Cme (CME) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Cme (CME) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 2.18 for Q1 2026, down 6.44% year-over-year from 2.33 in Q1 2025, and up 427.42% quarter-over-quarter from 0.41 in Q4 2025.

Cme (CME) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cme (CME) has 17 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 2.18 in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 2.18, down 6.44% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.94 (down 6.08% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.94, down 5.89% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio advanced to 2.18 in Q1 2026 per CME's latest filing, from 0.41 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 2.67 in Q1 2024 and troughed at 0.38 in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 1.02 and a median of 0.55 in 2024 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: FCF Payout Ratio declined 25.51% in 2022, then increased 16.26% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.38 in 2022, then advanced by 2.93% to 0.39 in 2023, then climbed by 8.03% to 0.42 in 2024, then decreased by 2.18% to 0.41 in 2025, then jumped by 427.42% to 2.18 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CME's FCF Payout Ratio at 2.18 in Q1 2026, 0.41 in Q4 2025, and 0.48 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 S&P Global 122.27 Bn 125.38 Bn 2.94 Bn 0.29
2 Cme 88.49 Bn 88.49 Bn 1.83 Bn 2.18
3 Moodys 79.74 Bn 78.38 Bn 1.55 Bn 0.22
4 Intercontinental Exchange 76.18 Bn 74.71 Bn - 0.24
5 Nasdaq 46.59 Bn 45.91 Bn 1.41 Bn 0.24
6 Coinbase Global 43.23 Bn 42.70 Bn 1.33 Bn -
7 Msci 42.63 Bn 42.25 Bn 765.10 Mn 0.53
8 Cboe Global Markets 26.37 Bn 24.20 Bn 728.90 Mn 0.04
9 TransUnion 12.50 Bn 11.93 Bn 726.20 Mn 1.32
10 Factset Research Systems 8.21 Bn 7.92 Bn 314.28 Mn 0.22

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 2.18
Dec 31, 2025 0.41
Sep 30, 2025 0.48
Jun 30, 2025 0.44
Mar 31, 2025 2.33
Dec 31, 2024 0.42
Sep 30, 2024 0.43
Jun 30, 2024 0.55
Mar 31, 2024 2.67
Dec 31, 2023 0.39
Sep 30, 2023 0.48
Jun 30, 2023 0.63
Mar 31, 2023 2.29
Dec 31, 2022 0.38
Sep 30, 2022 0.57
Jun 30, 2022 0.61
Mar 31, 2022 1.99
Dec 31, 2021 0.51
Sep 30, 2021 0.54
Jun 30, 2021 0.70