CME Group (CME) Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CME Group in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" CME shares.
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10 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for CME Group's shares. Their CME share price forecasts range from $173.00 to $250.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $211.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.0% from the stock's current price.
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CME Group's stock was trading at $168.16 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, CME shares have increased by 19.5% and is now trading at $200.92.
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CME Group saw a decrease in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,540,000 shares, a decrease of 6.6% from the August 31st total of 3,790,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,340,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.6 days. Approximately 1.0% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 25th 2023.
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CME Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 25th at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 26th. The financial services provider reported $2.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.20 by $0.10. The financial services provider had revenue of $1.36 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.34 billion. CME Group had a net margin of 56.88% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.30%. CME Group's quarterly revenue was up 9.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.97 earnings per share.
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CME Group declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 8th will be paid a dividend of $1.10 per share on Wednesday, September 27th. This represents a $4.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.19%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 7th.
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CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.20%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 13 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 53.72%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CME will have a dividend payout ratio of 47.93% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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294 employees have rated CME Group Chief Executive Officer Terry Duffy on Glassdoor.com. Terry Duffy has an approval rating of 83% among the company's employees. 80.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at CME Group to a friend.

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CME Group trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CME."

CME Group's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (152.73%), BlackRock Inc. (6.56%), State Street Corp (4.43%), Capital International Investors (3.89%), Capital World Investors (3.67%) and Capital Research Global Investors (2.55%). Insiders that own company stock include Bryan T Durkin, Charles P Carey, Daniel R Glickman, Dennis Suskind, Derek Sammann, Elizabeth A Cook, Hilda Harris Piell, Howard J Siegel, John W Pietrowicz, Julie Holzrichter, Julie Winkler, Kathleen M Cronin, Ken Vroman, Kevin Kometer, Martin J Gepsman, Martin J Gepsman, Sean Tully, Sunil Cutinho, Terrence A Duffy, Timothy Francis Mccourt, Timothy S Bitsberger and William R Shepard.
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Shares of CME stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CME stock can currently be purchased for approximately $200.92.

CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) has a market capitalization of $72.28 billion and generates $5.02 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $2.69 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.19 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,460 workers across the globe.

CME Group's mailing address is 20 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL, 60606. The official website for the company is www.cmegroup.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (312) 930-1000, via email at info@cmegroup.com, or via fax at 312-466-4410.