Blackstone Inc. vs CME GROUP INC., two Financial Services stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BX and CME diverge most: on debt / equity, BX reads 0.67 and CME reads 0.00; on altman z (solvency), BX reads 2.54 and CME reads 0.46. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BX | CME |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $127.75 | $267.83 |
| Market cap | $100.4B | $96.8B |
| Sector | Financial Services | Financial Services |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +10.3% |
| P/E | 32.8 | 22.7 |
| P/B | 5.02 | 3.65 |
| P/S | 6.80 | 14.29 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 20.9 |
| Revenue growth | +17.1% | +5.1% |
| Operating margin | — | 64.9% |
| Net margin | 20.7% | 63.3% |
| Return on equity | 15.3% | 16.2% |
| Return on assets | 6.3% | 2.2% |
| Dividend yield | 3.7% | 1.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.67 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.02 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.54 | 0.46 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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