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 ($88.0B and $80.9B). Intercontinental Exchange Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 21.7× against 29.6×. Moody's Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.7% against 8.98%. Intercontinental Exchange Inc. has the higher net margin (38.3% vs 34.3%) and the lower return on invested capital (7.48% vs 26.5%). Both pay a dividend; Intercontinental Exchange Inc. yields more (1.35% vs 0.70%). Across the 23 metrics below, Intercontinental Exchange Inc. leads on 16 and Moody's Corporation on 7.

Valuation

Metric ICE MCO Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 21.67 29.65 21.77
P/S 8.24 10.01 7.79
P/B 2.94 25.79 3.85
Price to free cash flow 18.75 27.52 18.75
EV/EBITDA 14.93 20.99 15.55
EV/Sales 9.92 10.67 6.94
Earnings yield 4.61% 3.37% 4.49%
Free cash flow yield 5.33% 3.63% 4.68%

Profitability

Metric ICE MCO Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 98.59% 74.98% 70.90%
Operating margin 51.78% 44.79% 29.55%
Net margin 38.25% 34.25% 23.21%
Free cash flow margin 43.96% 36.36% 29.05%
Return on equity 13.89% 76.85% 15.34%
Return on assets 2.54% 18.53% 6.82%
Return on invested capital 7.48% 26.51% 9.96%

Growth

Metric ICE MCO Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.98% 11.67% 9.16%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 20.71% 21.40% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.47% 7.52% 7.76%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 9.68% 6.70% 9.78%

Health

Metric ICE MCO Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 0.63 2.19 0.48
Current ratio 1.01 1.19 1.06
Net debt to EBITDA 2.53 1.19 1.08

Dividend

Metric ICE MCO Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 1.35% 0.70% 1.16%
Payout ratio 0.53 0.38 0.42

Size

Metric ICE MCO Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 87.99b 80.94b 27.94b

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