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Q4 FY2026 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 3.01Revenue estimate 1.76B
Q4 FY2026 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 3.01Revenue estimate 1.76B
CME Group financials
Yes. CME Group earned 4.40B USD of net income over the last twelve months, 63.1% of its revenue. It made a profit in 25 of its 26 fiscal years since 2000. Its last loss was in fiscal year 2000.
- Revenue (TTM)What does TTM (trailing twelve months) mean? TTM (trailing twelve months) is a figure over the latest twelve months of reports: usually the last four quarters added together.
- 6.97B USD
- Net income (TTM)What is an income statement? The income statement shows a company's revenue, costs and profit over a quarter or a year, from sales at the top to net income at the bottom.
- 4.40B USD
- Free cash flow (TTM)What is free cash flow (FCF)? Free cash flow is the cash a company's operations bring in minus what it spends on long-term assets (capex): cash left for debt, dividends and buybacks.
- 4.33B USD
- Cash and short-term investments
- 2.33B USD
- Total debt
- 3.43B USD
- Shareholders' equityWhat is a balance sheet? The balance sheet lists what a company owns (assets), what it owes (liabilities) and what is left for its shareholders (equity) on one date.
- 26.56B USD
Cash, debt and equity as of 30 Sept 2026.
CME Group earnings
Next earnings · Q4 FY2026
EPS estimate
3.01 USD
Revenue estimate
1.76B USD
Last quarter · Q3 FY2026
EPS3.02Beat +1.0%Revenue1.74BBeat +1.3%
Revenue
ReportedEstimate
EPS
ReportedEstimate
| Period | Report date | EPS estimate | Reported EPS | Surprise | EPS growth | Revenue estimate | Reported revenue | Surprise | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 FY2028 | 3.55 | — | — | — | 1.94B | — | — | — | |
| Q2 FY2028 | 3.54 | — | — | — | 1.94B | — | — | — | |
| Q1 FY2028 | 3.69 | — | — | — | 2.00B | — | — | — | |
| Q4 FY2026 | 3.01 | — | — | +8.66% | 1.76B | — | — | +6.89% | |
| Q3 FY2026 | 2.99 | 3.02 | +1.00% | +12.69% | 1.71B | 1.74B | +1.31% | +12.99% | |
| Q2 FY2026 | 2.91 | 2.99 | +2.75% | +1.01% | 1.68B | 1.71B | +1.43% | +0.84% | |
| Q1 FY2026 | 3.34 | 3.36 | +0.60% | +20.00% | 1.87B | 1.88B | +0.28% | +14.48% | |
| Q4 FY2025 | 2.75 | 2.77 | +0.73% | +9.92% | 1.65B | 1.65B | +0.09% | +8.09% | |
| Q3 FY2025 | 2.63 | 2.68 | +1.90% | 0.00% | 1.53B | 1.54B | +0.49% | -2.95% | |
| Q2 FY2025 | 2.91 | 2.96 | +1.72% | +15.63% | 1.69B | 1.69B | +0.38% | +10.41% |
| Period | EPS estimate | Reported EPS | Surprise | EPS growth | Revenue estimate | Reported revenue | Surprise | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2028 | 14.27 | — | — | +7.67% | 7.96B | — | — | +6.32% |
| FY2027 | 13.25 | — | — | +6.88% | 7.49B | — | — | +5.71% |
| FY2026 | 12.40 | — | — | +10.59% | 7.09B | — | — | +8.67% |
| FY2025 | 11.17 | 11.21 | +0.32% | +9.26% | 6.52B | 6.52B | +0.03% | +6.37% |
| FY2024 | 10.19 | 10.26 | +0.70% | +9.85% | 6.11B | 6.13B | +0.26% | +9.88% |
| FY2023 | 9.25 | 9.34 | +0.94% | +17.04% | 5.57B | 5.58B | +0.16% | +11.15% |
| FY2022 | 7.94 | 7.98 | +0.55% | +19.28% | 5.02B | 5.02B | -0.02% | +7.03% |
CME Group growth and profitability
Full income statement- Revenue (TTM)What does TTM (trailing twelve months) mean? TTM (trailing twelve months) is a figure over the latest twelve months of reports: usually the last four quarters added together.
- 6.97B USD
- Net income (TTM)What is an income statement? The income statement shows a company's revenue, costs and profit over a quarter or a year, from sales at the top to net income at the bottom.
- 4.40B USD
- Gross marginWhat are gross, operating and net profit margins? A profit margin is the share of revenue kept as profit: gross margin after the cost of sales, operating margin after running costs, net margin after all costs.
- 84.32%
- Operating margin
- 65.66%
- Net margin
- 63.12%
Revenue / Net income
Revenue Net income Net margin
How CME Group makes its moneyWhat is an income statement? The income statement shows a company's revenue, costs and profit over a quarter or a year, from sales at the top to net income at the bottom.
clearing and transaction fees5.28B 81.0%
MarketData803.10M 12.3%
OtherRevenue436.40M 6.7%
Revenue6.52B 100.0%
Cost of revenue907.00M 13.9%
Gross profit5.61B 86.1%
Selling and administration150.50M 2.3%
Other operating expenses1.23B 18.9%
Operating income4.23B 64.9%
Tax1.27B 19.5%
Net income4.04B 62.0%
FY2025, in USD. Each band is as wide as its money; the percentage is its share of revenue.
FY2025, in USD. Each band is as wide as its money; the percentage is its share of revenue.
CME Group revenue breakdown
By product
FY2025
81.0%clearing and transaction fees12.3%MarketData6.7%OtherRevenue
| Segment | Revenue | Share of revenue | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| clearing and transaction fees | 5.28B | 81.0% | +5.9% |
| MarketData | 803.10M | 12.3% | +13.1% |
| OtherRevenue | 436.40M | 6.7% | +1.1% |
Operating and free cash flow
Full cash flow statementOperating cash flow Free cash flow
CME Group financial health
Full balance sheet- Cash and short-term investments
- 2.33B USD
- Total debt
- 3.43B USD
- Net cash
- -1.10B USD
- Free cash flow (TTM)What is free cash flow (FCF)? Free cash flow is the cash a company's operations bring in minus what it spends on long-term assets (capex): cash left for debt, dividends and buybacks.
- 4.33B USD
- Current ratioWhat is the current ratio? The current ratio is current assets divided by current liabilities: whether what a company will turn into cash within a year covers what it owes within a year.
- 1.02
- Debt to equityWhat is the debt to equity ratio? Debt to equity is a company's total debt divided by its shareholders' equity: how much it has borrowed for each dollar its owners have in the business.
- 0.13
- Piotroski scoreWhat is the Piotroski F-Score? The Piotroski F-Score rates a company's financial strength from 0 to 9: one point for each of nine tests of profit, debt and efficiency it passes.
- 6 / 9
- Altman Z-scoreWhat is the Altman Z-Score? The Altman Z-Score rolls five financial ratios into one number that signals a company's risk of bankruptcy: over 3 is safe, under 1.8 is distress.
- 0.60
Cash, debt and free cash flow
Cash and short-term investments Total debt Free cash flow
Assets, liabilities and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders' equity
CME Group valuation
- Price to earnings ratio (TTM)What is the P/E ratio? The P/E ratio divides a share's price by its earnings per share over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of profit.
- 26.04
- Forward P/E (FY2026)What is the forward P/E ratio? Forward P/E divides a share's price by the earnings per share analysts expect in the coming year, rather than last year's actual earnings.
- 25.75
- Price to sales (TTM)What is the P/S ratio? The price-to-sales ratio compares a company's market value with its revenue over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of sales.
- 16.39
- Price to bookWhat is the P/B ratio? The price-to-book ratio compares a company's market value with its book value, the shareholders' equity on its balance sheet.
- 4.30
- EV / EBITDA (TTM)What is EV/EBITDA? EV/EBITDA compares a company's whole value, debt included and cash taken off, with a year of its earnings before interest, tax and depreciation.
- 17.40
Capital structureWhat is enterprise value? Enterprise value is what the whole business costs: the market value of its shares plus its debt minus its cash. It is the price behind EV/EBITDA.
Market capitalization
114.28B USD
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Total debt
3.43B USD
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Cash and short-term investments
2.33B USD
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Enterprise value
115.38B USD
Valuation over time
P/EForward P/EForward P/E · EstimateEstimate
CME Group against its own historyWhat does "against its own history" show? The company's latest margins, return on equity, growth, debt and P/E against its own last 5 years: the low, the median and the high, and whether this year is better or worse than usual.
Each figure in the latest fiscal year against the same figure from FY2021 to FY2025: the range, its median (the line) and the latest (the dot, green on the good side of the median). The P/E is today's against its daily readings of five years.
Its peers: Intercontinental Exchange, Moody's, S&P Global, Nasdaq, MSCI, and Coinbase Global, the US Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges companies closest to it in size, each in its own latest fiscal year: their median (the line) and its rank among them, first being the best.
- P/E (today)Above its median26.018.536.7
- Gross marginAbove its median86.1%82.2%86.1%Against its peers: 1 of 7Peers' median 69.2%
- Operating marginHighest in 5 years64.9%56.4%64.9%Against its peers: 1 of 7Peers' median 40.5%
- Net marginHighest in 5 years62.0%53.6%62.0%Against its peers: 1 of 7Peers' median 27.6%
- Return on equityHighest in 5 years14.1%9.6%14.1%Against its peers: 4 of 6Peers' median 14.3%
- Free cash flow marginHighest in 5 years64.3%48.5%64.3%Against its peers: 1 of 7Peers' median 33.9%
- Revenue growthBelow its median6.4%-4.0%11.1%Against its peers: 7 of 7Peers' median 9.1%
- EPS growthAt its median15.4%1.5%24.2%Against its peers: 5 of 7Peers' median 19.7%
- Debt to EBITDALowest in 5 years0.59×0.59×0.88×Against its peers: 1 of 7Peers' median 3.11×
- Current ratioHighest in 5 years1.031.011.03Against its peers: 3 of 7Peers' median 1.01
Peers: US companies of the same industry (of its sector when the industry has too few) from a tenth to ten times its market value, the six closest in size. Updated weekly.
CME Group dividends
- Annual dividend
- 5.20 USD
- Dividend yield (indicated)What is dividend yield? Dividend yield is a year of dividends as a percentage of the share price: the income a shareholder receives for each dollar invested at today's price.
- 1.63%
- Payout ratioWhat is the payout ratio? The payout ratio is the share of a company's earnings paid out as dividends: dividends per share divided by earnings per share (EPS).
- 42.01%
- Years of dividend growthWhat are years of dividend growth? The years in a row a company has raised its dividend per share. 25 years make an S&P 500 company a Dividend Aristocrat; 50 make a Dividend King.
- 16
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Next payment
- 1.30 USD
- Next ex-dividend dateWhat is the ex-dividend date? The ex-dividend date is the first day a stock trades without its next dividend: buy before it to receive the payment; buy on or after it and the seller gets it.
- 11 Dec 2026
- Next payment date
- 30 Dec 2026
Dividends per share
CME Group ownership
- InstitutionsWhat is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
- 90.11%
- Institutional holders
- 1,775 (-97)
- Free floatWhat is free float? Free float is the part of a company's shares that anyone can buy and sell: all its shares minus those held by insiders, founders and owners of over 5%.
- 98.63%
Who owns the shares
Institutions 90.1% Others 9.9%
As of 30 Jun 2026
Shares free to trade
Free float 353.02M shares ·98.6% Closely held 4.92M shares ·1.4%
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
Insider trading
| Quarter | Purchases | Sales | Shares acquired | Shares disposed of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2026 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 17.48K |
| Q3 2026 | 1 | 3 | 49.46K | 28.47K |
| Q2 2026 | 2 | 3 | 39.01K | 65.70K |
| Q1 2026 | 2 | 7 | 125.68K | 73.83K |
Shares outstanding
Basic shares Diluted shares Change in diluted shares
Common questions about CME Group's financials
Source: Financial Modeling Prep