Moody's Corporation (MCO) vs Nasdaq, Inc. (NDAQ)

Moody's Corporation and Nasdaq, Inc. are both Financial Data & Stock Exchanges companies. Moody's Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $88.8B against $59.3B — 1.5× the size. Nasdaq, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 28.9× against 31.3×. Nasdaq, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.5% against 9.00%. Moody's Corporation has the higher net margin (35.3% vs 22.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (26.2% vs 8.56%). Both pay a dividend; Nasdaq, Inc. yields more (1.08% vs 0.78%). Across the 21 metrics below, Nasdaq, Inc. leads on 12 and Moody's Corporation on 9.

Valuation

Metric MCO NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 31.29 28.91 24.85
P/S 10.88 6.53 6.75
P/B 26.08 4.98 4.56
Price to free cash flow 29.89 26.47 20.23
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 3.20% 3.46% 4.00%
Free cash flow yield 3.35% 3.78% 4.59%

Profitability

Metric MCO NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 74.63% 63.17% 72.83%
Operating margin 44.57% 29.85% 29.06%
Net margin 35.26% 22.78% 25.36%
Free cash flow margin 36.41% 24.68% 32.14%
Return on equity 76.63% 17.34% 17.00%
Return on assets 19.06% 7.18% 8.22%
Return on invested capital 26.17% 8.56% 10.55%

Growth

Metric MCO NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.00% 11.45% 10.44%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 21.40% 60.10% 13.54%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.52% 7.99% 9.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.70% 13.89% 10.85%

Health

Metric MCO NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 2.03 0.71 0.67
Current ratio 1.29 1.00 1.04
Net debt to EBITDA 1.19 2.61 1.20

Dividend

Metric MCO NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 0.78% 1.08% 1.13%
Payout ratio 0.25 0.32 0.29

Size

Metric MCO NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 88.84b 59.29b 38.07b

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