NASDAQ:CME - CME Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

CME Group declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 5th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 10th will be given a dividend of $0.85 per share on Wednesday, March 25th. This represents a $3.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.63%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 9th. This is a boost from CME Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.75. View CME Group's Dividend History.

CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The financial services provider reported $1.52 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.02. The financial services provider earned $1.14 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.16 billion. CME Group had a return on equity of 9.22% and a net margin of 43.48%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 7.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.77 EPS. View CME Group's Earnings History.

CME Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for CME Group.

13 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for CME Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $173.00 to $252.00. On average, they expect CME Group's share price to reach $214.20 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for CME Group.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CME Group in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for CME Group.

News headlines about CME stock have trended very positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. CME Group earned a news sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for CME Group.

CME Group saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,420,000 shares, an increase of 23.5% from the January 15th total of 5,200,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,300,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.9 days. Currently, 1.8% of the company's stock are short sold. View CME Group's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to CME Group include Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Moody's (MCO), Msci (MSCI), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Nasdaq (NDAQ), Cboe Global Markets (CBOE), MarketAxess (MKTX), Arrow Financial (AROW), Marlin Business Services (MRLN), California First National Bancorp (CFNB) and Gain Capital (GCAP).

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CME Group's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Capital World Investors (9.99%), State Street Corp (4.59%), Capital Research Global Investors (3.79%), Capital International Investors (3.38%), FMR LLC (2.17%) and Edgewood Management LLC (2.12%). Company insiders that own CME Group stock include Bryan T Durkin, Charles P Carey, Daniel R Glickman, Dennis Suskind, Derek Sammann, Elizabeth A Cook, Hilda Harris Piell, Howard J Siegel, Jack J Tobin, Jeffrey M Bernacchi, John W Pietrowicz, Julie Holzrichter, Julie Winkler, Kathleen M Cronin, Kevin Kometer, Martin J Gepsman, Ronald A Pankau, Sean Tully, Sunil Cutinho, Terrence A Duffy and Timothy S Bitsberger. View Institutional Ownership Trends for CME Group.

CME stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital International Investors, Janus Henderson Group PLC, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Victory Capital Management Inc., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, AustralianSuper Pty Ltd and Oakbrook Investments LLC. Company insiders that have sold CME Group company stock in the last year include Charles P Carey, Daniel R Glickman, Dennis Suskind, Derek Sammann, Elizabeth A Cook, Hilda Harris Piell, Howard J Siegel, Jeffrey M Bernacchi, John W Pietrowicz, Julie Holzrichter, Kathleen M Cronin, Kevin Kometer, Martin J Gepsman, Ronald A Pankau, Sean Tully, Sunil Cutinho, Terrence A Duffy and Timothy S Bitsberger. View Insider Buying and Selling for CME Group.

CME stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Parnassus Investments CA, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Capital Research Global Investors, Fiera Capital Corp, GUARDCAP ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd, Geode Capital Management LLC and Capital World Investors. View Insider Buying and Selling for CME Group.

Shares of CME can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CME stock can currently be purchased for approximately $208.83.

CME Group has a market capitalization of $74.84 billion and generates $4.87 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $2.12 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.80 on an earnings per share basis. CME Group employs 4,590 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About CME Group.

The official website for CME Group is http://www.cmegroup.com/.

CME Group's mailing address is 20 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL, 60606. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 312-930-1000 or via email at [email protected]