CME Group Inc. (CME) Stock

About CME Group Inc.

CME Group Inc. is led by CEO Terrence A. Duffy, employs 3,760 people, headquartered in Chicago, US, publicly traded since 2002.

CME Group Inc. (CME) stock trades at $305.71 with a market capitalization of $109.93B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 22.21, price-to-book of 3.57, price-to-sales of 13.98. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $218.31 and $329.16, and currently trades 7.1% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.98%.

On profitability, CME Group Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 15.53%, above the typical market range of roughly 12-15%, return on capital employed of 12.28%, an operating margin of 65.57%, a net profit margin of 63.08%.

In its most recent fiscal year, CME Group Inc. reported annual revenue of $6.5B, net profit of $4.0B. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue grew at an average annual rate of 6.0%, and net profit grew at an average annual rate of 13.9%. Over that span net profit grew faster than revenue, so net margin widened.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13 (debt below half of shareholders' equity), a current ratio of 92.64, total assets of $198.5B, $4.4B in cash and equivalents. For banks and other lenders, borrowing and deposits are part of the business model, so debt-to-equity and the current ratio read differently than for other companies.

CME has an average daily trading volume of 2,520,504 shares, a beta of 0.28 (historically less volatile than the overall market).

CME Group Inc. by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 CME Group Inc. reported revenue of $3.6B rising to $6.5B, a change of +81.4% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 6.0% a year over five years, 9.1% over three, 6.4% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $4.0B.

Operating margin went from 61.2% in 2016 to 64.9% in 2025, a gain of 3.6 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 63.08%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $6.8B and net profit $4.3B.

Borrowings fell from $39.8B to $3.8B, cash from operations was $4.3B in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 11.8% over five years, and was 14.1% in the most recent year.

The share price itself has compounded at 10.3% a year over five years, 20.7% over three, 9.7% over the last year. Past price movement is history, not a forecast.

Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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