Moody's Corporation (MCO) vs TransUnion (TRU)

Moody's Corporation and TransUnion are both Financial Data & Stock Exchanges companies. Moody's Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $83.8B against $14.2B — 5.9× the size. TransUnion trades at the lower P/E: 19.3× against 30.6×. TransUnion grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.4% against 11.7%. Moody's Corporation has the higher net margin (34.3% vs 15.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (26.5% vs 5.99%). Both pay a dividend; Moody's Corporation yields more (0.83% vs 0.66%). Across the 21 metrics below, TransUnion leads on 11 and Moody's Corporation on 10.

Valuation

Metric MCO TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 30.57 19.34 23.59
P/S 10.32 2.91 6.89
P/B 26.60 2.85 4.00
Price to free cash flow 28.38 18.08 19.63
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 3.27% 5.17% 4.04%
Free cash flow yield 3.52% 5.53% 4.39%

Profitability

Metric MCO TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 74.98% 58.73% 70.90%
Operating margin 44.79% 18.67% 28.27%
Net margin 34.25% 15.08% 22.52%
Free cash flow margin 36.36% 16.09% 28.57%
Return on equity 76.85% 15.34% 15.12%
Return on assets 18.53% 6.33% 6.82%
Return on invested capital 26.51% 5.99% 9.96%

Growth

Metric MCO TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.67% 12.37% 9.16%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 21.40% 60.00% 15.41%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.52% 12.58% 8.62%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.70% 5.82% 10.27%

Health

Metric MCO TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 2.19 1.07 0.48
Current ratio 1.19 1.90 1.06
Net debt to EBITDA 1.19 2.83 1.19

Dividend

Metric MCO TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 0.83% 0.66% 1.28%
Payout ratio 0.26 0.13 0.32

Size

Metric MCO TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 83.78b 14.20b 32.17b

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