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 $88.0B against $13.0B — 6.7× the size. TransUnion trades at the lower P/E: 18.1× against 21.7×. 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 (1.35% vs 0.60%). Across the 23 metrics below, TransUnion leads on 14 and Intercontinental Exchange Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric ICE TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 21.67 18.06 21.77
P/S 8.24 2.72 7.79
P/B 2.94 2.66 3.85
Price to free cash flow 18.75 16.88 18.75
EV/EBITDA 14.93 11.73 15.55
EV/Sales 9.92 3.64 6.94
Earnings yield 4.61% 5.54% 4.49%
Free cash flow yield 5.33% 5.92% 4.68%

Profitability

Metric ICE TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 98.59% 58.73% 70.90%
Operating margin 51.78% 18.67% 29.55%
Net margin 38.25% 15.08% 23.21%
Free cash flow margin 43.96% 16.09% 29.05%
Return on equity 13.89% 15.34% 15.34%
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% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.47% 12.58% 7.76%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 9.68% 5.82% 9.78%

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 1.08

Dividend

Metric ICE TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 1.35% 0.60% 1.16%
Payout ratio 0.53 0.38 0.42

Size

Metric ICE TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 87.99b 13.04b 27.94b

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