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CME Group Inc. CME
$263.14 -0.74% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $94.62B
High qualityWeak trend
Next earnings report: Oct 21, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 22.3× trailing earnings, lower than 90% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 5 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +1.5%).
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 45%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 43%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 36%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 27%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 34%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 16%
- Gross marginTop 12%
- Operating marginTop 3%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 39%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 36%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 34%
- Interest coverTop 3%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 39%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 34%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 45%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 6%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 11%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 43%
- 6-month returnBottom 8%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 32%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 24%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 9%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 34%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 24%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 37%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 44%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 41%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 39%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 18%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 34%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 7.5% | 5.1% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 17.9% | 14.1% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 86.5% | 81.9% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 65.3% | 65.1% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 63.7% | 62.2% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 5.1% | 7.5% | ↓ | Bottom 45% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 14.1% | 17.9% | ↓ | Bottom 43% |
| Gross margin | 81.9% | 86.5% | ↓ | Top 12% |
| Operating margin | 65.1% | 65.3% | ↓ | Top 3% |
| Net margin | 63.1% | 58.3% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 62.2% | 63.7% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 9.4% | — | Top 16% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 9.1% | — | Bottom 27% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.01×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -0.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +7.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.24×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 50.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 4.31%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.60%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.91%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 24, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 5
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +1.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 7 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $299.29
- Target vs current price
- +13.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 37
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 38%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | +2.7% | +5.0% | +9.5% | +14.4% | — |
| Apr 22, 2026 | +0.6% | +0.5% | +0.0% | +6.3% | -13.8% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | +0.7% | +0.5% | +4.7% | +9.2% | -1.8% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | +1.9% | -0.3% | -0.8% | +4.0% | +4.1% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | +1.7% | +0.7% | -0.0% | -1.1% | -2.4% |
| Apr 23, 2025 | +0.0% | -1.5% | +2.6% | +4.6% | +3.4% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | +2.4% | +3.0% | +3.7% | +6.2% | +16.7% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | +0.8% | +0.4% | +0.4% | +1.5% | +2.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | $2.99 | $2.91 | +2.7% | $1.71B |
| Apr 22, 2026 | $3.36 | $3.34 | +0.6% | $1.88B |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $2.77 | $2.75 | +0.7% | $1.65B |
| Oct 22, 2025 | $2.68 | $2.63 | +1.9% | $1.54B |
| Jul 23, 2025 | $2.96 | $2.91 | +1.7% | $1.69B |
| Apr 23, 2025 | $2.80 | $2.80 | +0.0% | $1.64B |
| Feb 12, 2025 | $2.52 | $2.46 | +2.4% | $1.53B |
| Oct 23, 2024 | $2.68 | $2.66 | +0.8% | $1.58B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 22.3× | 24.9× | 10th | Bottom 39% |
| P/E (forward) | 21.5× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 17.9× | — | — | Bottom 45% |
| EV / Sales | 14.16× | — | — | Bottom 6% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.45% | — | — | Bottom 34% |
| Earnings yield | 4.48% | — | — | Bottom 39% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 21.6× – 38.9× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -1.0%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +14.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -20.0%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +5.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -5.5%
- RSI (14)
- 41.1
- Relative volume
- 0.87×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 22.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 77th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.16
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.11
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -19.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -33.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2022 | Dec 27, 2022 | -33.1% | 194 days | 541 days (Feb 25, 2025) |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Jun 29, 2026 | -33.1% | 82 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jun 16, 2021 | Sep 21, 2021 | -15.1% | 67 days | 25 days (Oct 26, 2021) |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -12.5% | 14 days | 19 days (Nov 24, 2020) |
| Jan 12, 2021 | Jan 27, 2021 | -11.3% | 10 days | 20 days (Feb 25, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $94.62B
- P/E (TTM)
- 22.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $11.79
- Revenue (TTM)
- $6.77B
- Dividend yield
- 4.29%
- 52-week range
- $218.31 – $329.16
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.69B | $5.02B | $5.58B | $6.13B | $6.52B |
| Gross profit | $3.85B | $4.27B | $4.75B | $5.28B | $5.61B |
| Operating income | $2.65B | $3.02B | $3.44B | $3.93B | $4.23B |
| Net income | $2.64B | $2.69B | $3.23B | $3.53B | $4.04B |
| EPS (diluted) | $7.29 | $7.40 | $8.86 | $9.67 | $11.16 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.58B | $1.53B | $1.64B | $1.69B | $1.54B | $1.65B | $1.88B | $1.71B |
| Net income | $912.8M | $874.6M | $956.2M | $1.01B | $908.0M | $1.17B | $1.15B | $1.04B |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.50 | $2.40 | $2.62 | $2.81 | $2.49 | $3.24 | $3.18 | $2.88 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.40B | $3.06B | $3.45B | $3.69B | $4.28B |
| Capital expenditure | -$127.2M | -$89.7M | -$76.4M | -$94.0M | -$83.5M |
| Free cash flow | $2.28B | $2.97B | $3.38B | $3.60B | $4.19B |
| Dividends paid | -$2.19B | -$2.63B | -$3.24B | -$3.58B | -$3.93B |
| Net share buybacks | $965.0M | -$24.8M | -$21.4M | -$33.0M | -$266.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $2.28B
- Total assets
- $194.68B
- Total liabilities
- $168.22B
- Total debt
- $3.42B
- Net debt
- $1.28B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $26.52B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 24, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | $1.30 | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Jun 9, 2026 | $1.30 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Mar 10, 2026 | $7.45 | Mar 26, 2026 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | $1.25 | Dec 30, 2025 |
| Sep 9, 2025 | $1.25 | Sep 25, 2025 |
| Jun 9, 2025 | $1.25 | Jun 25, 2025 |
| Mar 7, 2025 | $1.25 | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | $5.80 | Jan 16, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 5,801,564
- Days to cover
- 3.34
- Change vs previous report
- +3.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 23, 2012
- 5-for-1