CME Group Inc. (CME) vs TransUnion (TRU)

CME Group Inc. and TransUnion are both Financial Data & Stock Exchanges companies. CME Group Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $110.0B against $15.8B — 7.0× the size. TransUnion trades at the lower P/E: 19.9× against 25.0×. TransUnion grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.5% against 8.99%. CME Group Inc. has the higher net margin (63.3% vs 15.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.4% vs 6.43%). Both pay a dividend; CME Group Inc. yields more (1.25% vs 0.59%). Across the 21 metrics below, TransUnion leads on 12 and CME Group Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric CME TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 24.97 19.88 24.85
P/S 15.76 3.14 6.75
P/B 4.14 3.17 4.56
Price to free cash flow 25.36 17.40 20.23
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 4.00% 5.03% 4.00%
Free cash flow yield 3.94% 5.75% 4.59%

Profitability

Metric CME TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 100.00% 58.82% 72.83%
Operating margin 65.66% 19.32% 29.06%
Net margin 63.32% 15.83% 25.36%
Free cash flow margin 62.15% 18.06% 32.14%
Return on equity 16.13% 16.66% 17.00%
Return on assets 2.33% 6.88% 8.22%
Return on invested capital 10.35% 6.43% 10.55%

Growth

Metric CME TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.99% 13.45% 10.44%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 15.41% 60.00% 13.54%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.95% 12.58% 9.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 13.82% 5.82% 10.85%

Health

Metric CME TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 0.13 1.07 0.67
Current ratio 1.02 2.03 1.04
Net debt to EBITDA (0.25) 2.83 1.20

Dividend

Metric CME TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 1.25% 0.59% 1.13%
Payout ratio 0.32 0.12 0.29

Size

Metric CME TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 109.97b 15.81b 38.07b

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