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 $125.2B against $83.8B — 1.5× the size. S&P Global Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 26.2× against 30.6×. Moody's Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.7% against 9.67%. Moody's Corporation has the higher net margin (34.3% vs 30.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (26.5% vs 10.5%). Both pay a dividend; S&P Global Inc. yields more (0.90% vs 0.83%). Across the 21 metrics below, Moody's Corporation leads on 11 and S&P Global Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric MCO SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 30.57 26.19 23.59
P/S 10.32 7.87 6.89
P/B 26.60 4.01 4.00
Price to free cash flow 28.38 22.75 19.63
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 3.27% 3.82% 4.04%
Free cash flow yield 3.52% 4.39% 4.39%

Profitability

Metric MCO SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 74.98% 70.90% 70.90%
Operating margin 44.79% 44.43% 28.27%
Net margin 34.25% 30.53% 22.52%
Free cash flow margin 36.36% 34.57% 28.57%
Return on equity 76.85% 15.12% 15.12%
Return on assets 18.53% 7.98% 6.82%
Return on invested capital 26.51% 10.50% 9.96%

Growth

Metric MCO SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.67% 9.67% 9.16%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 21.40% 18.70% 15.41%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.52% 15.56% 8.62%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.70% 13.83% 10.27%

Health

Metric MCO SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 2.19 0.48 0.48
Current ratio 1.19 0.95 1.06
Net debt to EBITDA 1.19 1.47 1.19

Dividend

Metric MCO SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 0.83% 0.90% 1.28%
Payout ratio 0.26 0.24 0.32

Size

Metric MCO SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 83.78b 125.23b 32.17b

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