NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) -- The ex-dividend date for

Equifax

(NYSE:

EFX

) is Tuesday, February 21, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 18 cents per share. At a price of $42.88 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 1.7%.

The average volume for Equifax has been 765,700 shares per day over the past 30 days. Equifax has a market cap of $4.77 billion and is part of the

financial

sector and

financial services

industry. Shares are up 9.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

Equifax Inc. collects, organizes, and manages various financial, demographic, employment, and marketing information solutions for businesses and consumers. The company's U.S. The company has a P/E ratio of 16.7, below the average financial services industry P/E ratio of 22.1 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Equifax as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share, reasonable valuation levels and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity. You can view the full

Equifax Ratings Report

.

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