Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (IBKR) vs Morgan Stanley (MS)

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. and Morgan Stanley are both Capital Markets companies. Morgan Stanley is the larger, with a market value of $286.5B against $33.0B — 8.7× the size. Morgan Stanley trades at the lower P/E: 14.4× against 27.7×. Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 19.7% against 12.0%. Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. has the higher net margin (16.5% vs 15.2%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.00% vs 0.00%). Both pay a dividend; Morgan Stanley yields more (2.35% vs 0.46%). Across the 18 metrics below, Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. leads on 12 and Morgan Stanley on 6.

Valuation

Metric IBKR MS Capital Markets median
P/E 27.73 14.35 14.35
P/S 4.63 2.17 2.07
P/B 1.94 2.63 1.36
Price to free cash flow 2.08 n/m 9.28
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 3.61% 6.97% (8.28%)
Free cash flow yield 48.01% (6.56%) (1.12%)

Profitability

Metric IBKR MS Capital Markets median
Gross margin 93.36% 95.94% 68.15%
Operating margin 77.94% 59.08% 0.00%
Net margin 16.53% 15.16% (0.34%)
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity 6.45% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on assets 0.53% 0.00% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric IBKR MS Capital Markets median
Revenue growth (TTM) 19.72% 12.03% 19.72%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 28.14% 28.43% 16.79%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 22.84% 17.86% 17.41%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 38.23% 9.13% 0.00%

Health

Metric IBKR MS Capital Markets median
Debt to equity 0.00 3.34 0.07
Current ratio 1.09 0.79 1.51
Net debt to EBITDA (20.66) (0.46) (0.03)

Dividend

Metric IBKR MS Capital Markets median
Dividend yield 0.46% 2.35% 1.58%
Payout ratio 0.13 0.34 0.19

Size

Metric IBKR MS Capital Markets median
Market cap 32.95b 286.53b 527.01m

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