CME Group (CME) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

CME Group Inc. operates global derivatives marketplaces that enable customers to manage risk and trade futures and options contracts. Its exchanges offer products linked to interest rates, equity indexes, foreign currencies, agricultural commodities, energy, metals and other asset classes.

The company also provides central counterparty clearing, settlement and related risk-management services for transactions conducted on its markets. In addition, CME Group offers market data, benchmark products and technology services that support trading, analysis and connectivity for financial institutions, businesses, professional traders and other market participants.

CME Group’s history includes the Chicago Board of Trade, founded in 1848, and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, established in 1898. The modern company was formed through the combination of CME and CBOT Holdings and serves customers worldwide through its electronic trading platforms, clearing operations and international offices. Terry Duffy serves as chairman and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $260.35 to $270.17
• 50-Day Range: $259.32 to $286.45
• 52-Week Range: $218.31 to $329.16
• Volume: 1.56 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.67 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $97.10 billion
• P/E Ratio: 22.90
• Dividend Yield: 1.93%
• Price Target: $290.94
• Consensus Rating: Hold

CME Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

CME Group scored higher than 72% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 278th out of 839 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

CME Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.28, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 8 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for CME Group is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

CME Group has been the subject of 10 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 4.71%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for CME Group are expected to grow by 4.71% in the coming year, from $12.31 to $12.89 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of CME Group is 22.90, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 42.25.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of CME Group is 22.90, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 22.64.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

CME Group has a PEG Ratio of 3.10. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

CME Group has a P/B Ratio of 3.37. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.62% of the float of CME Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

CME Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.34, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in CME Group has recently increased by 3.06%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

CME Group pays a meaningful dividend of 1.98%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

CME Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of CME Group is 44.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, CME Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 40.34% next year. This indicates that CME Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.68

News Sentiment

CME Group has a news sentiment score of 0.68. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 24 news articles for CME Group this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

16 people have searched for CME on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 129% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 10 people have added CME Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -17% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, CME Group insiders have sold 5,305.48% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $78,747.00 in company stock and sold $4,256,655.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.30% of the stock of CME Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

87.75% of the stock of CME Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/22/2026
• Record date for 9/25 Dividend: 9/09/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/25 Dividend: 9/09/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/25/2026
• Today: 10/05/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/21/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Financial Exchanges & Data
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:CME
• CIK: 1156375
• Web: www.cmegroup.com
• Phone: (312) 930-1000
• Fax: 312-466-4410
• Employees: 3,875
• Year Founded: 1898

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for CME Group: $290.94
• High Price Target: $349.00
• Low Price Target: $230.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +7.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.28
• Research Coverage: 18 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $11.79
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 22.90
• Forward P/E Ratio: 21.94
• P/E Growth: 3.1
• Net Income: $4.07 billion
• Net Margins: 63.30%
• Pretax Margin: 82.60%
• Return on Equity: 15.60%
• Return on Assets: 2.20%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.13
• Current Ratio: 1.02
• Quick Ratio: 1.02

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $6.52 billion
• Price / Sales: 14.89
• Cash Flow: $12.63 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 21.38
• Book Value: $80.03 per share
• Price / Book: 3.37

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 359,580,000
• Free Float: 358,500,000
• Market Cap: $97.10 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.24