Equifax Q2 2022 Earnings Report
Key Takeaways
Equifax announced strong second quarter results with record revenue of $1.317 billion, up 7% year-over-year. Workforce Solutions led the growth with a 21% increase. The company is revising its full-year guidance to reflect further decline in the U.S. mortgage market and negative impact of foreign exchange.
Second quarter revenue reached $1.317 billion, a 7% increase.
Workforce Solutions revenue grew by 21%.
New product innovation leveraging new EFX Cloud with Vitality Index over 13%.
Full year guidance revised due to U.S. mortgage market decline and foreign exchange impacts.
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Forward Guidance
Equifax is adjusting its full-year 2022 guidance to reflect a larger decline in the U.S. mortgage market and a larger negative impact of FX. The guidance for 2022 is for revenue at a midpoint of $5.10 billion and Adjusted EPS of $7.68 per share.
Positive Outlook
- Confidence in the future growth of the New Equifax.
- Strong progress on EFX Cloud transformation.
- Leveraging new Cloud capabilities to accelerate new product roll-outs.
- Investing in new product and data and analytics capabilities to drive further growth.
- Continuing to invest in bolt-on acquisitions.
Challenges Ahead
- Expectation of a larger decline in the U.S. mortgage market.
- Larger negative impact of FX than expected.
- Revenue guidance at a midpoint of $5.10 billion, a reduction of $100 million from April guidance.
- Adjusted EPS guidance of $7.68 per share, a reduction of $0.47 per share from April guidance.
- Expectation that the U.S. mortgage market will decline by over 46% in the second half of 2022 versus the prior year.
Revenue & Expenses
Visualization of income flow from segment revenue to net income