Cme (CME) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026)

Cme (CME) reported FCF Margin of 65.85% for Q1 2026, down 127.0% year-over-year from 243.9% in Q1 2025, and down 1.42% quarter-over-quarter from 66.8% in Q4 2025.

Cme (CME) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cme (CME) has 17 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 65.85% in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 65.85%, down 127.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 64.06% (up 318.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 64.31%, up 564.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin slipped to 65.85% in Q1 2026 per CME's latest filing, from 66.8% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 79.24% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 46.31% in Q2 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 60.95% and a median of 61.54% in 2023 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: FCF Margin jumped 2337 bps in 2022, then tumbled 813 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 79.24% in 2022, then fell by 10 bps to 71.11% in 2023, then retreated by 9 bps to 65.02% in 2024, then grew by 3 bps to 66.8% in 2025, then dropped by 1 bps to 65.85% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CME's FCF Margin at 65.85% in Q1 2026, 66.8% in Q4 2025, and 61.77% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 S&P Global 122.27 Bn 125.38 Bn 2.94 Bn 24.21%
2 Cme 88.49 Bn 88.49 Bn 1.83 Bn 65.85%
3 Moodys 79.74 Bn 78.38 Bn 1.55 Bn 40.60%
4 Intercontinental Exchange 76.18 Bn 74.71 Bn - 42.39%
5 Nasdaq 46.59 Bn 45.91 Bn 1.41 Bn 29.43%
6 Coinbase Global 43.23 Bn 42.70 Bn 1.33 Bn 12.93%
7 Msci 42.63 Bn 42.25 Bn 765.10 Mn 33.00%
8 Cboe Global Markets 26.37 Bn 24.20 Bn 728.90 Mn 152.48%
9 TransUnion 12.50 Bn 11.93 Bn 726.20 Mn 1.53%
10 Factset Research Systems 8.21 Bn 7.92 Bn 314.28 Mn 30.39%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 65.85%
Dec 31, 2025 66.80%
Sep 30, 2025 61.77%
Jun 30, 2025 61.47%
Mar 31, 2025 67.13%
Dec 31, 2024 65.02%
Sep 30, 2024 61.42%
Jun 30, 2024 49.51%
Mar 31, 2024 58.67%
Dec 31, 2023 71.11%
Sep 30, 2023 62.55%
Jun 30, 2023 46.31%
Mar 31, 2023 61.54%
Dec 31, 2022 79.24%
Sep 30, 2022 51.62%
Jun 30, 2022 48.47%
Mar 31, 2022 57.60%
Dec 31, 2021 55.87%
Sep 30, 2021 54.05%
Jun 30, 2021 39.02%