Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (ICE) vs Moody's Corporation (MCO)

Intercontinental Exchange Inc. and Moody's Corporation are both Financial Data & Stock Exchanges companies. Intercontinental Exchange Inc. and Moody's Corporation are of similar size ($97.2B and $88.8B). Intercontinental Exchange Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 23.6× against 31.3×. Intercontinental Exchange Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.9% against 9.00%. Intercontinental Exchange Inc. has the higher net margin (38.1% vs 35.3%) and the lower return on invested capital (8.08% vs 26.2%). Both pay a dividend; Intercontinental Exchange Inc. yields more (1.17% vs 0.78%). Across the 21 metrics below, Intercontinental Exchange Inc. leads on 15 and Moody's Corporation on 6.

Valuation

Metric ICE MCO Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 23.56 31.29 24.85
P/S 8.96 10.88 6.75
P/B 3.26 26.08 4.56
Price to free cash flow 20.23 29.89 20.23
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 4.24% 3.20% 4.00%
Free cash flow yield 4.94% 3.35% 4.59%

Profitability

Metric ICE MCO Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 98.65% 74.63% 72.83%
Operating margin 52.26% 44.57% 29.06%
Net margin 38.14% 35.26% 25.36%
Free cash flow margin 44.27% 36.41% 32.14%
Return on equity 14.20% 76.63% 17.00%
Return on assets 2.62% 19.06% 8.22%
Return on invested capital 8.08% 26.17% 10.55%

Growth

Metric ICE MCO Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.92% 9.00% 10.44%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 20.71% 21.40% 13.54%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.47% 7.52% 9.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 9.68% 6.70% 10.85%

Health

Metric ICE MCO Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 0.68 2.03 0.67
Current ratio 1.03 1.29 1.04
Net debt to EBITDA 2.53 1.19 1.20

Dividend

Metric ICE MCO Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 1.17% 0.78% 1.13%
Payout ratio 0.28 0.25 0.29

Size

Metric ICE MCO Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 97.24b 88.84b 38.07b

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