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.

Revenue
+13.0%
EPS
+16.5%
Free cash flow
+12.7%
Total debt
+0.11%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

306.77 0.47 −0.15%
Market cap
$110.0B
P/E
25.0×
Fwd P/E
25.4×
Dividend yield
1.25%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

CME Group Inc. (CME) Return on equity

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CME Group Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 16.1%, up 1.6 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 below the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median of 17.0% and above the Financial sector median of 9.01%.

Return on equity, annual

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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 76.6%
CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. compare 27.3%
SPGI S&P Global Inc. compare 18.8%
NDAQ Nasdaq, Inc. compare 17.3%
TRU TransUnion compare 16.7%
CME CME Group Inc. 16.1%
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. compare 14.2%
COIN Coinbase Global, Inc. compare −4.68%
MSCI MSCI Inc compare −56.1%
Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry median 17.0%
Financial sector median 9.01%
Market median 0.51%

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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