EQUIFAX INC vs Happen, Inc., two Credit Services stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where EFX and LC diverge most: on debt / equity, EFX reads 1.24 and LC reads 0.00; on altman z (solvency), EFX reads 2.95 and LC reads 0.20. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | EFX | LC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $172.79 | $19.20 |
| Market cap | $20.6B | $2.3B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +23.8% | — |
| P/E | 30.4 | 11.5 |
| P/B | 4.68 | 1.44 |
| P/S | 3.20 | 2.15 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.6 | — |
| Revenue growth | +10.3% | +19.1% |
| Operating margin | 18.5% | — |
| Net margin | 10.7% | 18.7% |
| Return on equity | 15.7% | 12.5% |
| Return on assets | 5.8% | 1.6% |
| Dividend yield | 1.1% | — |
| Debt / equity | 1.24 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 0.60 | — |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.95 | 0.20 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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