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TMX Group Ltd.X.TOCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Canada · CAD·Financials›Investment Banks/Brokers

Operator of Canada's main stock and derivatives exchanges (Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, Montreal Exchange) plus market data and clearing services.

≈ Canada's Intercontinental Exchange / Nasdaq (exchange operator)Momentum leader 90
Mkt cap
$12.1B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
100%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$30.3M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
22.8×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 5.0%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
94 days
8 Feb 2027
Close · CADC$61.48
1D+1.0%
1W+2.4%
1M+18.9%
3M+17.9%
6M+10.2%
YTD+17.7%
1Y+19.3%
ATR %2.4%
52w lowhigh1.7% off high

What TMX does

Operator of Canada's main stock and derivatives exchanges (Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, Montreal Exchange) plus market data and clearing services.

Earns fees on every trade and clearing step, annual and initial fees from listed companies, and subscriptions from selling market data and software. Beyond Canadian markets, it owns Trayport, a trading-software provider for European energy markets, bought in 2017.

In one line: Canada's Intercontinental Exchange / Nasdaq (exchange operator).

Products and services

  • Equity trading (TSX, TSXV)
  • Derivatives trading & clearing (Montreal Exchange)
  • Market data & analytics
  • Listings/issuer services

Customers

  • Listed companies (issuers)
  • Brokers/institutional traders
  • Data subscribers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financials
  • Exchange & market infrastructure
  • Listings + trading + clearing + data

What could go right

  • Trading-volume/volatility upside
  • Data and analytics revenue growth

What could go wrong

  • Trading-volume cyclicality
  • Regulatory/competition from alternative venues

Moat: wide (network effects, regulatory licence, installed base). Primary regulated venue for Canadian equity/derivatives listings and trading, with strong network effects.

Headquarters: Toronto, Canada · Founded: 1852 · Employees: 2,185

Named competitors

TMX at a glance

Size TMX (X.TO) is a Canada Financials company (Investment Banks/Brokers) with a market value of $12.1B, the 68th largest of 420 Canada companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at C$61.48 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 10.2%, against -4.0% for the median peer and +5.2% for the Canada market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 4.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +17.6%); the operating margin is 28.1% (peer median 44.0%).

Valuation It trades at 22.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.9× (7th most expensive of 21).

Next results Next results expected around 8 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026X.TO 111Peer median 97
Six months, rebased to 100: TMX against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

TMX financials

Reported figures in CAD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueC$3.00BC$2.92BC$2.97BC$2.90BC$1.86B
Revenue growth—-2%+3%+56%—
Gross profitC$1.59BC$1.41BC$1.18BC$990MC$910M
EBITDAC$1.04BC$952MC$819MC$652MC$637M
Net incomeC$588MC$416MC$482MC$356MC$543M
Free cash flowC$620MC$567MC$486MC$434MC$361M
Capital expenditureC$108MC$121MC$73.7MC$65.2MC$51.9M
Total debtC$2.86BC$2.17BC$2.17BC$1.15BC$1.11B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

TMX competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%-10%0%+10%FRHCEVR8697JEFFUTU8601HLI3958MCX68066881138040ASXBSESAVE601788601901S68VIRTXPX.TO6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. TMX is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-20%0%+20%+40%+60%20×40×FRHCEVR8697JEFFUTU8601HLI3958MCX68066881138040ASXBSESAVE601788601901S68VIRTX.TORevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. TMX is the large dot.

TMX competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (X.TO vs ICE vs NDAQ vs CBOE)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
TMX X.TO$12.1B+10%+4%28%22.8×n/a
Intercontinental Exchange ICE$96.3B+11%+14%47%20.1×n/a
Nasdaq NDAQ$59.4B+21%+12%31%23.4×n/a
Cboe Global Markets CBOE$36.9B+2%+14%36%23.4×n/a
London Stock Exchange LSEG.L$60.9B+1%+6%26%19.6×n/a

How TMX compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

TMX against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureX.TOPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+18.9%+1.7%highest of 21
6-month return+10.2%-4.0%8th highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-1.7%-20.9%2nd highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+4.4%+17.6%6th lowest of 21
Operating margin28.1%44.0%4th lowest of 21
Forward P/E22.8×12.9×7th most expensive of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
TMX X.TOCanada$12.1B+10%+4%28%22.8×n/an/a
Freedom FRHCUnited States$11.4B+28%+8%29%39.7×n/an/a
Evercore EVRUnited States$10.9B-17%+37%22%14.2×n/an/a
Japan Exchange 8697.TJapan$13.4B+11%+40%61%19.7×n/an/a
Jefferies Financial JEFUnited States$10.9B-11%+26%41%11.3×n/an/a
Futu Holdings Ltd. Sponsored ADR FUTUUnited States$13.7B-32%+44%69%6.8×n/an/a
Daiwa Securities 8601.TJapan$14.0B+11%+18%17%10.8×n/an/a
Houlihan Lokey HLIUnited States$10.1B-5%0%20%18.0×n/an/a
Orient Securities 3958.HKHong Kong$10.1B-13%+21%40%5.9×n/an/a
Multi Commodity Exchange of India MCX.NSIndia$9.51B+16%+122%79%50.8×n/an/a
Shenwan Hongyuan 6806.HKHong Kong$15.4B-26%-22%31%4.5×n/an/a
China Galaxy Securities 6881.HKHong Kong$15.7B-20%+17%55%4.6×n/an/a
Meritz Financial 138040.KSSouth Korea$15.7B+18%+31%49%8.6×n/an/a
ASX ASX.AXAustralia$9.02B+15%+3%65%24.2×n/an/a
BSE BSE.NSIndia$16.4B-4%+58%65%47.0×n/an/a
Nordnet SAVE.STSweden$8.70B+13%+11%58%23.7×n/an/a
Everbright Securities 601788.SSChina$8.70B-9%-4%36%14.6×n/an/a
Founder Securities 601901.SSChina$8.52B-4%-21%47%11.7×n/an/a
Singapore Exchange S68.SISingapore$17.2B-2%+14%57%27.0×n/an/a
Virtu Financial VIRTUnited States$8.37B+5%+28%38%7.8×n/an/a
XP Inc. Class A XPUnited States$7.83B-21%+17%32%6.7×n/an/a

Questions

Who are TMX's main competitors?
Named competitors: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Nasdaq (NDAQ), Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG.L). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Freedom (FRHC), Evercore (EVR), Japan Exchange (8697.T), Jefferies Financial (JEF), Futu Holdings Ltd. Sponsored ADR (FUTU), Daiwa Securities (8601.T).
Is TMX expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 22.8× against a peer median of 12.9×, 7th most expensive of 21 in its peer set.
How has TMX stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +10.2% against -4.0% for the median peer; over one year +19.3%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.