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CME Groupvs.MSCI

CME vs MSCI · 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 2.3× larger than MSCI by market cap; CME Group trades at the lower P/E (22.1 vs 29.9); year to date, CME Group leads (+1.6% vs −1.7%).

Side by side

CMEMSCI
Market cap$94.9B$40.6B
Price$280.98$564.22
Today+1.3%+0.0%
Return YTD+1.6%−1.7%
Return 1Y+2.2%−1.7%
P/E22.129.9
P/S7.512.2
P/B3.6107.4

Data as of 2026-08-27 · updates daily after U.S. close

The two companies

CME GroupCME

NASDAQ · USA

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.

Derivatives exchangeFuturesVolatility beneficiary
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MSCIMSCI

NYSE · USA

ETFs and index funds track MSCI's global equity benchmarks and pay to do so. ESG, climate and portfolio-analytics data has grown quickly on top of that, sold much like a subscription.

Index providerESG & analyticsSubscription
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