MarketWise, Inc. (MKTW) vs TransUnion (TRU)

MarketWise, Inc. and TransUnion are both Financial Data & Stock Exchanges companies. TransUnion is the larger, with a market value of $15.8B against $342.8M — 46.1× the size. TransUnion trades at the lower P/E: 19.9× against 24.7×. TransUnion grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 13.5% against −7.56%. TransUnion has the higher net margin (15.8% vs 0.72%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.43% vs 0.00%). Both pay a dividend; MarketWise, Inc. yields more (2.30% vs 0.59%). Across the 20 metrics below, TransUnion leads on 13 and MarketWise, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric MKTW TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 24.73 19.88 24.85
P/S 0.19 3.14 6.75
P/B n/m 3.17 4.56
Price to free cash flow 1.24 17.40 20.23
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 4.04% 5.03% 4.00%
Free cash flow yield 80.51% 5.75% 4.59%

Profitability

Metric MKTW TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 86.12% 58.82% 72.83%
Operating margin 7.50% 19.32% 29.06%
Net margin 0.72% 15.83% 25.36%
Free cash flow margin 15.76% 18.06% 32.14%
Return on equity (0.93%) 16.66% 17.00%
Return on assets 1.17% 6.88% 8.22%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 6.43% 10.55%

Growth

Metric MKTW TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) (7.56%) 13.45% 10.44%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (35.83%) 60.00% 13.54%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (2.06%) 12.58% 9.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 5.82% 10.85%

Health

Metric MKTW TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 0.00 1.07 0.67
Current ratio 0.35 2.03 1.04
Net debt to EBITDA (1.08) 2.83 1.20

Dividend

Metric MKTW TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 2.30% 0.59% 1.13%
Payout ratio 0.60 0.12 0.29

Size

Metric MKTW TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 342.78m 15.81b 38.07b

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