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Ticker
CME

Price
303.23
Stock movement up
+0.16 (0.05%)
Company name
CME Group Inc
Exchange
(NASDAQ
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Financial Services >
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
Market cap
109.01B
Ent value
274.29B
Price/Sales
16.72
Price/Book
3.79
Div yield
1.65%
Div growth
28.23%
Growth years
10
FCF payout
162.33%
Trailing P/E
26.95
Forward P/E
24.02
PEG
6.28
EPS growth
13.84%
1 year return (CAGR)
21.24%
3 year return (CAGR)
18.35%
5 year return (CAGR)
9.57%
10 year return (CAGR)
12.89%
Last updated: 2026-02-20

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DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share5.00
Dividend yield1.65%
Payout frequency-
Maximum yield2.55%
Average yield2.02%
Minimum yield1.55%
Discount to avg yield-22.30%
Upside potential-18.24%
Yield as % of max yield64.57%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield1.65%
Current yield distribution95.95%
Yield at 100% (Min)1.55%
Yield at 90%1.69%
Yield at 80%1.77%
Yield at 50% (Median)2.01%
Yield at 20%2.29%
Yield at 10%2.37%
Yield at 0% (Max)2.55%

Dividend per share

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Dividend per share data
Years of growth10 years
CCC statusDividend Contender
Dividend per share5.00
Payout frequency-
Ex-div date12 Dec 2025
EPS (TTM)11.23
EPS (1y forward)12.62
EPS growth (5y)13.84%
EPS growth (5y forward)4.29%

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
CMES&P500
DGR MR-78.45%-13.74%
DGR TTM107.61%6.60%
DGR 3 years42.42%7.31%
DGR 5 years28.23%4.69%
DGR 10 years18.66%6.30%
DGR 15 years17.55%8.16%
Time since last change announced382 days
EPS growth (5y)13.84%
EPS growth (5y forward)4.29%

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM86.00%162.33%
Average--
Forward39.60%-
February 12, 2026

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VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E26.95
Price to OCF34.68
Price to FCF50.88
Price to EBITDA19.43
EV to EBITDA48.88

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales16.72
Price to Book3.79
EV to Sales42.06

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FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count359.51M
EPS (TTM)11.23
FCF per share (TTM)5.95

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)6.52B
Gross profit (TTM)5.61B
Operating income (TTM)4.23B
Net income (TTM)4.04B
EPS (TTM)11.23
EPS (1y forward)12.62

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)86.09%
Operating margin (TTM)64.86%
Profit margin (TTM)62.02%

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash4.42B
Net receivables639.20M
Total current assets0.00
Goodwill10.51B
Intangible assets19.79B
Property, plant and equipment0.00
Total assets198.42B
Accounts payable0.00
Short/Current long term debt3.42B
Total current liabilities160.30B
Total liabilities169.70B
Shareholder's equity28.73B
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)3.14B
Capital expenditures (TTM)51.00M
Free cash flow (TTM)2.14B
Dividends paid (TTM)3.48B

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity14.08%
Return on Assets2.04%
Return on Invested Capital14.08%
Cash Return on Invested Capital7.46%

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STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open305.26
Daily high308.20
Daily low302.10
Daily Volume2.13M
All-time high307.24
1y analyst estimate296.71
Beta0.28
EPS (TTM)11.23
Dividend per share5.00
Ex-div date12 Dec 2025
Next earnings date18 Feb 2026

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
CMES&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-1.31%-1.82%
Highest price drop-77.97%-56.47%
Date of highest drop20 Nov 20089 Mar 2009
Avg drop from high-25.28%-10.84%
Avg time to new high22 days12 days
Max time to new high2497 days1805 days
COMPANY DETAILS
CME (CME Group Inc) company logo
Marketcap
109.01B
Marketcap category
Large-cap
Description
CME Group Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates contract markets for the trading of futures and options on futures contracts worldwide. It offers futures and options products based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, agricultural commodities, energy, and metals, as well as fixed income and foreign currency trading services. The company provides clearing house services, including clearing, settling, and guaranteeing futures and options contracts, and cleared swaps products traded through its exchanges; and trade processing and risk mitigation services. In addition, the company offers a range of market data services, including real-time and historical data services. It serves professional traders, financial institutions, institutional and individual investors, corporations, manufacturers, producers, governments, and central banks. The company was formerly known as Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. and changed its name to CME Group Inc. in July 2007. The company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Employees
3760
SEC filings
CEO
Terrence Duffy
Country
USA
City
Chicago
Stock type
Common stock
CCC status
Dividend Contender
Dividend Frequency
-
EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS
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