CME Group (CME) is an S&P 500 company in Financial Exchanges & Data. It grades weakest on growth and value.
Where CME ranks among the 1,500 U.S. stocks the model scores each trading day, its expected return, the evidence for and against it, and whether the model portfolio holds it. The grades below describe the company's data; they are not the model's view.
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Each grade compares CME with the rest of its sector (A+ best, F worst); the numbers behind it are shown with the typical figure for its peers.
| Market value | $97.6B |
| Enterprise value | $95.4B |
| P/E (trailing) | 22.9x |
| Forward P/E (Torvanta estimate) | 20.8x |
| PEG (Torvanta estimate) | 2.09 |
| Price / sales | 14.4x |
| Price / book | 3.7x |
| EV / revenue | 14.1x |
| EV / EBITDA | 21.6x |
| Revenue, last 12 months | $6.8B |
| Net income, last 12 months | $4.3B |
| EPS, last 12 months (GAAP) | $11.79 |
| Operating margin | 65.1% |
| Net margin | 63.3% |
| Return on equity | 15.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.9% |
| Cash | $2.1B |
| Free cash flow, last 12 months | $4.2B |
| Current ratio | 1.02x |
Company figures from its latest SEC filings; market value and returns from end-of-day prices.
From the company's 10-Q and 10-K filings with the SEC.
| Fiscal year | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.7B | $5.0B | $5.6B | $6.1B | $6.5B |
| Net income | $2.6B | $2.7B | $3.2B | $3.5B | $4.1B |
| EPS (GAAP) | $7.29 | $7.40 | $8.87 | $9.67 | $11.16 |
| Free cash flow | $2.3B | $3.0B | $3.4B | $3.6B | $4.2B |
| Reported | EPS (GAAP) | EPS y/y | Revenue y/y | Stock vs S&P 500, 2 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-22 | $2.88 | +2% | +1% | +8.5% |
| 2026-04-22 | $3.18 | +21% | +14% | -0.2% |
| 2026-02-04 | $3.24 | +35% | +8% | +3.2% |
| 2025-10-22 | $2.49 | -0% | -3% | +0.0% |
| 2025-07-23 | $2.81 | +16% | +10% | +0.0% |
| 2025-04-23 | $2.62 | +11% | +10% | -4.5% |
From the company's SEC registration record.
| Company | Market value | P/E | Revenue growth | Operating margin | 12-month change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CME CME Group | $97.6B | 22.9x | +5% | 65.1% | +6% | |
| ICE Intercontinental Exchange | $85.4B | 21.5x | +7% | 40.7% | -5% | compare |
| SPGI S&P Global | $115.7B | 24.7x | +9% | 43.9% | -14% | compare |
| MCO Moodys | $77.6B | 28.4x | +12% | 44.8% | -7% | compare |
| NDAQ Nasdaq Inc | $51.5B | 26.9x | +8% | 29.5% | +7% | |
| COIN Coinbase | $49.6B | n/a | -10% | 9.9% | -50% | |
| MSCI MSCI Inc | $40.2B | 30.2x | +12% | 55.7% | +0% |
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CME trades at about 22.9 times its last 12 months of GAAP earnings reported to the SEC, and about 20.8 times Torvanta's own estimate of the next 12 months.
Based on its filing history, Torvanta expects CME Group to report around 2026-10-21.
Yes. Its dividend yield is about 4.2%.
Over the past year CME returned +6.0%, against +17.0% for the S&P 500, dividends reinvested.
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