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CME Groupvs.Moody’s

CME vs MCO · both in Exchanges & market data, part of the Banks, payments & capital markets value chain: The exchanges, index owners and ratings agencies that run — and price — the markets.

CME Group and Moody’s are similar in size by market cap; CME Group trades at the lower P/E (20.4 vs 34.1); year to date, Moody’s leads (−4.6% vs −12.0%).

Side by side

CMEMCO
Market cap$87.1B$85.1B
Price$242.92$493.72
Today+1.1%+1.3%
Return YTD−12.0%−4.6%
Return 1Y−12.7%−3.6%
P/E20.434.1
P/S6.910.8
P/B3.328.4

Data as of 2026-07-13 · updates daily after U.S. close

The two companies

CME GroupCME

NASDAQ · USA

The world's largest derivatives exchange, where investors hedge interest rates, equities, energy and commodities. Earns a fee on every contract; volumes rise with volatility.

Derivatives exchangeFuturesVolatility beneficiary
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Moody’sMCO

NYSE · USA

One half of the credit-ratings duopoly with S&P, plus a fast-growing analytics business selling risk, data and modelling tools. A toll on corporate borrowing.

Credit ratingsAnalyticsDuopoly
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