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 $88.8B against $15.8B — 5.6× the size. TransUnion trades at the lower P/E: 19.9× against 31.3×. TransUnion grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.5% against 9.00%. Moody's Corporation has the higher net margin (35.3% vs 15.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (26.2% vs 6.43%). Both pay a dividend; Moody's Corporation yields more (0.78% vs 0.59%). 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 31.29 19.88 24.85
P/S 10.88 3.14 6.75
P/B 26.08 3.17 4.56
Price to free cash flow 29.89 17.40 20.23
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 3.20% 5.03% 4.00%
Free cash flow yield 3.35% 5.75% 4.59%

Profitability

Metric MCO TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 74.63% 58.82% 72.83%
Operating margin 44.57% 19.32% 29.06%
Net margin 35.26% 15.83% 25.36%
Free cash flow margin 36.41% 18.06% 32.14%
Return on equity 76.63% 16.66% 17.00%
Return on assets 19.06% 6.88% 8.22%
Return on invested capital 26.17% 6.43% 10.55%

Growth

Metric MCO TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.00% 13.45% 10.44%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 21.40% 60.00% 13.54%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.52% 12.58% 9.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.70% 5.82% 10.85%

Health

Metric MCO TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 2.03 1.07 0.67
Current ratio 1.29 2.03 1.04
Net debt to EBITDA 1.19 2.83 1.20

Dividend

Metric MCO TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 0.78% 0.59% 1.13%
Payout ratio 0.25 0.12 0.29

Size

Metric MCO TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 88.84b 15.81b 38.07b

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