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) Return on equity

CME Group Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 15.8%, up 1.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (14.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.01% (fiscal 2015) to 19.0% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is in line with the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median of 15.3% and above the Financial sector median of 9.01%.

Return on equity, annual

Annual

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 14.6% 1.48
FY2024 13.1% 1.20
FY2023 11.9% 2.09
FY2022 9.79% 0.05
FY2021 9.74% 1.72
FY2020 8.02% (0.10)
FY2019 8.12% 0.01
FY2018 8.11% (10.90)
FY2017 19.0% 11.51
FY2016 7.50% 1.49

Against its own ten years

Low 6.01% High 19.0%
Ten-year median 9.74%
Current reading's percentile 91

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
MCO Moody's Corporation compare 76.9%
CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. compare 26.2%
NDAQ Nasdaq, Inc. compare 16.5%
CME CME Group Inc. 15.8%
TRU TransUnion compare 15.3%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. compare 15.1%
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. compare 13.9%
COIN Coinbase Global, Inc. compare −7.85%
MSCI MSCI Inc compare −76.0%
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median 15.3%
Financial sector median 9.01%
Market median 1.76%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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