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Moody's Corporation (MCO) vs MSCI Inc (MSCI)

Moody's Corporation and MSCI Inc are both Financial Data & Stock Exchanges companies. Moody's Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $83.8B against $41.8B — 2.0× the size. Moody's Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 30.6× against 31.1×. Moody's Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.7% against 11.6%. MSCI Inc has the higher net margin (40.7% vs 34.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (34.8% vs 26.5%). Both pay a dividend; MSCI Inc yields more (1.40% vs 0.83%). Across the 20 metrics below, MSCI Inc leads on 12 and Moody's Corporation on 8.

Valuation

Metric MCO MSCI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 30.57 31.06 23.59
P/S 10.32 12.43 6.89
P/B 26.60 n/m 4.00
Price to free cash flow 28.38 27.76 19.63
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 3.27% 3.22% 4.04%
Free cash flow yield 3.52% 3.60% 4.39%

Profitability

Metric MCO MSCI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 74.98% 82.98% 70.90%
Operating margin 44.79% 55.66% 28.27%
Net margin 34.25% 40.73% 22.52%
Free cash flow margin 36.36% 44.77% 28.57%
Return on equity 76.85% (75.96%) 15.12%
Return on assets 18.53% 24.74% 6.82%
Return on invested capital 26.51% 34.78% 9.96%

Growth

Metric MCO MSCI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.67% 11.62% 9.16%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 21.40% 11.67% 15.41%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.52% 13.08% 8.62%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.70% 14.84% 10.27%

Health

Metric MCO MSCI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 2.19 (2.37) 0.48
Current ratio 1.19 0.89 1.06
Net debt to EBITDA 1.19 2.93 1.19

Dividend

Metric MCO MSCI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 0.83% 1.40% 1.28%
Payout ratio 0.26 0.43 0.32

Size

Metric MCO MSCI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 83.78b 41.81b 32.17b

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