Cme Group Inc. (CME)
Financials · Financial Exchanges & Data · US stock · S&P 500 component
$293.87
▲ +4.41 (1.52%)
Fair valueFair
$243 −17.1% to fair value
$122fair band $170–$317$365
Day's range
$289.50 – $293.97
52-week range
$217.29 – $318.32
About Cme Group Inc.
CME Group operates derivatives exchanges and clearing houses where traders hedge and speculate on interest rates, stock indexes, currencies, energy, metals and agricultural products. Its exchanges include the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade, NYMEX and COMEX. Banks, asset managers, commercial companies, farmers, energy firms and individual traders use its markets, and the company also provides market data and clearing services.
CME earns fees on every contract traded and cleared, and also from market data subscriptions and other services, so revenue tends to follow trading volumes. Sales for the last twelve months were $6.8 billion, up 9.1% a year across the last three years. The operating margin is 65.1%, and the business earns a profit of 14% on the capital invested in it. Shareholders receive a dividend with a yield of 3.8%. On the site's X-Ray Score it receives 44 out of 100.
Written with AI from public information and the filing figures on this page, then checked automatically for unsupported numbers. It can contain mistakes: read the company's own filings below before relying on it.
Price chart
52-wk range $217.29 – $318.32Volume 2,180,200Daily, split-adjusted
Vitals
Market cap$106.2B
52-week range$217.29 – $318.32
Volume (last day)2,180,200
P/E (TTM)24.8
EBIT / EV yield4.2%
Free-cash-flow yield4.0%
Dividend yield3.8%
Revenue (TTM)$6.8B
Net income (TTM)$4.3B
Operating margin65.1%
Return on capital13.7%
Debt incl. leasesData missing
Cash & securities$2.3B
Debt = borrowings plus lease liabilities. Cash & securities = cash, equivalents and short-term marketable securities (long-term securities are not counted, so net cash can be understated for companies like Apple). Net debt = debt minus cash & securities. Source: latest SEC 10-Q/10-K. EBIT / EV yield = operating profit divided by market cap plus net debt.
Fair value estimate
$243model spread $217 – $266
Fair
−17.1% to fair value
Equal blend of three models: peer multiples, a fundamentals-adjusted multiple (growth, ROIC and margin) and a 10-year DCF scaled to the market's average. Earnings-power value (no growth) is a floor and not part of the blend. Model uncertainty is Medium, so the safety margin is 30%.
Price $294
Undervalued < $170Fair $170 – $317Overvalued > $317
10-year DCF (market-scaled)
$371
Peer multiples
$161
Earnings power floor (not blended)
$142
Fundamentals-adjusted multiple
$199
Growth the price implies
10.0%/yr
A model estimate, not a price target or recommendation. Inputs: risk-free 5.09%, equity risk premium 4.23% (Damodaran). How it works.
What this means
Weak business, fairly priced
The price sits inside our fair-value band. A high score does not guarantee a good outcome; it shifts the odds a little. Use the checklist as a prompt for your own research.
Before you invest · decision checklist
Ticked boxes are filled in from our data; the rest are yours to answer.
The five-lens scan
Every score explained in one sentence, ranked against Financials peers. Open a lens to see the numbers behind it.
Valuation
Weak
27/100
Expensive against its sector on earnings and cash flow.
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EBIT / EV yield4.2%
Free-cash-flow yield4.0%
Fair value vs price0.8×
Growth
Weak
48/100
Growing slower than most of its sector.
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Revenue growth (3y)9.1%
EPS growth (3y)14.7%
Growth consistency90%
Profitability
Fair
60/100
Returns on capital are typical for its sector.
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Return on invested capital13.7%
Operating margin65.1%
Financial health
Weak
39/100
Balance sheet is more stretched than most peers.
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Piotroski F-Score6 / 9
Interest coverNo interest cost
Dividends
Fair
54/100
Dividend is typical for its sector.
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Dividend yield3.8%
Dividends vs free cash flow97%
Dividend growth14.3%
Quarterly results: last 6 quarters
+10.4%
Mar '25
+10.4%
Jun '25
-3.0%
Sep '25
+8.1%
Dec '25
+14.5%
Mar '26
+0.8%
Jun '26
Revenue against the same quarter a year earlier. Latest quarter revenue $1.7B, diluted EPS $2.88.
Compare with peers
CBOE Cboe Global Markets, I...64 MCO Moodys Corp62 FDS Factset Research Syste...59 MSCI MSCI Inc.56Other Financial Exchanges & Data companies by X-Ray Score.
Fundamentals checklist
● 2 Good · ● 8 Average · ● 4 BadCash quality
Earnings backed by cashBad
Free-cash-flow yieldBad
Risk models
Altman Z''Bad
Piotroski F-ScoreAverage
Growth
EPS growth (3y)Average
Free-cash-flow growth (3y)Average
Revenue growth (3y)Average
Growth consistencyAverage
Balance sheet
Current ratioAverage
Interest coverGood
Valuation
Fair value vs priceAverage
EBIT / EV yieldBad
Profitability
Return on invested capitalAverage
Operating marginGood
Each check is graded against the company's sector, not a fixed number. Checklist score 46/100.
Financials
| FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.7B | $5.0B | $5.6B | $6.1B | $6.5B |
| Operating income | $2.6B | $3.0B | $3.4B | $3.9B | $4.2B |
| Net income | $2.6B | $2.7B | $3.2B | $3.5B | $4.1B |
| Operating cash flow | $2.4B | $3.1B | $3.5B | $3.7B | $4.3B |
| Operating margin | 56.4% | 60.1% | 61.6% | 64.1% | 64.9% |
| Free cash flow | $2.3B | $3.0B | $3.4B | $3.6B | $4.2B |
| Diluted EPS | $7.29 | $7.40 | $8.86 | $9.67 | $11.16 |
Fiscal years, from SEC filings.
Technical summary
Daily
Bullish
12 bullish · 0 neutral · 4 bearish
Weekly
Strongly bullish
11 bullish · 1 neutral · 0 bearish
Monthly
Strongly bullish
7 bullish · 1 neutral · 0 bearish
Moving averages (daily)
| SMA 10 | 279.2 | Bullish |
| EMA 10 | 281.1 | Bullish |
| SMA 20 | 272.8 | Bullish |
| EMA 20 | 276.7 | Bullish |
| SMA 50 | 273.2 | Bullish |
| EMA 50 | 272.0 | Bullish |
| SMA 100 | 261.3 | Bullish |
| EMA 100 | 270.0 | Bullish |
| SMA 200 | 275.2 | Bullish |
| EMA 200 | 269.1 | Bullish |
Oscillators (daily)
| RSI (14) | 71.56 | Bearish |
| MACD (12, 26) | 4.31 | Bullish |
| Momentum (12) | 12.17 | Bullish |
| Stochastic %K (14) | 99.71 | Bearish |
| Williams %R (14) | -0.29 | Bearish |
| CCI (20) | 185.9 | Bearish |
Pivot points (classic, last session)
S3 286.5 | S2 288.0 | S1 290.9 | Pivot 292.4 | R1 295.4 | R2 296.9 | R3 299.9 |
Signals describe what the chart is doing, not what to do. Moving averages: price above the average is bullish. Oscillators use the usual thresholds (RSI 30/70, Stochastic 20/80, CCI ±100, Williams %R −80/−20; MACD and momentum above zero are bullish). Weekly and monthly views use closing prices only.
Dividends
Paid, last 12 months
11.30 USD
Yield on today's price
3.85%
Frequency
Quarterly
Next ex-dividend date
Not announced
| Ex-dividend date | Amount per share |
|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 | 1.3000 |
| 9 Jun 2026 | 1.3000 |
| 10 Mar 2026 | 7.4500 |
| 12 Dec 2025 | 1.2500 |
| 9 Sep 2025 | 1.2500 |
| 9 Jun 2025 | 1.2500 |
| 7 Mar 2025 | 1.2500 |
| 27 Dec 2024 | 5.8000 |
| 9 Dec 2024 | 1.1500 |
| 9 Sep 2024 | 1.1500 |
| 7 Jun 2024 | 1.1500 |
| 7 Mar 2024 | 1.1500 |
Ex-dividend dates and amounts from EODHD. Shown as declared, before tax.
CME SEC filings
25 Sep 2026
8-KSEC EDGAR
Current report
9 Sep 2026
8-KSEC EDGAR
Director or officer change
11 Aug 2026
8-KSEC EDGAR
Regulation FD disclosure
24 Jul 2026
10-QSEC EDGAR
Quarterly report
22 Jul 2026
8-KSEC EDGAR
Results of operations
17 Jun 2026
8-KSEC EDGAR
Director or officer change; Regulation FD disclosure
10 Jun 2026
8-KSEC EDGAR
Shareholder vote results
19 May 2026
8-KSEC EDGAR
Shareholder vote results
Where the numbers come from
Statements SEC EDGAR filings (10-K, 10-Q), quarters derived from year-to-date figures.
Prices end-of-day closes, split-adjusted.
Industry inputs beta, multiples and equity risk premium from Damodaran Online (NYU Stern).
StocksXray is for education only and is not financial advice. Scores and fair values are model estimates from public filings and carry uncertainty.