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CME Group Inc. (CME) vs S&P Global Inc. (SPGI)

CME Group Inc. and S&P Global Inc. are both Financial Data & Stock Exchanges companies. S&P Global Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $137.0B against $110.0B — 1.2× the size. CME Group Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 25.0× against 27.6×. S&P Global Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.3% against 8.99%. CME Group Inc. has the higher net margin (63.3% vs 30.5%) and the lower return on invested capital (10.4% vs 15.5%). Both pay a dividend; CME Group Inc. yields more (1.25% vs 0.82%). Across the 21 metrics below, CME Group Inc. leads on 11 and S&P Global Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric CME SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 24.97 27.60 24.85
P/S 15.76 8.44 6.75
P/B 4.14 6.96 4.56
Price to free cash flow 25.36 23.63 20.23
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 4.00% 3.62% 4.00%
Free cash flow yield 3.94% 4.23% 4.59%

Profitability

Metric CME SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 100.00% 71.03% 72.83%
Operating margin 65.66% 46.24% 29.06%
Net margin 63.32% 30.48% 25.36%
Free cash flow margin 62.15% 35.71% 32.14%
Return on equity 16.13% 18.79% 17.00%
Return on assets 2.33% 9.25% 8.22%
Return on invested capital 10.35% 15.52% 10.55%

Growth

Metric CME SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.99% 12.27% 10.44%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 15.41% 18.70% 13.54%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.95% 15.56% 9.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 13.82% 13.83% 10.85%

Health

Metric CME SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 0.13 0.66 0.67
Current ratio 1.02 0.74 1.04
Net debt to EBITDA (0.25) 1.47 1.20

Dividend

Metric CME SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 1.25% 0.82% 1.13%
Payout ratio 0.32 0.23 0.29

Size

Metric CME SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 109.97b 136.95b 38.07b

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