CME vs Peers Stock Comparison

Cme Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CME Cme Group Inc.
$308.06 +16.5% 1M +14.3% 1Y
Market cap
$106.15B
P/E
24.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.97B
Div. yield
–
Exchanges Financial Services

Percentile Scorecard

CME

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCME
Valuation 42 #57 of 97
Growth 27 #50 of 68
Profitability 92 #6 of 67
Financial Health 55 #44 of 97
Shareholder Returns 92 #4 of 40
Overall 62
  • CME ranked among 112 companies in Capital Markets

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCMESPY
1 month +16.5% -0.8%
3 months +20.6% +3.5%
6 months +9.3% +7.0%
Year to date +12.8% +12.2%
1 year +14.3% +13.0%
3 years +47.4% +86.3%
3 years, per year +13.8% +23.1%
5 years +41.9% +68.6%
5 years, per year +7.3% +11.0%
10 years +199.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year +11.6% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCMESPY
Volatility, 1Y 25.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 26.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.36 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.57 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -33.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.6% -1.8%
52-week high $326.46 $779.14
52-week low $218.58 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCME
P/E now vs peer median 25.0xmedian 29.4x
P/S now vs peer median 15.8xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 22.9xmedian 13.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 25.4xmedian 16.0x
P/B now vs peer median 4.1xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 1.82median 0.52

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCME
Revenue $6.97B
Operating income $4.58B
Net income $4.42B
Free cash flow $4.33B
EPS (diluted) $12.31
Cash & equivalents $2.20B
Total debt $13.69B
Shares (diluted) 358.64M
Enterprise value $94.49B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCME
P/E 25.0x
P/FCF 25.4x
P/Operating cash flow 24.9x
P/S 15.8x
P/B 4.1x
P/Tangible book 4.6x
EV/EBITDA 22.9x
EV/EBIT 24.3x
EV/Revenue 15.9x
EV/FCF 25.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 25.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.82

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCME
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 9.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) –
Operating income growth (1Y) 10.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 12.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 17.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 13.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 19.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 13.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 6.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 6.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCME
Gross margin –
EBITDA margin 69.8%
Operating margin 65.7%
Pretax margin 82.8%
Net margin 63.3%
FCF margin 62.1%
Operating cash flow margin 63.5%
Return on equity 16.6%
Return on assets 2.3%
Return on invested capital 11.7%
Return on capital employed 12.3%
Asset turnover 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 1.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCME
Debt / assets 1.8%
Debt / equity 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.2x
Debt / FCF 0.8x
Liabilities / assets 86.2%
Equity / assets 13.8%
Interest coverage 26.2x
Current ratio 1.0x
Quick ratio 0.0x
Cash ratio 0.0x
Altman Z-score 0.58

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCME
Dividend yield 3.2%
Net buyback yield –
Shareholder yield 3.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCME
Forward P/E 26.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $11.74FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +4.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +19.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.27BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +11.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +7.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCME
Held by institutions 88.9%
Institutions holding 1,691
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.4%
Institutions buying 822
Institutions selling 655
Buyers to sellers 1.25

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