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 $119.1B against $80.9B — 1.5× the size. S&P Global Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 24.6× against 29.6×. 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 (0.88% vs 0.70%). Across the 23 metrics below, S&P Global Inc. leads on 12 and Moody's Corporation on 11.

Valuation

Metric MCO SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 29.65 24.61 21.77
P/S 10.01 7.39 7.79
P/B 25.79 3.77 3.85
Price to free cash flow 27.52 21.38 18.75
EV/EBITDA 20.99 15.55 15.55
EV/Sales 10.67 8.07 6.94
Earnings yield 3.37% 4.06% 4.49%
Free cash flow yield 3.63% 4.68% 4.68%

Profitability

Metric MCO SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 74.98% 70.90% 70.90%
Operating margin 44.79% 44.43% 29.55%
Net margin 34.25% 30.53% 23.21%
Free cash flow margin 36.36% 34.57% 29.05%
Return on equity 76.85% 15.12% 15.34%
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% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.52% 15.56% 7.76%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.70% 13.83% 9.78%

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 1.08

Dividend

Metric MCO SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 0.70% 0.88% 1.16%
Payout ratio 0.38 0.49 0.42

Size

Metric MCO SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 80.94b 119.08b 27.94b

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