Primary Recommendation

Experian - "Best of breed" provider of credit information

February 2007

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Experian, which was recently spun out of FTSE-100 stalwart GUS, has built up a powerful and virtually unassailable franchise in credit referencing, providing credit information to help finance companies make decisions over which consumers to lend money to. In recent years it has also used its vast library of databases to diversify into related areas, such as credit scoring and risk mitigation while acquisitions have added a fast-growing interactive arm, which helps consumers find good deals on the internet. As well as enjoying leadership on most of its markets, Experian sports an excellent record of cash generation which has not gone un-noticed in the private equity world, which recently made take-over approaches at prices 15% hi ...

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