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Profile - Equifax, Incorporated (NYSE:EFX)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Location
1550 Peachtree Street, NW, P.O. Box 4081
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: (404) 885-8000
Fax: (404) 885-8682
Email: investor@equifax.com
Employees (last reported count): 12,200
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 ·Industry: Business Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 12%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider buys; 1,000  shares
 · 3 insider sells; 20.0K shares
  (0.1% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 69% (78% of float)
(676 institutions)
·Net Inst. Selling: 314.0K shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Equifax, Incorporated is engaged in facilitating and securing commerce by bringing buyers and sellers together worldwide through information, transaction processing and Internet businesses. Global operations include consumer and commercial credit information services, credit card marketing and processing services, check guarantee and authorization, software, modeling, database management, marketing solutions, analytics, direct to consumer services, Internet identity verification and digital certificate services; and, through September 2000, risk management and collection services. The Company's business areas are divided into separate groups and are conducted on a "profit center" basis with self-contained functional integrity, although Equifax supplies centralized overall financial, legal, communications, media relations, tax and similar services.
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Financial Summary
Equifax principally provides information services to businesses to help them grant credit and authorize and process credit cards and check transactions. For the six months ended 6/30/01, revenues fell 1% to $574.8 million. Net income from continuing operations rose 20% to $72.4 million. Revenues reflect the spin-off of Certegy Inc. Higher income reflects higher operating income in the North American Information Services segment and lower interest expenses.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Pay

Thomas Chapman, 57
Chairman, CEO
$943K
Lee Kennedy, 50
Pres, COO, Director
613K
Phillip Mazzilli, 60
CFO, Exec. VP
1.1M
William Catucci, 62
Exec. VP - The Americas
467K
C. Richard Crutchfield, 53
Exec. VP - Europe, Asia Pacific and Internet
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Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc..
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:EFXAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 11-July-2001
$20.60 
Recent Price$26.03 
52-Week High
on 25-June-2001
$38.76 
Beta0.67 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)487.5K
Daily Volume (10-day avg)644.0K
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+3.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+39.3%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$3.57B
Shares Outstanding137.1M
Float120.7M
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.08 
Dividend Yield0.31%
Last Split: 2 for 1 on 18-Dec-1995
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$3.52 
Earnings (ttm)$1.50 
Earnings (mrq)$0.28 
Sales (ttm)$11.59 
Cash (mrq)$0.26 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)7.39 
Price/Earnings (ttm)17.39 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.25 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$1.59B
EBITDA (ttm)$554.2M
Income available to common (ttm)$205.1M
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)12.9%
Operating Margin (ttm)25.4%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)10.15%
Return on Equity (ttm)54.43%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)1.20 
Debt/Equity (mrq)2.25 
Total Cash (mrq)$35.3M
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short4.11M
Percent of Float3.4%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
2.81M
Short Ratio7.98 
Daily Volume515.0K
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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