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. Since then, CME shares have decreased by 14.3% and is now trading at $166.79. 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 quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 29th. The financial services provider reported $2.33 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.23 by $0.10. The financial services provider earned $1.52 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.48 billion. CME Group had a net margin of 45.79% and a return on equity of 10.15%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 29.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.62 EPS. View CME Group's earnings history.

CME Group announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.85 per share on Thursday, June 25th. This represents a $3.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.04%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 9th. View CME Group's dividend history.

16 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for CME Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $152.00 to $227.00. On average, they expect CME Group's share price to reach $192.07 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for CME Group.

Headlines about CME stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. CME Group earned a news impact score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about CME Group.

CME Group saw a drop in short interest in 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 daily trading volume, of 2,400,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.6% of the company's shares are short sold. 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Park National Corp OH (0.01%) and Thomasville National Bank (0.00%). 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 Thomasville National Bank. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH. 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 $166.79.

CME Group has a market capitalization of $59.81 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]