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MCO vs. CME, ICE, IBKR, NDAQ, MSCI, MKTX, AROW, PHH, SPGI, and EFX

Should you be buying Moody's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Moody's include CME Group (CME), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Nasdaq (NDAQ), MSCI (MSCI), MarketAxess (MKTX), Arrow Financial (AROW), PHH (PHH), S&P Global (SPGI), and Equifax (EFX).

Moody's vs.

CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) and Moody's (NYSE:MCO) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.

CME Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Moody's. CME Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Moody's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CME Group$6.28B16.14$3.53B$9.9428.32
Moody's$7.23B11.48$2.06B$11.5839.83

In the previous week, CME Group had 14 more articles in the media than Moody's. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for CME Group and 29 mentions for Moody's. Moody's' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat CME Group's score of 1.07 indicating that Moody's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CME Group
26 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Moody's
23 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

87.8% of CME Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of Moody's shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of CME Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Moody's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

CME Group has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moody's has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

CME Group received 120 more outperform votes than Moody's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.97% of users gave Moody's an outperform vote while only 58.59% of users gave CME Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CME GroupOutperform Votes
672
58.59%
Underperform Votes
475
41.41%
Moody'sOutperform Votes
552
58.97%
Underperform Votes
384
41.03%

CME Group pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Moody's pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. CME Group pays out 50.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Moody's pays out 32.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Moody's has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

CME Group presently has a consensus price target of $256.80, indicating a potential downside of 8.77%. Moody's has a consensus price target of $515.87, indicating a potential upside of 11.84%. Given Moody's' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Moody's is more favorable than CME Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CME Group
3 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Moody's
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

CME Group has a net margin of 57.52% compared to Moody's' net margin of 29.03%. Moody's' return on equity of 58.94% beat CME Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CME Group57.52% 13.62% 2.81%
Moody's 29.03%58.94%14.87%

Summary

Moody's beats CME Group on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MCO vs. The Competition

MetricMoody'sConsumer credit reporting agencies, mercantile reporting agencies, IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$82.95B$42.55B$11.20B$19.14B
Dividend Yield0.85%1.00%5.76%4.00%
P/E Ratio40.9139.6022.2633.24
Price / Sales11.485.2126.3728.20
Price / Cash34.2117.9917.6017.52
Price / Book22.276.152.694.52
Net Income$2.06B$984.76M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance5.10%1.32%1.18%1.39%
1 Month Performance-2.21%-1.09%-0.08%-2.77%
1 Year Performance22.54%16.84%538.16%4.66%

Moody's Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MCO
Moody's
4.6438 of 5 stars
$464.84
+2.9%
$515.87
+11.0%
+21.3%$83.59B$7.23B41.2314,400Positive News
CME
CME Group
4.4258 of 5 stars
$268.09
+0.7%
$256.80
-4.2%
+33.2%$96.61B$6.28B27.723,460Insider Trade
Positive News
ICE
Intercontinental Exchange
4.0947 of 5 stars
$163.63
+0.2%
$182.47
+11.5%
+32.8%$94.00B$11.76B34.238,910Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
IBKR
Interactive Brokers Group
3.5313 of 5 stars
$169.35
+0.0%
$207.88
+22.7%
+49.1%$71.56B$9.43B23.992,820Gap Up
NDAQ
Nasdaq
4.6992 of 5 stars
$75.10
-0.3%
$85.18
+13.4%
+27.2%$43.12B$7.82B39.116,380Short Interest ↓
Positive News
MSCI
MSCI
4.8106 of 5 stars
$535.79
+0.1%
$645.36
+20.5%
+16.4%$41.61B$2.92B38.114,760Positive News
MKTX
MarketAxess
4.4853 of 5 stars
$218.63
-0.2%
$252.11
+15.3%
+8.6%$8.24B$817.10M30.07740Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
AROW
Arrow Financial
4.258 of 5 stars
$24.74
flat
$31.00
+25.3%
+4.8%$413.60M$139.81M13.98510Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
PHH
PHH
N/A$13.78
-3.4%
N/AN/A$361.04M$2.38M0.0033
SPGI
S&P Global
4.6899 of 5 stars
$478.86
-0.2%
$591.86
+23.6%
+20.0%$150.29B$14.21B38.7740,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
EFX
Equifax
4.8855 of 5 stars
$256.37
0.0%
$292.00
+13.9%
+18.2%$31.84B$5.73B53.0814,000Insider Trade
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
Positive News

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