Bread Financial Holdings, Inc. vs EQUIFAX INC, two Credit Services stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BFH and EFX diverge most: on debt / equity, BFH reads 0.00 and EFX reads 1.24; on altman z (solvency), BFH reads 0.43 and EFX reads 2.95. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What BFH's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What EFX's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BFH | EFX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $104.32 | $172.40 |
| Market cap | $4.5B | $20.6B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +24.6% |
| P/E | 8.5 | 30.3 |
| P/B | 1.36 | 4.67 |
| P/S | 1.09 | 3.19 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.2 | 13.6 |
| Revenue growth | +2.5% | +10.3% |
| Operating margin | — | 18.5% |
| Net margin | 13.6% | 10.7% |
| Return on equity | 16.9% | 15.7% |
| Return on assets | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Dividend yield | 0.8% | 1.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.24 |
| Current ratio | — | 0.60 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 0.43 | 2.95 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 9 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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