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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 $125.2B against $104.1B — 1.2× the size. CME Group Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 24.7× against 26.2×. S&P Global Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.67% against 5.10%. CME Group Inc. has the higher net margin (63.1% vs 30.5%) and the lower return on invested capital (9.96% vs 10.5%). Both pay a dividend; CME Group Inc. yields more (1.31% vs 0.90%). Across the 21 metrics below, CME Group Inc. leads on 12 and S&P Global Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CME SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 24.74 26.19 23.59
P/S 15.65 7.87 6.89
P/B 4.00 4.01 4.00
Price to free cash flow 25.16 22.75 19.63
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 4.04% 3.82% 4.04%
Free cash flow yield 3.97% 4.39% 4.39%

Profitability

Metric CME SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 100.00% 70.90% 70.90%
Operating margin 65.10% 44.43% 28.27%
Net margin 63.11% 30.53% 22.52%
Free cash flow margin 62.20% 34.57% 28.57%
Return on equity 15.76% 15.12% 15.12%
Return on assets 2.28% 7.98% 6.82%
Return on invested capital 9.96% 10.50% 9.96%

Growth

Metric CME SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.10% 9.67% 9.16%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 15.41% 18.70% 15.41%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.95% 15.56% 8.62%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 13.82% 13.83% 10.27%

Health

Metric CME SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 0.13 0.48 0.48
Current ratio 1.02 0.95 1.06
Net debt to EBITDA (0.25) 1.47 1.19

Dividend

Metric CME SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 1.31% 0.90% 1.28%
Payout ratio 0.33 0.24 0.32

Size

Metric CME SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 104.08b 125.23b 32.17b

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