SPGI vs MCO vs CBOE Stock Comparison

S&P Global, Moodys and Cboe Global Markets Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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
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

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.

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

Percentile Scorecard

SPGIMCOCBOE

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

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

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

Risk

MeasureSPGIMCOCBOESPY
Volatility, 1Y 30.9%28.5%35.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 35.5%30.2%39.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.340.51-0.40 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.220.031.21 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -40.2%-42.2%-36.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -17.6%-10.4%-7.2% -2.5%
52-week high $546.35$539.61$366.70 $779.14
52-week low $386.35$412.23$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.

MultipleSPGIMCOCBOE
P/E now vs peer median 27.0xmedian 13.4x 29.0xmedian 13.4x 26.5xmedian 29.4x
P/S now vs peer median 8.2xmedian 3.2x 10.2xmedian 3.2x 7.0xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 17.2xmedian 5.9x 21.4xmedian 5.9x 18.5xmedian 12.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 23.8xmedian 11.1x 28.0xmedian 11.1x 19.0xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 4.2xmedian 1.2x 24.4xmedian 1.2x 6.3xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.86median 0.89 1.09median 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 monthsSPGIMCOCBOE
Revenue $16.12B $8.18B $5.06B
Gross profit $11.43B $6.10B $2.74B
Operating income $7.16B $3.64B $1.76B
Net income $5.32B $2.89B $1.35B
Free cash flow $5.57B $2.98B $1.87B
EPS (diluted) $16.66 $16.64 $12.84
Cash & equivalents $4.13B $1.51B $2.28B
Total debt $15.17B $6.91B $1.44B
Shares (diluted) 295.50M 173.30M 104.90M
Enterprise value $123.43B $76.65B $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
MetricSPGIMCOCBOE
P/E 27.0x 29.0x 26.5x
P/FCF 23.8x 28.0x 19.0x
P/Operating cash flow 23.2x 25.0x 18.1x
P/S 8.2x 10.2x 7.0x
P/B 4.2x 24.4x 6.3x
P/Tangible book 8.3x 48.5x 8.0x
EV/EBITDA 17.2x 21.4x 18.5x
EV/EBIT 20.1x 24.3x 19.7x
EV/Revenue 8.9x 10.8x 6.8x
EV/FCF 25.8x 29.8x 18.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 25.1x 26.6x 17.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.86 1.09 0.94

Growth

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

Profitability

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

Financial Health

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

Shareholder Returns

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

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.

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

Institutional Ownership

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

SPGIMCOCBOE
SPGI 1.00 0.88 0.15
MCO 0.88 1.00 0.08
CBOE 0.15 0.08 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SPGI, MCO and CBOE?

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

Which stock is cheaper, SPGI, MCO and CBOE?

Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (S&P Global (SPGI) 27.0x, Moodys (MCO) 29.0x, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) 26.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, S&P Global (SPGI) is cheapest (S&P Global (SPGI) 23.9x, Moodys (MCO) 26.8x, 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: S&P Global (SPGI) +9.7%, Moodys (MCO) +9.0%, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) +11.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

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

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) returned the most: S&P Global (SPGI) -6.7%, Moodys (MCO) +0.9%, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) +43.5%. Over five years, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) compounded fastest (S&P Global (SPGI) 0.0%/yr, Moodys (MCO) +4.8%/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: S&P Global (SPGI) 0.01%, Moodys (MCO) 0.01%, Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) 0.01%.

Which stock is riskier?

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

Which is the better stock, SPGI, MCO 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.