CME Group Inc.
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CME Group Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $6.5 billion, up 6.37% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue was flat, EPS grew 2.85%, free cash flow fell 11.2% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; revenue growth for three consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for three; insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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CME Group Inc. (CME) Free cash flow margin
CME Group Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 62.2%, down 2.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (64.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 42.6% (fiscal 2015) to 64.3% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median of 28.6% and above the Financial sector median of 14.7%.
Free cash flow margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Free cash flow margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 64.3% | 5.64 |
| FY2024 | 58.7% | (1.87) |
| FY2023 | 60.5% | 1.44 |
| FY2022 | 59.1% | 9.75 |
| FY2021 | 49.4% | (2.21) |
| FY2020 | 51.6% | 1.70 |
| FY2019 | 49.9% | (4.07) |
| FY2018 | 53.9% | 8.13 |
| FY2017 | 45.8% | 0.18 |
| FY2016 | 45.6% | 2.99 |
Against its own ten years
Free cash flow margin against peers
| Company | Free cash flow margin |
|---|---|
| CME CME Group Inc. | 62.2% |
| MSCI MSCI Inc compare | 44.8% |
| ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. compare | 44.0% |
| CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. compare | 37.0% |
| MCO Moody's Corporation compare | 36.4% |
| SPGI S&P Global Inc. compare | 34.6% |
| COIN Coinbase Global, Inc. compare | 23.0% |
| NDAQ Nasdaq, Inc. compare | 22.3% |
| TRU TransUnion compare | 16.1% |
| Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median | 28.6% |
| Financial sector median | 14.7% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Free cash flow margin is
Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.
(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue
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