Equifax Inc. EFX
11 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.
Earnings covered the dividend 2.8 times — the rest stayed in the company.
Each USD of equity produced 14 cents of profit this year.
USD 232.8M in dividends and USD 881.1M in buybacks — 169% of the year's profit, so the payout drew on cash built up earlier.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.
The share count shrank 1% in five years — the same company, cut into fewer, larger slices.
Net debt stands at 107% of equity.
Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.
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