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Brett Horn
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Equifax Reports Strong 1Q, but Growth Starts to Slow

Equifax’s first-quarter results were strong but support our view that the company’s growth will slow a bit. For the quarter, revenue was up 14% year over year, and we estimate revenue increased 8% if the Veda acquisition is excluded. We believe the company’s recent growth rates were unsustainable and predicated on some tailwinds that were set to dissipate and potentially reverse in 2017, and this quarter supports that opinion as the company’s organic growth is starting to converge with our long-...
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EQUIFAX INC.

Equifax Inc. is a provider of information solutions and human resources business process outsourcing services for businesses, governments and consumers. The company's services are based on databases of consumer and business information. The company uses statistical techniques, machine learning and proprietary software tools to analyze all available data, creating insights, decision-making solutions and processing services for its clients. The company also provides information, technology and services to support debt collections and recovery management. Additionally, the company provides payroll-related and human resource management business process outsourcing services in the United States of America.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Brett Horn

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