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CME Group Inc. (CME) vs Moody's Corporation (MCO)

CME Group Inc. and Moody's Corporation are both Financial Data & Stock Exchanges companies. CME Group Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $104.1B against $83.8B — 1.2× the size. CME Group Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 24.7× against 30.6×. Moody's Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.7% against 5.10%. CME Group Inc. has the higher net margin (63.1% vs 34.3%) and the lower return on invested capital (9.96% vs 26.5%). Both pay a dividend; CME Group Inc. yields more (1.31% vs 0.83%). Across the 21 metrics below, CME Group Inc. leads on 13 and Moody's Corporation on 8.

Valuation

Metric CME MCO Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 24.74 30.57 23.59
P/S 15.65 10.32 6.89
P/B 4.00 26.60 4.00
Price to free cash flow 25.16 28.38 19.63
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 4.04% 3.27% 4.04%
Free cash flow yield 3.97% 3.52% 4.39%

Profitability

Metric CME MCO Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 100.00% 74.98% 70.90%
Operating margin 65.10% 44.79% 28.27%
Net margin 63.11% 34.25% 22.52%
Free cash flow margin 62.20% 36.36% 28.57%
Return on equity 15.76% 76.85% 15.12%
Return on assets 2.28% 18.53% 6.82%
Return on invested capital 9.96% 26.51% 9.96%

Growth

Metric CME MCO Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.10% 11.67% 9.16%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 15.41% 21.40% 15.41%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.95% 7.52% 8.62%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 13.82% 6.70% 10.27%

Health

Metric CME MCO Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 0.13 2.19 0.48
Current ratio 1.02 1.19 1.06
Net debt to EBITDA (0.25) 1.19 1.19

Dividend

Metric CME MCO Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 1.31% 0.83% 1.28%
Payout ratio 0.33 0.26 0.32

Size

Metric CME MCO Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 104.08b 83.78b 32.17b

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