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 ($88.9B and $83.8B). Intercontinental Exchange Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 22.7× against 30.6×. 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 (1.58% vs 0.83%). Across the 21 metrics below, Intercontinental Exchange Inc. leads on 14 and Moody's Corporation on 7.

Valuation

Metric ICE MCO Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 22.69 30.57 23.59
P/S 8.63 10.32 6.89
P/B 3.08 26.60 4.00
Price to free cash flow 19.63 28.38 19.63
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 4.41% 3.27% 4.04%
Free cash flow yield 5.09% 3.52% 4.39%

Profitability

Metric ICE MCO Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 98.59% 74.98% 70.90%
Operating margin 51.78% 44.79% 28.27%
Net margin 38.25% 34.25% 22.52%
Free cash flow margin 43.96% 36.36% 28.57%
Return on equity 13.89% 76.85% 15.12%
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% 15.41%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.47% 7.52% 8.62%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 9.68% 6.70% 10.27%

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 1.19

Dividend

Metric ICE MCO Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 1.58% 0.83% 1.28%
Payout ratio 0.36 0.26 0.32

Size

Metric ICE MCO Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 88.93b 83.78b 32.17b

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