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 is about 1.3× larger than Moody’s by market cap; CME Group trades at the lower P/E (23.5 vs 28.6); year to date, CME Group leads (+1.2% vs −10.2%).
Side by side
| CME | MCO | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $101B | $80B |
| Price | $280.56 | $464.23 |
| Today | +1.5% | +1.2% |
| Return YTD | +1.2% | −10.2% |
| Return 1Y | +4.3% | −6.4% |
| Since July 13, 2026 | +14.5% | −6.4% |
| P/E | 23.5 | 28.6 |
| P/S | 8.0 | 9.8 |
| P/B | 3.8 | 26.4 |
Data as of 2026-10-09 · updates daily after U.S. close
Since July 13, 2026: the change in the closing price from the first session with a close for both companies. Sectivia records these closes itself, starting June 26, 2026.
The two companies
CME GroupCME
Where interest-rate, equity, energy and commodity risk gets hedged, on the largest derivatives exchange there is. A fee is charged on every contract, and volumes climb when markets turn volatile.
Full CME profile →Moody’sMCO
When a company borrows, Moody's rates the debt; it and S&P split that market between them. A faster-growing analytics arm sells risk and modelling tools to the same customers.
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