Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. KFY scored 65.1, EFX scored 66.7 — EFX leads.
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KFY
Korn Ferry
Staffing & Employment Services · Quality-Growth
65.1
$71.66 · $4.0B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
1.6
EFX leads
EFX
Equifax Inc.
Consulting Services · Quality-Growth
66.7
$145.78 · $17.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestKFY13.5x
Fastest growthEFX+6.9%
Strongest balance sheetKFY0.30
Highest qualityKFY71 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueKFY-11%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
KFY
stronger →← stronger
EFX
71
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
70
61
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
70
64
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
60
KFY and EFX split the three pillars evenly.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
KFY
EFX
$319mC
FCF
$1.1bC+
+6.4%C+
Rev
+6.9%C+
0.30A-
D/E
1.21C
13.5xA-
P/E
25.7xB
1.20B+
PEG
1.23B
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
KFY
EFX
11% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
21% above
~4%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~11%/yr
+3%
1-yr DCF upside
-21%
+12%
5-yr DCF upside
-17%
+25%
10-yr DCF upside
-11%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Staffing & Employment Services · market cap $4.0b. 18% off the 52-week high of $87.51. 4 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $90.25 (implying +26% upside).
Moat
ROE 15% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 115% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
EFXEquifax Inc.
Consulting Services · $145.78 · beta 1.34
Why now
Consulting Services · market cap $17.1b. Down 39% from 52-week high of $238.94 — deep drawdown territory. 21 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $203.10 (implying +39% upside).
Moat
ROE 14% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 160% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Down 39% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where KFY and EFX diverge
On the headline score the gap is 1.6 points in favor of EFX. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
GrowthKFY 61.2 · EFX 70.1EFX +8.9
ValueKFY 63.7 · EFX 60.2KFY +3.5
QualityKFY 70.7 · EFX 70.2level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is EFX or KFY the better stock?
EFX scores higher: EFX 66.7, KFY 65.1 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do EFX and KFY differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where EFX leads by 9 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are EFX and KFY scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.