EFX vs STC vs INTU Stock Comparison

Equifax, Stewart Information Services and Intuit Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
EFX Equifax Inc
$182.32 +17.3% 1M -21.2% 1Y
Market cap
$20.93B
P/E
28.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.59B
Div. yield
0.01%
Credit Bureaus Financial Services
2 wins
INTU Intuit Inc.
$343.39 +19.7% 1M -49.3% 1Y
Market cap
$93.77B
P/E
20.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$21.45B
Div. yield
–
Accounting Software Technology
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

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

QuestionEFXSTCINTULeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $20.93B $1.31B $93.77B INTU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 28.2x 9.7x 20.5x STC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 22.6x 8.7x 15.9x STC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.9% +22.5% +13.9% STC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 11.3% 4.1% 21.3% INTU
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 9.3% 3.7% 16.7% INTU
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.5x 1.9x 0.1x INTU
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.05% 0.00% STC
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -21.2% -38.9% -49.3% EFX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -7.4%/yr -9.2%/yr -10.3%/yr EFX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 41.8% 35.8% 52.4% STC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 55/100 60/100 76/100 INTU

Percentile Scorecard

EFXSTCINTU

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

AxisEFXSTCINTU
Valuation 30 #661 of 945 80 #25 of 119 84 #17 of 101
Growth 56 #363 of 822 88 #15 of 117 70 #30 of 97
Profitability 66 #288 of 835 55 #53 of 117 94 #7 of 94
Financial Health 49 #464 of 905 50 #60 of 118 70 #33 of 109
Shareholder Returns 75 #179 of 726 30 #76 of 108 62 #25 of 64
Overall 55 60 76
  • EFX ranked among 1,011 companies in Financial Services
  • STC ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • INTU ranked among 114 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodEFXSTCINTUSPY
1 month +17.3%-28.9%+19.7% -1.0%
3 months +5.7%-34.7%+15.9% +2.9%
6 months +5.7%-38.6%-13.3% +6.4%
Year to date -16.0%-37.3%-48.2% +11.4%
1 year -21.2%-38.9%-49.3% +13.1%
3 years +7.4%+11.6%-32.1% +79.4%
3 years, per year +2.4%+3.7%-12.1% +21.5%
5 years -32.0%-38.2%-41.9% +67.7%
5 years, per year -7.4%-9.2%-10.3% +10.9%
10 years +40.5%-1.5%+216.6% +255.2%
10 years, per year +3.5%-0.2%+12.2% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureEFXSTCINTUSPY
Volatility, 1Y 41.8%35.8%52.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.8%40.2%58.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.540.480.22 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.51-1.09-0.94 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -55.3%-54.6%-68.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -22.0%-42.9%-49.8% -2.5%
52-week high $233.80$77.17$683.39 $779.14
52-week low $137.26$44.04$255.07 $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.

MultipleEFXSTCINTU
P/E now vs peer median 28.8xmedian 13.4x 10.0xmedian 10.5x 20.8xmedian 29.9x
P/S now vs peer median 3.2xmedian 3.2x 0.4xmedian 1.4x 4.3xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 13.2xmedian 5.9x 9.7xmedian 8.0x 13.8xmedian 17.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 19.3xmedian 11.1x 8.9xmedian 8.4x 10.6xmedian 16.9x
P/B now vs peer median 4.8xmedian 1.2x 0.8xmedian 1.5x 4.9xmedian 3.1x
PEG now vs peer median 2.00median 0.89 0.30median 0.47 0.83median 0.86

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 monthsEFXSTCINTU
Revenue $6.59B $3.27B $21.45B
Gross profit $3.64B $3.18B $17.37B
Operating income $1.24B $108.60M $5.88B
Net income $748.20M $149.93M $4.57B
Free cash flow $1.10B $149.97M $8.66B
R&D – – $3.38B
EPS (diluted) $6.29 $4.37 $16.48
Cash & equivalents $192.90M $261.63M $4.71B
Total debt $20.80B $2.19B $7.67B
Shares (diluted) 118.10M 30.85M 277.00M
Enterprise value $20.20B $80.08M $73.11B

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
MetricEFXSTCINTU
P/E 28.8x 10.0x 20.8x
P/FCF 19.3x 8.9x 10.6x
P/Operating cash flow 13.2x 5.6x 10.4x
P/S 3.2x 0.4x 4.3x
P/B 4.8x 0.8x 4.9x
P/Tangible book 6.4x 1.0x 6.4x
EV/EBITDA 13.2x 9.7x 13.8x
EV/EBIT 21.2x 15.5x 15.7x
EV/Revenue 4.0x 0.5x 4.3x
EV/FCF 23.9x 11.2x 10.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 16.3x 7.0x 10.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.00 0.30 0.83

Growth

14 metrics
MetricEFXSTCINTU
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.9% 22.5% 13.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 8.7% 10.1% 14.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 8.8% 23.1% 14.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 8.6% 10.5% 15.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 13.0% 118.3% 19.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 12.8% 277.7% 23.3%
Net income growth (1Y) 13.1% 47.1% 18.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 12.4% 32.4% 24.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 18.5% 40.8% 20.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 14.4% 33.5% 25.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 9.7% 42.1% 42.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.9% 60.4% 20.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 10.5% 25.5% 41.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 29.5% 94.1% 21.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricEFXSTCINTU
Gross margin 55.2% 97.5% 81.0%
EBITDA margin 30.3% 5.3% 31.4%
Operating margin 18.8% 3.3% 27.4%
Pretax margin 15.5% 5.9% 28.1%
Net margin 11.3% 4.1% 21.3%
FCF margin 16.7% 4.6% 40.4%
Operating cash flow margin 24.5% 7.3% 41.2%
Return on equity 16.8% 9.0% 23.0%
Return on assets 6.3% 4.6% 12.0%
Return on invested capital 9.3% 3.7% 16.7%
Return on capital employed 11.8% – 21.1%
Asset turnover 0.6x 1.0x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.2x 1.6x 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue 1.4% 0.6% 9.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricEFXSTCINTU
Debt / assets 43.6% 19.6% 20.8%
Debt / equity 1.2x 0.4x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.5x 1.9x 0.1x
Debt / FCF 4.7x 4.3x 0.9x
Liabilities / assets 62.4% 49.2% 48.4%
Equity / assets 37.6% 50.8% 51.6%
Interest coverage 5.4x 4.2x 23.0x
Current ratio 1.1x – 1.5x
Quick ratio 0.9x – 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.1x – 0.7x
Altman Z-score 3.43 – 5.11

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricEFXSTCINTU
Dividend yield 1.2% 4.8% 1.5%
Net buyback yield 5.2% -10.6% 5.7%
Shareholder yield 6.4% -5.8% 7.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) 34.8% 42.2% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 23.6% 42.2% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 18.1% 13.8% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 10.8% 9.0% –

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.

ConsensusEFXSTCINTU
Forward P/E 22.6xFY2026 8.7xFY2026 15.9xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $8.08FY2026 $5.08FY2026 $21.63FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +5.6%FY2026 +3.9%FY2026 +28.4%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +20.2% +19.7% +14.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $6.50BFY2026 $3.69BFY2026 $24.08BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +7.0%FY2026 +26.4%FY2026 +12.3%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +8.7% +7.3% +9.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersEFXSTCINTU
Held by institutions 100.0% 97.9% 91.0%
Institutions holding 837 253 1,747
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.6% +1.9% +7.2%
Institutions buying 372 139 801
Institutions selling 349 78 792
Buyers to sellers 1.07 1.78 1.01

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.

EFXSTCINTU
EFX 1.00 0.40 0.52
STC 0.40 1.00 0.14
INTU 0.52 0.14 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, EFX, STC and INTU?

Intuit (INTU) is the largest by market capitalisation: Equifax (EFX) $20.93B, Stewart Information Services (STC) $1.31B, Intuit (INTU) $93.77B.

Which stock is cheaper, EFX, STC and INTU?

Stewart Information Services (STC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Equifax (EFX) 28.2x, Stewart Information Services (STC) 9.7x, Intuit (INTU) 20.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Stewart Information Services (STC) is cheapest (Equifax (EFX) 22.6x, Stewart Information Services (STC) 8.7x, Intuit (INTU) 15.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Stewart Information Services (STC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Equifax (EFX) +10.9%, Stewart Information Services (STC) +22.5%, Intuit (INTU) +13.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Intuit (INTU) has the highest net margin (Equifax (EFX) 11.3%, Stewart Information Services (STC) 4.1%, Intuit (INTU) 21.3%). On return on invested capital, Intuit (INTU) leads (Equifax (EFX) 9.3%, Stewart Information Services (STC) 3.7%, Intuit (INTU) 16.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Equifax (EFX) returned the most: Equifax (EFX) -21.2%, Stewart Information Services (STC) -38.9%, Intuit (INTU) -49.3%. Over five years, Equifax (EFX) compounded fastest (Equifax (EFX) -7.4%/yr, Stewart Information Services (STC) -9.2%/yr, Intuit (INTU) -10.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Stewart Information Services (STC) has the highest dividend yield: Equifax (EFX) 0.01%, Stewart Information Services (STC) 0.05%, Intuit (INTU) 0.00%. Intuit (INTU) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Stewart Information Services (STC) has been the steadiest (Equifax (EFX) 41.8%, Stewart Information Services (STC) 35.8%, Intuit (INTU) 52.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.