CME vs MSCI vs CBOE Stock Comparison

Cme, Msci and Cboe Global Markets Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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CME Cme Group Inc.
$296.42 +12.6% 1M +13.3% 1Y
Market cap
$108.40B
P/E
24.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.97B
Div. yield
–
Exchanges Financial Services
4 wins
MSCI MSCI Inc.
$618.71 +14.6% 1M +9.0% 1Y
Market cap
$44.88B
P/E
32.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.43B
Div. yield
0.01%
Financial Data and Analytics Financial Services
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Cboe Global Markets leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Cboe Global Markets 5, Cme 4, Msci 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCMEMSCICBOELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $108.40B $44.88B $34.77B CME
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 24.6x 32.4x 25.8x CME
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 25.2x 29.8x 23.7x CBOE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.0% +12.3% +11.7% MSCI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 63.3% 40.3% 26.6% CME
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 11.7% 44.1% 18.1% MSCI
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.2x 3.1x -0.5x CBOE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.01% 0.01% MSCI
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +13.3% +9.0% +35.1% CBOE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +6.1%/yr -1.4%/yr +19.0%/yr CBOE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 25.3% 29.5% 36.1% CME
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 61/100 53/100 69/100 CBOE

Percentile Scorecard

CMEMSCICBOE

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCMEMSCICBOE
Valuation 43 #55 of 96 23 #727 of 941 55 #44 of 96
Growth 22 #51 of 65 58 #258 of 615 67 #22 of 65
Profitability 89 #8 of 65 97 #19 of 586 97 #3 of 65
Financial Health 59 #39 of 93 27 #485 of 667 84 #16 of 93
Shareholder Returns 92 #4 of 40 62 #272 of 704 44 #23 of 40
Overall 61 53 69
  • CME ranked among 110 companies in Capital Markets
  • MSCI ranked among 1,003 companies in Financial Services
  • CBOE ranked among 110 companies in Capital Markets

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCMEMSCICBOESPY
1 month +12.6%+14.6%+20.1% +0.7%
3 months +10.9%+7.5%+5.4% +3.7%
6 months +3.0%+4.6%+4.7% +7.1%
Year to date +8.5%+7.8%+25.2% +12.8%
1 year +13.3%+9.0%+35.1% +11.9%
3 years +40.3%+28.4%+92.3% +85.2%
3 years, per year +11.9%+8.7%+24.4% +22.8%
5 years +34.4%-6.9%+138.2% +67.6%
5 years, per year +6.1%-1.4%+19.0% +10.9%
10 years +196.7%+683.7%+397.0% +262.0%
10 years, per year +11.5%+22.9%+17.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureCMEMSCICBOESPY
Volatility, 1Y 25.3%29.5%36.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 27.7%31.4%39.3% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.380.28-0.42 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.530.310.97 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -33.1%-43.9%-36.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -9.2%-3.9%-14.3% -1.2%
52-week high $326.46$643.83$366.70 $779.14
52-week low $218.58$511.84$231.51 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCMEMSCICBOE
P/E now vs peer median 24.0xmedian 29.6x 32.2xmedian 13.0x 24.4xmedian 29.6x
P/S now vs peer median 15.2xmedian 3.1x 12.9xmedian 3.2x 6.5xmedian 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 22.0xmedian 13.0x 24.0xmedian 7.7x 17.0xmedian 13.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 24.5xmedian 16.5x 28.2xmedian 10.7x 17.5xmedian 16.5x
P/B now vs peer median 4.0xmedian 2.3x -14.7xmedian 1.2x 5.8xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 1.75median 0.48 1.94median 0.90 0.87median 0.48

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCMEMSCICBOE
Revenue $6.97B $3.43B $5.06B
Gross profit – $2.85B $2.74B
Operating income $4.58B $1.91B $1.76B
Net income $4.42B $1.38B $1.35B
Free cash flow $4.33B $1.58B $1.87B
R&D – $184.30M –
EPS (diluted) $12.31 $19.14 $12.84
Cash & equivalents $2.20B $261.00M $2.28B
Total debt $13.69B $6.72B $1.44B
Shares (diluted) 358.64M 72.30M 104.90M
Enterprise value $96.74B $43.36B $26.42B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCMEMSCICBOE
P/E 24.0x 32.2x 24.4x
P/FCF 24.5x 28.2x 17.5x
P/Operating cash flow 23.9x 27.5x 16.7x
P/S 15.2x 12.9x 6.5x
P/B 4.0x -14.7x 5.8x
P/Tangible book 4.4x -11.3x 7.4x
EV/EBITDA 22.0x 24.0x 17.0x
EV/EBIT 23.4x 26.6x 18.2x
EV/Revenue 15.4x 14.8x 6.3x
EV/FCF 24.7x 32.3x 17.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 24.2x 31.5x 16.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.75 1.94 0.87

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCMEMSCICBOE
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.0% 12.3% 11.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.2% 12.4% 9.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 13.0% 23.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 12.7% 14.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 10.1% 15.4% 35.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 12.2% 13.0% 21.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 17.3% 13.1% 50.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 13.1% 13.0% 27.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 19.4% 19.8% 50.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 13.7% 16.6% 28.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 6.4% 6.4% 4,740%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.3% 11.6% 52.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 6.1% 6.7% 1,757%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.4% 11.4% 55.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCMEMSCICBOE
Gross margin – 82.9% 54.1%
EBITDA margin 69.8% 61.6% 37.1%
Operating margin 65.7% 55.7% 34.7%
Pretax margin 82.8% 47.3% 37.4%
Net margin 63.3% 40.3% 26.6%
FCF margin 62.1% 45.9% 37.0%
Operating cash flow margin 63.5% 47.0% 38.8%
Return on equity 16.6% – 24.6%
Return on assets 2.3% 24.7% 12.5%
Return on invested capital 11.7% 44.1% 18.1%
Return on capital employed 12.3% 47.5% 24.9%
Asset turnover 0.0x 0.6x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.0x 1.2x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 1.4% 3.7% 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCMEMSCICBOE
Debt / assets 1.8% 120.0% 13.6%
Debt / equity 0.1x -2.2x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.2x 3.1x -0.5x
Debt / FCF 0.8x 4.3x 0.8x
Liabilities / assets 86.2% 153.9% 47.0%
Equity / assets 13.8% -53.9% 53.0%
Interest coverage 26.2x 6.9x 33.1x
Current ratio 1.0x 0.8x 1.6x
Quick ratio 0.0x 0.7x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.2x 0.6x
Altman Z-score 0.56 6.29 5.77

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCMEMSCICBOE
Dividend yield 3.4% 1.3% 1.0%
Net buyback yield – 4.6% 0.2%
Shareholder yield 3.4% 5.9% 1.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 42.1% 22.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 37.0% 16.2%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 6.7% 14.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 10.5% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCMEMSCICBOE
Forward P/E 25.2xFY2026 29.8xFY2026 23.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $11.74FY2026 $20.78FY2026 $13.28FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +4.8%FY2026 +20.3%FY2026 +24.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +19.0% +5.3% +6.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.27BFY2026 $3.73BFY2026 $2.99BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +11.6%FY2026 +19.2%FY2026 +23.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.0% +9.7% +4.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCMEMSCICBOE
Held by institutions 88.9% 92.4% 88.4%
Institutions holding 1,692 1,081 986
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.4% +3.6% +1.2%
Institutions buying 822 513 524
Institutions selling 656 407 342
Buyers to sellers 1.25 1.26 1.53

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CMEMSCICBOE
CME 1.00 0.30 0.61
MSCI 0.30 1.00 0.15
CBOE 0.61 0.15 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CME, MSCI and CBOE?

Cme (CME) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cme (CME) $108.40B, Msci (MSCI) $44.88B, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) $34.77B.

Which stock is cheaper, CME, MSCI and CBOE?

Cme (CME) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cme (CME) 24.6x, Msci (MSCI) 32.4x, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) 25.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) is cheapest (Cme (CME) 25.2x, Msci (MSCI) 29.8x, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) 23.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Msci (MSCI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cme (CME) +9.0%, Msci (MSCI) +12.3%, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) +11.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Cme (CME) has the highest net margin (Cme (CME) 63.3%, Msci (MSCI) 40.3%, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) 26.6%). On return on invested capital, Msci (MSCI) leads (Cme (CME) 11.7%, Msci (MSCI) 44.1%, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) 18.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) returned the most: Cme (CME) +13.3%, Msci (MSCI) +9.0%, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) +35.1%. Over five years, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) compounded fastest (Cme (CME) +6.1%/yr, Msci (MSCI) -1.4%/yr, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) +19.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Msci (MSCI) has the highest dividend yield: Cme (CME) 0.00%, Msci (MSCI) 0.01%, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) 0.01%. Cme (CME) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Cme (CME) has been the steadiest (Cme (CME) 25.3%, Msci (MSCI) 29.5%, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) 36.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CME, MSCI and CBOE?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.