CME Group Inc. CME

264.48 (4.43) (1.65%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$96.5B
P/E
22.3×
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CME Group Inc. (CME) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, CME Group Inc. (CME) trades at a price to free cash flow of 22.7×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 18.1× (June 2026) to 40.7× (July 2021); the current reading is higher than 23% of that period. That is above the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median of 18.8× and above the Financial sector median of 10.0×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 23.4× 0.92%
FY2024 23.2× 4.34%
FY2023 22.2× 8.86%
FY2022 20.4× (42.24%)
FY2021 35.4× 36.75%
FY2020 25.9× (12.43%)
FY2019 29.5× 6.59%
FY2018 27.7× (5.68%)
FY2017 29.4× 24.81%
FY2016 23.5× 9.60%

Quarterly

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 18.9× (22.87%)
Mar 2026 24.5× 4.67%
Dec 2025 23.4× (1.58%)
Sep 2025 23.8× (1.40%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 18.1× High 40.7×
Ten-year median 24.9×
Current reading's percentile 23

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. compare 14.4×
TRU TransUnion compare 16.9×
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. compare 18.8×
SPGI S&P Global Inc. compare 21.4×
CME CME Group Inc. 22.7×
MSCI MSCI Inc compare 26.9×
NDAQ Nasdaq, Inc. compare 27.1×
MCO Moody's Corporation compare 27.5×
COIN Coinbase Global, Inc. compare 47.1×
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median 18.8×
Financial sector median 10.0×
Market median 14.0×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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