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CME

CME Group Inc.

CME

NASDAQ·Financial Services·Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges·Mkt cap $83.7B

$236.60

▲ +2.42%

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Our plain-language verdict, the thesis, risk factors, and what is changing about the business.

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52-Week Range

$218.31 - $329.16

P/E

20.19

Fwd P/E

20.21

Beta

0.24

Div Yield

4.87%

Avg Vol

3.1M

Shares Out

362.4M

Mkt Cap

$83.7B

Price action

Price chart

Down 16.3% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

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Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Global market leadership
  • Advanced technological infrastructure
  • Comprehensive risk management ecosystem
  • Diversified revenue streams
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Bear Case

1 risk

  • Low volatility (beta 0.2).

Growth

Stable outlook

Digital transformation of financial markets

Value

Fairly valued vs Financial Data & Infrastructure peers

Momentum

Falling

-24.3% over 3m

Quality

Excellent

Excellent business quality

Dividend

Solid

4.87% yield

Earnings track record

Latest print - beat on both lines

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Apr 21, 2026

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Q2 26 RECAP

APR 22, 2026

Reported EPS of $3.36 vs $3.34 consensus (+0.6% surprise). Revenue of $1.9B vs $1.9B expected (+0.3%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.

EPS beat +0.6%
Rev beat +0.3%
Double beat

EPS surprise · last 4Q

1 of 1 beats

Q2 26

+0.6%

Next: Apr 21, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

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+6%

+10%

+10%

-3%

+8%

+14%

Q2 24

Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$1.5B

$1.6B

$1.5B

$1.6B

$1.7B

$1.5B

$1.6B

$1.9B

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

88.1%

Operating

69.7%

Profit

61.4%

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Wall Street consensus

9 analysts · 56% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

5

56%

Hold

3

33%

Sell

1

11%

Median Price Target

$353.00

▲ +49.2% vs $236.60

Low $316.00
Median $353.00
High $362.00

Latest: Keefe, Bruyette & Woods · Jun 18, 2026

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How CME stacks vs Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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