Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (ICE) vs TransUnion (TRU)

Intercontinental Exchange Inc. and TransUnion are both Financial Data & Stock Exchanges companies. Intercontinental Exchange Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $88.9B against $14.2B — 6.3× the size. TransUnion trades at the lower P/E: 19.3× against 22.7×. TransUnion grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.4% against 8.98%. Intercontinental Exchange Inc. has the higher net margin (38.3% vs 15.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (7.48% vs 5.99%). Both pay a dividend; Intercontinental Exchange Inc. yields more (1.58% vs 0.66%). Across the 21 metrics below, TransUnion leads on 12 and Intercontinental Exchange Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric ICE TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 22.69 19.34 23.59
P/S 8.63 2.91 6.89
P/B 3.08 2.85 4.00
Price to free cash flow 19.63 18.08 19.63
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 4.41% 5.17% 4.04%
Free cash flow yield 5.09% 5.53% 4.39%

Profitability

Metric ICE TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 98.59% 58.73% 70.90%
Operating margin 51.78% 18.67% 28.27%
Net margin 38.25% 15.08% 22.52%
Free cash flow margin 43.96% 16.09% 28.57%
Return on equity 13.89% 15.34% 15.12%
Return on assets 2.54% 6.33% 6.82%
Return on invested capital 7.48% 5.99% 9.96%

Growth

Metric ICE TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) 8.98% 12.37% 9.16%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 20.71% 60.00% 15.41%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.47% 12.58% 8.62%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 9.68% 5.82% 10.27%

Health

Metric ICE TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 0.63 1.07 0.48
Current ratio 1.01 1.90 1.06
Net debt to EBITDA 2.53 2.83 1.19

Dividend

Metric ICE TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 1.58% 0.66% 1.28%
Payout ratio 0.36 0.13 0.32

Size

Metric ICE TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 88.93b 14.20b 32.17b

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