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 $80.9B against $52.9B — 1.5× the size. Nasdaq, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 27.0× against 29.6×. 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 (1.62% vs 0.70%). Across the 23 metrics below, Nasdaq, Inc. leads on 13 and Moody's Corporation on 10.

Valuation

Metric MCO NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 29.65 26.96 21.77
P/S 10.01 6.04 7.79
P/B 25.79 4.40 3.85
Price to free cash flow 27.52 27.05 18.75
EV/EBITDA 20.99 18.73 15.55
EV/Sales 10.67 6.94 6.94
Earnings yield 3.37% 3.71% 4.49%
Free cash flow yield 3.63% 3.70% 4.68%

Profitability

Metric MCO NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 74.98% 64.27% 70.90%
Operating margin 44.79% 29.60% 29.55%
Net margin 34.25% 22.52% 23.21%
Free cash flow margin 36.36% 22.34% 29.05%
Return on equity 76.85% 16.52% 15.34%
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% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.52% 7.99% 7.76%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.70% 13.89% 9.78%

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 1.08

Dividend

Metric MCO NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 0.70% 1.62% 1.16%
Payout ratio 0.38 0.37 0.42

Size

Metric MCO NDAQ Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 80.94b 52.94b 27.94b

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