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 $96.5B against $52.9B — 1.8× the size. CME Group Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 22.3× 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 (4.58% vs 1.62%). Across the 23 metrics below, CME Group Inc. leads on 14 and Nasdaq, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CME NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 22.28 26.96 21.77
P/S 14.10 6.04 7.79
P/B 3.60 4.40 3.85
Price to free cash flow 22.67 27.05 18.75
EV/EBITDA 20.38 18.73 15.55
EV/Sales 14.27 6.94 6.94
Earnings yield 4.49% 3.71% 4.49%
Free cash flow yield 4.41% 3.70% 4.68%

Profitability

Metric CME NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 100.00% 64.27% 70.90%
Operating margin 65.10% 29.60% 29.55%
Net margin 63.11% 22.52% 23.21%
Free cash flow margin 62.20% 22.34% 29.05%
Return on equity 15.76% 16.52% 15.34%
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% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.95% 7.99% 7.76%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 13.82% 13.89% 9.78%

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 1.08

Dividend

Metric CME NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 4.58% 1.62% 1.16%
Payout ratio 1.06 0.37 0.42

Size

Metric CME NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 96.48b 52.94b 27.94b

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