NASDAQ:CMECME Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

CME Group's stock was trading at $194.6750 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CME shares have decreased by 15.5% and is now trading at $164.59. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CME Group in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for CME Group.

CME Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for CME Group.

CME Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, July 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The financial services provider reported $2.33 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.23 by $0.10. The financial services provider earned $1.52 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.48 billion. CME Group had a net margin of 45.79% and a return on equity of 10.15%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 29.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.62 EPS. View CME Group's earnings history.

CME Group announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 6th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 10th will be given a dividend of $0.85 per share on Thursday, June 25th. This represents a $3.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.07%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 9th. View CME Group's dividend history.

16 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for CME Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $152.00 to $227.00. On average, they anticipate CME Group's share price to reach $192.53 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for CME Group.

Press coverage about CME stock has trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. CME Group earned a coverage optimism score of -1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories 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 impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about CME Group.

CME Group saw a drop in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,480,000 shares, a drop of 6.6% from the May 31st total of 5,870,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,400,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.6% of the company's shares are sold short. View CME Group's Current Options Chain.

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

CME Group's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.10%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.07%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), Cypress Capital Group (0.02%), Gradient Investments LLC (0.01%) and DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%). 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, Timothy S Bitsberger and William R Shepard. View institutional ownership trends for CME Group.

CME stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Cypress Capital Group, Thomasville National Bank, Orrstown Financial Services Inc., Farmers & Merchants Trust Co of Chambersburg PA, Vigilant Capital Management LLC, and Exane Derivatives. Company insiders that have sold CME Group company stock in the last year include Daniel R Glickman, Dennis Suskind, Howard J Siegel, John W Pietrowicz, Julie Holzrichter, Julie Winkler, Martin J Gepsman, Ronald A Pankau, Sean Tully, Sunil Cutinho, Terrence A Duffy, and Timothy S Bitsberger. View insider buying and selling activity for CME Group.

CME stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Whittier Trust Co., Park National Corp OH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc., Platte River Wealth Advisors LLC, Independence Bank of Kentucky, Canandaigua National Corp, and Symphony Financial Ltd. Co.. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $164.59.

CME Group has a market capitalization of $59.02 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 4,360 workers across the globe.

The official website for CME Group is 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]