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 $97.2B against $15.8B — 6.2× the size. TransUnion trades at the lower P/E: 19.9× against 23.6×. TransUnion grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.5% against 11.9%. Intercontinental Exchange Inc. has the higher net margin (38.1% vs 15.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.08% vs 6.43%). Both pay a dividend; Intercontinental Exchange Inc. yields more (1.17% vs 0.59%). 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 23.56 19.88 24.85
P/S 8.96 3.14 6.75
P/B 3.26 3.17 4.56
Price to free cash flow 20.23 17.40 20.23
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 4.24% 5.03% 4.00%
Free cash flow yield 4.94% 5.75% 4.59%

Profitability

Metric ICE TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 98.65% 58.82% 72.83%
Operating margin 52.26% 19.32% 29.06%
Net margin 38.14% 15.83% 25.36%
Free cash flow margin 44.27% 18.06% 32.14%
Return on equity 14.20% 16.66% 17.00%
Return on assets 2.62% 6.88% 8.22%
Return on invested capital 8.08% 6.43% 10.55%

Growth

Metric ICE TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.92% 13.45% 10.44%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 20.71% 60.00% 13.54%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.47% 12.58% 9.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 9.68% 5.82% 10.85%

Health

Metric ICE TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 0.68 1.07 0.67
Current ratio 1.03 2.03 1.04
Net debt to EBITDA 2.53 2.83 1.20

Dividend

Metric ICE TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 1.17% 0.59% 1.13%
Payout ratio 0.28 0.12 0.29

Size

Metric ICE TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 97.24b 15.81b 38.07b

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