CME Group (CME) Competitors

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 dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability and risk.

Which has more volatility and risk, CME or MCO?

CME Group has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Moody's has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CME or MCO?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CME Group	$5.58B	15.03	$3.23B	$9.51	24.47
Moody's	$5.92B	14.57	$1.61B	$10.95	43.45

Is CME or MCO more profitable?

CME Group has a net margin of 57.34% compared to Moody's' net margin of 29.05%. Moody's' return on equity of 57.97% beat CME Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CME Group	57.34%	13.39%	2.81%
Moody's	29.05%	57.97%	14.60%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CME or MCO?

CME Group received 118 more outperform votes than Moody's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.35% of users gave Moody's an outperform vote while only 58.87% of users gave CME Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CME Group	Outperform Votes 664 58.87%	Underperform Votes 464 41.13%
Moody's	Outperform Votes 546 59.35%	Underperform Votes 374 40.65%

Is CME or MCO a better dividend stock?

CME Group pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Moody's pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. CME Group pays out 48.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Moody's pays out 31.1% 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. CME Group has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Moody's has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

Does the media favor CME or MCO?

In the previous week, CME Group had 3 more articles in the media than Moody's. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for CME Group and 25 mentions for Moody's. Moody's' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat CME Group's score of 0.60 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	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Moody's	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CME or MCO?

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Moody's shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate CME or MCO?

CME Group currently has a consensus target price of $229.27, indicating a potential downside of 1.48%. Moody's has a consensus target price of $506.14, indicating a potential upside of 6.39%. Given Moody's' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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	4 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.93
Moody's	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Summary

Moody's beats CME Group on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.