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CME Group Inc. (CME) vs Nasdaq, Inc. (NDAQ)

CME Group Inc. and Nasdaq, Inc. are both Financial Data & Stock Exchanges companies. CME Group Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $110.0B against $59.3B — 1.9× the size. CME Group Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 25.0× against 28.9×. Nasdaq, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.5% against 8.99%. CME Group Inc. has the higher net margin (63.3% vs 22.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.4% vs 8.56%). Both pay a dividend; CME Group Inc. yields more (1.25% vs 1.08%). Across the 21 metrics below, CME Group Inc. leads on 14 and Nasdaq, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric CME NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 24.97 28.91 24.85
P/S 15.76 6.53 6.75
P/B 4.14 4.98 4.56
Price to free cash flow 25.36 26.47 20.23
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 4.00% 3.46% 4.00%
Free cash flow yield 3.94% 3.78% 4.59%

Profitability

Metric CME NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 100.00% 63.17% 72.83%
Operating margin 65.66% 29.85% 29.06%
Net margin 63.32% 22.78% 25.36%
Free cash flow margin 62.15% 24.68% 32.14%
Return on equity 16.13% 17.34% 17.00%
Return on assets 2.33% 7.18% 8.22%
Return on invested capital 10.35% 8.56% 10.55%

Growth

Metric CME NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.99% 11.45% 10.44%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 15.41% 60.10% 13.54%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.95% 7.99% 9.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 13.82% 13.89% 10.85%

Health

Metric CME NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 0.13 0.71 0.67
Current ratio 1.02 1.00 1.04
Net debt to EBITDA (0.25) 2.61 1.20

Dividend

Metric CME NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 1.25% 1.08% 1.13%
Payout ratio 0.32 0.32 0.29

Size

Metric CME NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 109.97b 59.29b 38.07b

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