CME Group (CME) Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CME Group in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" CME shares.
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11 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for CME Group's stock. Their CME share price forecasts range from $161.00 to $250.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $212.73 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.8% 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 stock has increased by 10.2% and is now trading at $185.30.
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CME Group saw a decline in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,110,000 shares, a decline of 5.7% from the April 30th total of 4,360,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,540,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.7 days. Approximately 1.2% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 26th 2023.
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CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 26th. The financial services provider reported $2.42 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.36 by $0.06. The financial services provider earned $1.44 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.42 billion. CME Group had a net margin of 55.99% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.88%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.11 earnings per share.
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CME Group declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 4th. Investors of record on Friday, June 9th will be paid a dividend of $1.10 per share on Tuesday, June 27th. This represents a $4.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.37%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 8th.
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CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.37%. 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 55.91%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CME will have a dividend payout ratio of 49.66% 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.35%), State Street Corp (4.28%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.14%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.97%), Parnassus Investments LLC (1.43%) and Fiera Capital Corp (1.18%). 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 $185.30.

CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) has a market capitalization of $66.66 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 $7.87 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.