Nasdaq, Inc. (NDAQ) vs S&P Global Inc. (SPGI)

Nasdaq, Inc. and S&P Global Inc. are both Financial Data & Stock Exchanges companies. S&P Global Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $137.0B against $59.3B — 2.3× the size. S&P Global Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 27.3× against 28.9×. S&P Global Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.3% against 11.5%. S&P Global Inc. has the higher net margin (30.5% vs 22.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (15.5% vs 8.56%). Both pay a dividend; Nasdaq, Inc. yields more (1.08% vs 0.83%). Across the 21 metrics below, S&P Global Inc. leads on 15 and Nasdaq, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric NDAQ SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 28.94 27.26 24.72
P/S 6.54 8.33 6.77
P/B 4.99 6.87 4.55
Price to free cash flow 26.50 23.34 20.03
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 3.46% 3.67% 4.01%
Free cash flow yield 3.77% 4.28% 4.64%

Profitability

Metric NDAQ SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 63.17% 71.03% 72.83%
Operating margin 29.85% 46.24% 29.06%
Net margin 22.78% 30.48% 25.36%
Free cash flow margin 24.68% 35.71% 32.14%
Return on equity 17.34% 18.79% 17.00%
Return on assets 7.18% 9.25% 8.22%
Return on invested capital 8.56% 15.52% 10.55%

Growth

Metric NDAQ SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.45% 12.27% 10.44%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 60.10% 18.70% 13.54%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.99% 15.56% 9.24%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 13.89% 13.83% 10.85%

Health

Metric NDAQ SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 0.71 0.66 0.67
Current ratio 1.00 0.74 1.04
Net debt to EBITDA 2.61 1.47 1.20

Dividend

Metric NDAQ SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 1.08% 0.83% 1.13%
Payout ratio 0.32 0.23 0.29

Size

Metric NDAQ SPGI Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 59.29b 136.95b 36.53b

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