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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 $104.1B against $52.3B — 2.0× the size. CME Group Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 24.7× against 27.0×. Nasdaq, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.42% against 5.10%. CME Group Inc. has the higher net margin (63.1% vs 22.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.96% vs 8.18%). Both pay a dividend; CME Group Inc. yields more (1.31% vs 1.24%). 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 24.74 27.03 23.59
P/S 15.65 6.06 6.89
P/B 4.00 4.41 4.00
Price to free cash flow 25.16 27.12 19.63
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 4.04% 3.70% 4.04%
Free cash flow yield 3.97% 3.69% 4.39%

Profitability

Metric CME NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 100.00% 64.27% 70.90%
Operating margin 65.10% 29.60% 28.27%
Net margin 63.11% 22.52% 22.52%
Free cash flow margin 62.20% 22.34% 28.57%
Return on equity 15.76% 16.52% 15.12%
Return on assets 2.28% 6.82% 6.82%
Return on invested capital 9.96% 8.18% 9.96%

Growth

Metric CME NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.10% 7.42% 9.16%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 15.41% 60.10% 15.41%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.95% 7.99% 8.62%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 13.82% 13.89% 10.27%

Health

Metric CME NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 0.13 0.71 0.48
Current ratio 1.02 1.01 1.06
Net debt to EBITDA (0.25) 2.61 1.19

Dividend

Metric CME NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 1.31% 1.24% 1.28%
Payout ratio 0.33 0.34 0.32

Size

Metric CME NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 104.08b 52.26b 32.17b

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