Moody’svs.Nasdaq
MCO vs NDAQ · 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.
Moody’s is about 1.7× larger than Nasdaq by market cap; Nasdaq trades at the lower P/E (26.1 vs 34.1); year to date, Moody’s leads (−4.6% vs −9.3%).
Side by side
| MCO | NDAQ | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $85.1B | $49.8B |
| Price | $493.72 | $88.89 |
| Today | +1.3% | +0.9% |
| Return YTD | −4.6% | −9.3% |
| Return 1Y | −3.6% | −2.9% |
| P/E | 34.1 | 26.1 |
| P/S | 10.8 | 6.0 |
| P/B | 28.4 | 4.1 |
Data as of 2026-07-13 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
Moody’sMCO
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.
Full MCO profile →NasdaqNDAQ
Operator of the Nasdaq stock market, increasingly a financial-technology and data company selling listing, index, analytics and anti-financial-crime software.
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