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CME Group vs Moody's

CME Group CME · Moody's MCO · Financial Exchanges & Data

Moody's reported revenue of $7.7 billion in fiscal 2025, 1.2 times CME Group's $6.5 billion in fiscal 2025. CME Group's revenue grew 6.4% in its latest year, and Moody's grew 8.9%. CME Group had an operating margin of 64.9%, against 43.4% at Moody's. Free cash flow was $4.2 billion at CME Group and $2.6 billion at Moody's.

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CME GroupMoody's
Latest fiscal yearFY2025, Dec 31, 2025FY2025, Dec 31, 2025
Revenue$6.5B$7.7B
Revenue growth6.4%8.9%
Revenue growth a year, last 5 years6.0%7.5%
Gross margin—74.4%
Operating margin64.9%43.4%
Net margin62.5%31.9%
Free cash flow$4.2B$2.6B
Free cash flow margin64.3%33.4%
Return on capital11.8%31.1%
Net debt to EBITDA−0.3x1.2x
Dividends and buybacks$3.9B$2.3B
Change in diluted share count0.1%−1.5%
Last close$308.06$484.45
P/E at the last close25.3×29.5×
Insider trades, last 12 monthsbought $666,921, sold $30.2 millionsold $13.8 million
Piotroski F-score7 of 89 of 9
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.

Ten years

Revenue
US$ billions, fiscal years
CME GroupMoody's
Operating margin
Percent of revenue
CME GroupMoody's
Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure.
CME GroupMoody's

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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the CME Group and Moody's pages.