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 $83.8B against $52.3B — 1.6× the size. Nasdaq, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 27.0× against 30.6×. Moody's Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.7% against 7.42%. Moody's Corporation has the higher net margin (34.3% vs 22.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (26.5% vs 8.18%). Both pay a dividend; Nasdaq, Inc. yields more (1.24% vs 0.83%). Across the 21 metrics below, Nasdaq, Inc. leads on 11 and Moody's Corporation on 10.

Valuation

Metric MCO NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 30.57 27.03 23.59
P/S 10.32 6.06 6.89
P/B 26.60 4.41 4.00
Price to free cash flow 28.38 27.12 19.63
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 3.27% 3.70% 4.04%
Free cash flow yield 3.52% 3.69% 4.39%

Profitability

Metric MCO NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 74.98% 64.27% 70.90%
Operating margin 44.79% 29.60% 28.27%
Net margin 34.25% 22.52% 22.52%
Free cash flow margin 36.36% 22.34% 28.57%
Return on equity 76.85% 16.52% 15.12%
Return on assets 18.53% 6.82% 6.82%
Return on invested capital 26.51% 8.18% 9.96%

Growth

Metric MCO NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.67% 7.42% 9.16%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 21.40% 60.10% 15.41%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.52% 7.99% 8.62%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.70% 13.89% 10.27%

Health

Metric MCO NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 2.19 0.71 0.48
Current ratio 1.19 1.01 1.06
Net debt to EBITDA 1.19 2.61 1.19

Dividend

Metric MCO NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 0.83% 1.24% 1.28%
Payout ratio 0.26 0.34 0.32

Size

Metric MCO NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 83.78b 52.26b 32.17b

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