EQUIFAX INC Q2 FY26 Results

Equifax delivered a strong second quarter performance executing on our EFX2028 Strategic Priorities with reported revenue of $1.700 billion, up 11% on a reported basis, with 10% local currency revenue growth enabled by a 16% new product Vitality Index, above our 10% long-term goal, with double digit Vitality across all business units. Diversified Markets local currency revenue growth of 6% reflects strong revenue growth in Workforce Solutions and USIS. U.S. Mortgage revenue grew 25% and in line with our expectations despite higher mortgage rates throughout the second quarter. Workforce Solutions delivered 7% revenue growth, with Diversified Markets growth of 6% led by strong high double digit growth in Talent Solutions and Consumer Lending. The Workforce Solutions Government team continues to execute well, signing new contract wins and renewals totaling about $300 million in annual contract value in the first half of 2026 that will principally benefit 2027 and beyond. Workforce Solutions Mortgage revenue was up 8%. USIS delivered strong revenue growth of 17%, with Diversified Markets revenue growth of 6%, which was up over 300 basis points sequentially and very strong 40% Mortgage revenue growth. International delivered 4% local currency revenue growth with high single digit revenue growth in Asia Pacific and mid single digit growth in Canada. Equifax is on offense deploying EFX.AI to deliver higher-performing products, models and scores while driving AI agents and tools across our operations, technology, and support teams for productivity. We are doubling our AI-driven cost reduction goal set earlier in the year to $150 million from 2026 to 2028, reflecting the accelerating momentum deploying AI across EFX to drive speed, accuracy, and productivity. Equifax signed a definitive agreement to acquire Círculo de Crédito, the fastest growing credit bureau in Mexico, for an enterprise value of $750 million. The acquisition fits perfectly in our balanced capital allocation framework, with our focus on highly accretive bolt-on acquisitions while continuing significant ongoing return of capital to shareholders and maintaining our strong investment grade balance sheet. Equifax returned $366 million of cash to shareholders in the quarter, including repurchasing 1.8 million shares, or about 1% of shares outstanding, for $300 million and paying $66 million in quarterly dividends. Equifax is fundamentally a different company on how we go to market from Technology to Data & Analytics, EFX.AI capabilities, product focus, and AI-driven Operations all leveraging our Cloud technology investment and patented EFX.AI products and D&A capabilities. Equifax’s scale proprietary data is the foundation of our AI data moat and a big competitive advantage, and we are expanding our capabilities to leverage our unique, non-public data assets with EFX.AI and our Agentic AI capabilities to rapidly deliver higher-performing scores, models, and multi-market products to help our customers grow. Our strong second quarter results reflect the resiliency of the broad-based Equifax business model in an increasingly uncertain economy. We are energized about the New Equifax and we expect to deliver higher growth, margins, and accelerating free cash flow, and returning cash to shareholders in the future.