Nasdaq, Inc. (NDAQ) vs TransUnion (TRU)

Nasdaq, Inc. and TransUnion are both Financial Data & Stock Exchanges companies. Nasdaq, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $52.9B against $13.0B — 4.1× the size. TransUnion trades at the lower P/E: 18.1× against 27.0×. TransUnion grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.4% against 7.42%. Nasdaq, Inc. has the higher net margin (22.5% vs 15.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.18% vs 5.99%). Both pay a dividend; Nasdaq, Inc. yields more (1.62% vs 0.60%). Across the 23 metrics below, Nasdaq, Inc. leads on 12 and TransUnion on 11.

Valuation

Metric NDAQ TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
P/E 26.96 18.06 21.77
P/S 6.04 2.72 7.79
P/B 4.40 2.66 3.85
Price to free cash flow 27.05 16.88 18.75
EV/EBITDA 18.73 11.73 15.55
EV/Sales 6.94 3.64 6.94
Earnings yield 3.71% 5.54% 4.49%
Free cash flow yield 3.70% 5.92% 4.68%

Profitability

Metric NDAQ TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Gross margin 64.27% 58.73% 70.90%
Operating margin 29.60% 18.67% 29.55%
Net margin 22.52% 15.08% 23.21%
Free cash flow margin 22.34% 16.09% 29.05%
Return on equity 16.52% 15.34% 15.34%
Return on assets 6.82% 6.33% 6.82%
Return on invested capital 8.18% 5.99% 9.96%

Growth

Metric NDAQ TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.42% 12.37% 9.16%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 60.10% 60.00% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.99% 12.58% 7.76%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 13.89% 5.82% 9.78%

Health

Metric NDAQ TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Debt to equity 0.71 1.07 0.48
Current ratio 1.01 1.90 1.06
Net debt to EBITDA 2.61 2.83 1.08

Dividend

Metric NDAQ TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Dividend yield 1.62% 0.60% 1.16%
Payout ratio 0.37 0.38 0.42

Size

Metric NDAQ TRU Financial Data & Stock Exchanges median
Market cap 52.94b 13.04b 27.94b

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