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Multi Commodity Exchange of IndiaMCX.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Financials›Investment Banks/Brokers

India's leading commodity derivatives exchange, offering futures trading in gold, silver, crude oil, base metals and agricultural commodities.

≈ India's CME Group (commodities segment)Momentum leader 91
Mkt cap
$9.51B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
85%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$75.0M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
50.8×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 15.8%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
83 days
28 Jan 2027
Close · INR₹3,528
1D+4.8%
1W+10.6%
1M+4.9%
3M+33.6%
6M+15.9%
YTD+58.4%
1Y+93.8%
ATR %3.8%
Beta0.98
52w lowhigh0.6% off high

What Multi Commodity Exchange of India does

India's leading commodity derivatives exchange, offering futures trading in gold, silver, crude oil, base metals and agricultural commodities.

Earns a transaction fee on each contract traded through brokers, with clearing, data and membership fees added. Volume depends on price volatility in gold, crude and metals and on rules from SEBI, the markets regulator, which took over commodity-market oversight in 2015.

In one line: India's CME Group (commodities segment).

Products and services

  • Commodity futures/options trading platform
  • Market data services

Customers

  • Commodity traders/hedgers
  • Brokers
  • Institutional investors

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financials
  • Exchanges
  • Commodity derivatives exchange - India

What could go right

  • Rising retail/institutional commodity trading volumes
  • New product launches

What could go wrong

  • Regulatory (SEBI) policy changes on margins/contracts
  • Trading volume cyclicality

Moat: wide (network effects, regulatory licence, scale). Dominant liquidity and first-mover network effects make MCX India's de facto commodity derivatives exchange.

Headquarters: Mumbai, India · Founded: 2003 · Employees: 478

Named competitors

  • National Stock Exchange of India (commodity segment) private or unlisted
  • ICEX (smaller rival) private or unlisted
  • BSE Ltd BSE.NS

Multi Commodity Exchange of India at a glance

Size Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX.NS) is an India Financials company (Investment Banks/Brokers) with a market value of $9.51B, the 129th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹3,528 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 15.9%, against -4.2% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 122.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.4%); the operating margin is 78.8% (peer median 36.9%).

Valuation It trades at 50.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.6× (most expensive of 21).

Next results Next results expected around 28 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026MCX.NS 114Peer median 97
Six months, rebased to 100: Multi Commodity Exchange of India against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Multi Commodity Exchange of India financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹32.3B₹24.2B₹12.0B₹7.53B₹5.80B
Revenue growth—+102%+59%+30%—
Gross profit₹31.4B₹23.2B₹11.2B₹7.14B₹5.56B
EBITDA₹26.2B₹18.8B₹8.04B₹1.64B₹2.20B
Net income₹18.0B₹13.3B₹5.60B₹831M₹1.49B
Free cash flown/a₹32.4B₹9.33B₹3.91B₹1.12B
Capital expendituren/a₹723M₹959M₹1.43B₹713M
Total debt₹90.8M₹47.6M₹10.1M₹16.6M₹15.5M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Multi Commodity Exchange of India competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%-20%0%600958ASXHLISAVE601788601901VIRTJEFEVRFRHCXP006800XINVP8697601456ALLFGFUTUSNEX8601MCX.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Multi Commodity Exchange of India is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+50%+100%20×40×600958ASXHLISAVE601788601901VIRTJEFEVRFRHCXP0068008697FUTUSNEXMCX.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Multi Commodity Exchange of India is the large dot.

Multi Commodity Exchange of India competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (MCX.NS vs BSE.NS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Multi Commodity Exchange of India MCX.NS$9.51B+16%+122%79%50.8×n/a
BSE BSE.NS$16.4B-4%+58%65%47.0×n/a

How Multi Commodity Exchange of India compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Multi Commodity Exchange of India against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureMCX.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+4.9%+2.4%7th highest of 21
6-month return+15.9%-4.2%3rd highest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-0.6%-23.4%highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+122.2%+8.4%highest of 21
Operating margin78.8%36.9%2nd highest of 21
Forward P/E50.8×13.6×most expensive of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Multi Commodity Exchange of India MCX.NSIndia$9.51B+16%+122%79%50.8×n/an/a
Orient Securities 600958.SSChina$10.00B-10%-5%28%11.1×n/an/a
ASX ASX.AXAustralia$9.02B+15%+3%65%24.2×n/an/a
Houlihan Lokey HLIUnited States$10.1B-5%0%20%18.0×n/an/a
Nordnet SAVE.STSweden$8.70B+13%+11%58%23.7×n/an/a
Everbright Securities 601788.SSChina$8.70B-9%-4%36%14.6×n/an/a
Founder Securities 601901.SSChina$8.52B-4%-21%47%11.7×n/an/a
Virtu Financial VIRTUnited States$8.37B+5%+28%38%7.8×n/an/a
Jefferies Financial JEFUnited States$10.9B-11%+26%41%11.3×n/an/a
Evercore EVRUnited States$10.9B-17%+37%22%14.2×n/an/a
Freedom FRHCUnited States$11.4B+28%+8%29%39.7×n/an/a
XP Inc. Class A XPUnited States$7.83B-21%+17%32%6.7×n/an/a
Mirae Asset Sec 006800.KSSouth Korea$7.57B-66%+5%114%4.0×n/an/a
TMX X.TOCanada$12.1B+10%+4%28%22.8×n/an/a
Investec INVP.LUnited Kingdom$7.34B+3%-4%37%7.1×n/an/a
Japan Exchange 8697.TJapan$13.4B+11%+40%61%19.7×n/an/a
Guolian Minsheng Securities 601456.SSChina$6.75B-13%+9%25%20.1×n/an/a
Allfunds ALLFG.ASNetherlands$6.69B+18%+1%43%20.5×n/an/a
Futu Holdings Ltd. Sponsored ADR FUTUUnited States$13.7B-32%+44%69%6.8×n/an/a
StoneX SNEXUnited States$6.55B-33%+21%2%13.0×n/an/a
Daiwa Securities 8601.TJapan$14.0B+11%+18%17%10.8×n/an/a

Questions

Who are Multi Commodity Exchange of India's main competitors?
Named competitors: National Stock Exchange of India (commodity segment) (private or unlisted), ICEX (smaller rival) (private or unlisted), BSE Ltd (BSE.NS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Orient Securities (600958.SS), ASX (ASX.AX), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), Nordnet (SAVE.ST), Everbright Securities (601788.SS), Founder Securities (601901.SS).
Is Multi Commodity Exchange of India expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 50.8× against a peer median of 13.6×, most expensive of 21 in its peer set.
How has Multi Commodity Exchange of India stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +15.9% against -4.2% for the median peer; over one year +93.8%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.