% 21.4% 84.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEFXINTUWK
Gross margin 55.2% 81.0% 80.2%
EBITDA margin 30.3% 31.4% 4.6%
Operating margin 18.8% 27.4% 3.3%
Pretax margin 15.5% 28.1% 5.4%
Net margin 11.3% 21.3% 4.9%
FCF margin 16.7% 40.4% 20.8%
Operating cash flow margin 24.5% 41.2% 20.9%
Return on equity 16.8% 23.0% –
Return on assets 6.3% 12.0% 3.4%
Return on invested capital 9.3% 16.7% 173.8%
Return on capital employed 11.8% 21.1% 4.6%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.6x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.2x 1.9x 4.3x
Stock comp / revenue 1.4% 9.6% 12.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEFXINTUWK
Debt / assets 43.6% 20.8% 5.2%
Debt / equity 1.2x 0.4x -0.7x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.5x 0.1x -16.7x
Debt / FCF 4.7x 0.9x 0.4x
Liabilities / assets 62.4% 48.4% 107.1%
Equity / assets 37.6% 51.6% -7.1%
Interest coverage 5.4x 23.0x 2.5x
Current ratio 1.1x 1.5x 1.5x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.8x 1.3x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.7x 1.1x
Altman Z-score 3.39 5.08 2.27

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEFXINTUWK
Dividend yield 1.2% 1.5% –
Net buyback yield 5.4% 5.7% 3.7%
Shareholder yield 6.6% 7.2% 3.7%
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.

ConsensusEFXINTUWK
Forward P/E 22.1xFY2026 15.7xFY2027 24.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.08FY2026 $21.63FY2027 $3.59FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +5.6%FY2026 +28.4%FY2027 +101.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +16.8% +14.7% +17.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.45BFY2026 $24.07BFY2027 $1.01BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.2%FY2026 +12.2%FY2027 +14.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.0% +9.3% +25.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEFXINTUWK
Held by institutions 100.0% 91.0% 88.9%
Institutions holding 837 1,747 305
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.6% +7.2% +1.4%
Institutions buying 372 801 184
Institutions selling 349 792 86
Buyers to sellers 1.07 1.01 2.14

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.

EFXINTUWK
EFX 1.00 0.52 0.53
INTU 0.52 1.00 0.59
WK 0.53 0.59 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EFX, INTU and WK?

Intuit (INTU) is the largest by market capitalisation: Equifax (EFX) $20.56B, Intuit (INTU) $90.62B, Workiva (WK) $4.69B.

Which stock is cheaper, EFX, INTU and WK?

Intuit (INTU) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Equifax (EFX) 27.7x, Intuit (INTU) 19.8x, Workiva (WK) 99.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Intuit (INTU) is cheapest (Equifax (EFX) 22.1x, Intuit (INTU) 15.7x, Workiva (WK) 24.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Workiva (WK) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Equifax (EFX) +10.9%, Intuit (INTU) +13.9%, Workiva (WK) +19.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Intuit (INTU) has the highest net margin (Equifax (EFX) 11.3%, Intuit (INTU) 21.3%, Workiva (WK) 4.9%). On return on invested capital, Workiva (WK) leads (Equifax (EFX) 9.3%, Intuit (INTU) 16.7%, Workiva (WK) 173.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Workiva (WK) returned the most: Equifax (EFX) -23.6%, Intuit (INTU) -50.2%, Workiva (WK) -3.1%. Over five years, Equifax (EFX) compounded fastest (Equifax (EFX) -7.8%/yr, Intuit (INTU) -11.1%/yr, Workiva (WK) -9.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Equifax (EFX) 0.01%, Intuit (INTU) 0.00%, Workiva (WK) 0.00%. Intuit (INTU) and Workiva (WK) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Equifax (EFX) has been the steadiest (Equifax (EFX) 41.9%, Intuit (INTU) 52.5%, Workiva (WK) 45.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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 5. 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.