CME Group Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CME Group in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" CME Group stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CME, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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CME Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 4th 2021.
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CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 28th. The financial services provider reported $1.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.75 by $0.04. The financial services provider earned $1.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.22 billion. CME Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.30% and a net margin of 41.46%. CME Group's revenue for the quarter was down 17.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $2.33 EPS.
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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 stock has increased by 10.2% and is now trading at $214.46.
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CME Group declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 5th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.90 per share on Friday, June 25th. This represents a $3.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.68%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 9th.
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CME Group pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.69%. CME Group does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of CME Group is 53.57%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CME Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 49.79% next year. This indicates that CME Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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16 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for CME Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $135.00 to $235.00. On average, they anticipate CME Group's stock price to reach $200.40 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.6%.
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144 employees have rated CME Group CEO Terry Duffy on Glassdoor.com. Terry Duffy has an approval rating of 83% among CME Group's employees.

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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.88%), Capital International Investors (2.89%), Edgewood Management LLC (2.70%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.85%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.64%) and Parnassus Investments CA (1.56%). 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, John W Pietrowicz, Julie Holzrichter, Julie Winkler, Ken Vroman, Kevin Kometer, Martin J Gepsman, Ronald A Pankau, Sean Tully, Sunil Cutinho, Terrence A Duffy, Timothy S Bitsberger and William R Shepard.
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CME stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Pendal Group Limited, BlackRock Inc., Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Bank of Nova Scotia, Fred Alger Management LLC, Fiera Capital Corp, and Manning & Napier Group LLC. Company insiders that have sold CME Group company stock in the last year include Bryan T Durkin, Charles P Carey, Daniel R Glickman, Dennis Suskind, Elizabeth A Cook, Hilda Harris Piell, John W Pietrowicz, Julie Holzrichter, Julie Winkler, Ken Vroman, Kevin Kometer, Martin J Gepsman, and Terrence A Duffy.
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CME stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Parnassus Investments CA, Vontobel Asset Management Inc., Edgewood Management LLC, Primecap Management Co. CA, Amundi Asset Management US Inc., CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, and Ameriprise Financial Inc..
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One share of CME stock can currently be purchased for approximately $214.46.

CME Group has a market capitalization of $77.01 billion and generates $4.88 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $2.11 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.72 on an earnings per share basis.

CME Group employs 4,370 workers across the globe.

CME Group was founded in 1848.

The official website for CME Group is www.cmegroup.com.

CME Group is headquartered at 20 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL, 60606.

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]