MCO vs SPGI vs CBOE Stock Comparison

Moodys, S&P Global and Cboe Global Markets Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
MCO Moodys Corp /De/
$483.45 +2.0% 1M +0.9% 1Y
Market cap
$83.73B
P/E
29.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.18B
Div. yield
0.01%
Financial Data and Analytics Financial Services
3 wins
SPGI S&P Global Inc.
$450.20 +10.7% 1M -6.7% 1Y
Market cap
$132.84B
P/E
27.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.12B
Div. yield
0.01%
Financial Data and Analytics Financial Services
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Cboe Global Markets leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Cboe Global Markets 6, S&P Global 3, Moodys 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMCOSPGICBOELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $83.73B $132.84B $35.02B SPGI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 29.0x 27.0x 26.0x CBOE
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 26.8x 23.9x 25.6x SPGI
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.0% +9.7% +11.7% CBOE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 35.3% 30.5% 26.6% MCO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 27.9% 12.1% 18.1% MCO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.3x 1.3x -0.5x CBOE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% SPGI
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +0.9% -6.7% +43.5% CBOE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +4.8%/yr 0.0%/yr +21.4%/yr CBOE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 28.5% 30.9% 35.9% MCO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 58/100 70/100 CBOE

Percentile Scorecard

MCOSPGICBOE

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

AxisMCOSPGICBOE
Valuation 18 #771 of 945 24 #722 of 945 55 #44 of 97
Growth 73 #219 of 822 68 #261 of 822 72 #20 of 69
Profitability 97 #26 of 835 89 #95 of 835 96 #4 of 70
Financial Health 53 #424 of 905 67 #298 of 905 81 #20 of 101
Shareholder Returns 58 #304 of 726 43 #411 of 726 46 #22 of 40
Overall 60 58 70
  • MCO ranked among 1,011 companies in Financial Services
  • SPGI ranked among 1,011 companies in Financial Services
  • CBOE ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodMCOSPGICBOESPY
1 month +2.0%+10.7%+26.3% -1.0%
3 months +2.5%+5.6%+19.1% +2.9%
6 months +6.0%+3.1%+12.1% +6.4%
Year to date -5.4%-13.9%+35.6% +11.4%
1 year +0.9%-6.7%+43.5% +13.1%
3 years +58.2%+29.4%+109.8% +79.4%
3 years, per year +16.5%+9.0%+28.0% +21.5%
5 years +26.7%-0.1%+163.2% +67.7%
5 years, per year +4.8%0.0%+21.4% +10.9%
10 years +372.9%+263.1%+432.6% +255.2%
10 years, per year +16.8%+13.8%+18.2% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureMCOSPGICBOESPY
Volatility, 1Y 28.5%30.9%35.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.2%35.5%39.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.510.34-0.40 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.03-0.221.21 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -42.2%-40.2%-36.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -10.4%-17.6%-7.2% -2.5%
52-week high $539.61$546.35$366.70 $779.14
52-week low $412.23$386.35$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.

MultipleMCOSPGICBOE
P/E now vs peer median 29.0xmedian 13.4x 27.0xmedian 13.4x 26.5xmedian 29.4x
P/S now vs peer median 10.2xmedian 3.2x 8.2xmedian 3.2x 7.0xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 21.4xmedian 5.9x 17.2xmedian 5.9x 18.5xmedian 12.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 28.0xmedian 11.1x 23.8xmedian 11.1x 19.0xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 24.4xmedian 1.2x 4.2xmedian 1.2x 6.3xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median 1.09median 0.89 0.86median 0.89 0.94median 0.51

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 monthsMCOSPGICBOE
Revenue $8.18B $16.12B $5.06B
Gross profit $6.10B $11.43B $2.74B
Operating income $3.64B $7.16B $1.76B
Net income $2.89B $5.32B $1.35B
Free cash flow $2.98B $5.57B $1.87B
EPS (diluted) $16.64 $16.66 $12.84
Cash & equivalents $1.51B $4.13B $2.28B
Total debt $6.91B $15.17B $1.44B
Shares (diluted) 173.30M 295.50M 104.90M
Enterprise value $76.65B $123.43B $26.68B

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
MetricMCOSPGICBOE
P/E 29.0x 27.0x 26.5x
P/FCF 28.0x 23.8x 19.0x
P/Operating cash flow 25.0x 23.2x 18.1x
P/S 10.2x 8.2x 7.0x
P/B 24.4x 4.2x 6.3x
P/Tangible book 48.5x 8.3x 8.0x
EV/EBITDA 21.4x 17.2x 18.5x
EV/EBIT 24.3x 20.1x 19.7x
EV/Revenue 10.8x 8.9x 6.8x
EV/FCF 29.8x 25.8x 18.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 26.6x 25.1x 17.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.09 0.86 0.94

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMCOSPGICBOE
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.0% 9.7% 11.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 12.6% 10.2% 9.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 10.3% 11.5% 23.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.6% 12.9% 14.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 16.0% 22.0% 35.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 23.3% 25.5% 21.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 28.5% 22.3% 50.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 24.0% 26.8% 27.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 33.1% 27.1% 50.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 26.5% 31.4% 28.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 22.5% 2.6% 4,740%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 17.5% 20.3% 52.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 24.1% 3.0% 1,757%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 18.8% 20.5% 55.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMCOSPGICBOE
Gross margin 74.6% 70.9% 54.1%
EBITDA margin 50.6% 51.9% 37.1%
Operating margin 44.6% 44.4% 34.7%
Pretax margin 45.2% 42.6% 37.4%
Net margin 35.3% 30.5% 26.6%
FCF margin 36.4% 34.6% 37.0%
Operating cash flow margin 40.7% 35.5% 38.8%
Return on equity 87.8% 16.9% 24.6%
Return on assets 19.6% 8.6% 12.5%
Return on invested capital 27.9% 12.1% 18.1%
Return on capital employed 31.8% 13.6% 24.9%
Asset turnover 0.6x 0.3x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.1x 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 2.8% 1.5% 1.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMCOSPGICBOE
Debt / assets 46.6% 24.1% 13.6%
Debt / equity 2.0x 0.5x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.3x 1.3x -0.5x
Debt / FCF 2.3x 2.7x 0.8x
Liabilities / assets 77.0% 49.7% 47.0%
Equity / assets 23.0% 50.3% 53.0%
Interest coverage – 22.7x 33.1x
Current ratio 1.3x 1.0x 1.6x
Quick ratio 1.3x 0.8x 0.8x
Cash ratio 0.5x 0.5x 0.6x
Altman Z-score 7.67 3.74 6.10

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMCOSPGICBOE
Dividend yield 0.8% 0.9% 0.9%
Net buyback yield 3.5% 3.5% 0.2%
Shareholder yield 4.4% 4.4% 1.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) 24.6% 21.7% 22.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) 23.8% 20.7% 16.2%
Dividend growth (1Y) 3.0% 0.4% 14.1%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 8.8% 0.8% –

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.

ConsensusMCOSPGICBOE
Forward P/E 26.8xFY2026 23.9xFY2026 25.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $18.07FY2026 $18.87FY2026 $13.28FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +21.0%FY2026 +11.9%FY2026 +24.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -1.2% +12.9% +6.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.74BFY2026 $15.46BFY2026 $2.99BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +13.2%FY2026 +0.8%FY2026 +23.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -1.8% +6.6% +4.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMCOSPGICBOE
Held by institutions 90.8% 87.5% 88.4%
Institutions holding 1,404 2,001 985
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.6% +1.6% +1.2%
Institutions buying 644 871 523
Institutions selling 522 876 342
Buyers to sellers 1.23 0.99 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.

MCOSPGICBOE
MCO 1.00 0.88 0.08
SPGI 0.88 1.00 0.15
CBOE 0.08 0.15 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MCO, SPGI and CBOE?

S&P Global (SPGI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Moodys (MCO) $83.73B, S&P Global (SPGI) $132.84B, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) $35.02B.

Which stock is cheaper, MCO, SPGI and CBOE?

Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Moodys (MCO) 29.0x, S&P Global (SPGI) 27.0x, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) 26.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, S&P Global (SPGI) is cheapest (Moodys (MCO) 26.8x, S&P Global (SPGI) 23.9x, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) 25.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Moodys (MCO) +9.0%, S&P Global (SPGI) +9.7%, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) +11.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Moodys (MCO) has the highest net margin (Moodys (MCO) 35.3%, S&P Global (SPGI) 30.5%, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) 26.6%). On return on invested capital, Moodys (MCO) leads (Moodys (MCO) 27.9%, S&P Global (SPGI) 12.1%, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) 18.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) returned the most: Moodys (MCO) +0.9%, S&P Global (SPGI) -6.7%, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) +43.5%. Over five years, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) compounded fastest (Moodys (MCO) +4.8%/yr, S&P Global (SPGI) 0.0%/yr, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) +21.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

S&P Global (SPGI) has the highest dividend yield: Moodys (MCO) 0.01%, S&P Global (SPGI) 0.01%, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) 0.01%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Moodys (MCO) has been the steadiest (Moodys (MCO) 28.5%, S&P Global (SPGI) 30.9%, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) 35.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MCO, SPGI 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 6. 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.