Growth Metrics

Cme (CME) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Cme (CME) has disclosed FCF Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 66.8% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Margin rose 179.0% to 66.8% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 64.31%, a 564.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 64.31%, up 564.0% from a year prior.
  • FCF Margin was 66.8% for Q4 2025 at Cme, up from 61.77% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 79.24% in Q4 2022 to a low of 39.02% in Q2 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 58.25% and a median of 60.05% in 2024 define the central range for FCF Margin.
  • Biggest YoY gain for FCF Margin was 2970bps in 2021; the steepest drop was -4137bps in 2021.
  • Cme's FCF Margin stood at 55.87% in 2021, then surged by 42bps to 79.24% in 2022, then decreased by -10bps to 71.11% in 2023, then fell by -9bps to 65.02% in 2024, then rose by 3bps to 66.8% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CME's FCF Margin are 66.8% (Q4 2025), 61.77% (Q3 2025), and 61.47% (Q2 2025).