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 (22.1 vs 29.8).
Side by side
| CME | MCO | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $94.9B | $83.2B |
| Price | $280.98 | $514.55 |
| Today | +1.3% | +0.3% |
| Return YTD | +1.6% | +0.4% |
| Return 1Y | +2.2% | +0.6% |
| P/E | 22.1 | 29.8 |
| P/S | 7.5 | 10.2 |
| P/B | 3.6 | 27.5 |
Data as of 2026-08-27 · updates daily after U.S. close
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.
Full MCO profile →More CME & MCO comparisons
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