Moody's Corporation (MCO) vs S&P Global Inc. (SPGI)

Moody's Corporation and S&P Global Inc. are both Financial Data & Stock Exchanges companies. S&P Global Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $137.0B against $88.8B — 1.5× the size. S&P Global Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 27.6× against 31.3×. S&P Global Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.3% against 9.00%. Moody's Corporation has the higher net margin (35.3% vs 30.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (26.2% vs 15.5%). Both pay a dividend; S&P Global Inc. yields more (0.82% vs 0.78%). Across the 21 metrics below, S&P Global Inc. leads on 12 and Moody's Corporation on 9.

Valuation

Metric MCO SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 31.29 27.60 24.85
P/S 10.88 8.44 6.75
P/B 26.08 6.96 4.56
Price to free cash flow 29.89 23.63 20.23
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 3.20% 3.62% 4.00%
Free cash flow yield 3.35% 4.23% 4.59%

Profitability

Metric MCO SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 74.63% 71.03% 72.83%
Operating margin 44.57% 46.24% 29.06%
Net margin 35.26% 30.48% 25.36%
Free cash flow margin 36.41% 35.71% 32.14%
Return on equity 76.63% 18.79% 17.00%
Return on assets 19.06% 9.25% 8.22%
Return on invested capital 26.17% 15.52% 10.55%

Growth

Metric MCO SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.00% 12.27% 10.44%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 21.40% 18.70% 13.54%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.52% 15.56% 9.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.70% 13.83% 10.85%

Health

Metric MCO SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 2.03 0.66 0.67
Current ratio 1.29 0.74 1.04
Net debt to EBITDA 1.19 1.47 1.20

Dividend

Metric MCO SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 0.78% 0.82% 1.13%
Payout ratio 0.25 0.23 0.29

Size

Metric MCO SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 88.84b 136.95b 38.07b

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