Cme (CME) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2026)

Cme (CME) reported Free Cash Flow of $1.2 billion for Q1 2026, up 12.31% year-over-year from $1.1 billion in Q1 2025, and up 12.41% quarter-over-quarter from $1.1 billion in Q4 2025.

Cme (CME) Free Cash Flow (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cme (CME) has 17 years of Free Cash Flow data on file, last reported at $1.2 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 came in at $1.2 billion, up 12.31% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $4.3 billion (up 13.15% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $4.2 billion, up 16.6% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow advanced to $1.2 billion in Q1 2026 per CME's latest filing, from $1.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $1.2 billion in Q1 2026 and troughed at $599.7 million in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $904.2 million and a median of $949.7 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Free Cash Flow jumped 49.31% in 2022, then decreased 3.11% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Free Cash Flow shows it stood at $957.1 million in 2022, then gained by 6.94% to $1.0 billion in 2023, then decreased by 3.11% to $991.7 million in 2024, then gained by 11.06% to $1.1 billion in 2025, then advanced by 12.41% to $1.2 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CME's Free Cash Flow at $1.2 billion in Q1 2026, $1.1 billion in Q4 2025, and $949.7 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 S&P Global 122.27 Bn 125.38 Bn 2.94 Bn 1.01 Bn
2 Cme 88.49 Bn 88.49 Bn 1.83 Bn 1.24 Bn
3 Moodys 79.74 Bn 78.38 Bn 1.55 Bn 844.00 Mn
4 Intercontinental Exchange 76.18 Bn 74.71 Bn - 1.26 Bn
5 Nasdaq 46.59 Bn 45.91 Bn 1.41 Bn 629.00 Mn
6 Coinbase Global 43.23 Bn 42.70 Bn 1.33 Bn 182.74 Mn
7 Msci 42.63 Bn 42.25 Bn 765.10 Mn 280.80 Mn
8 Cboe Global Markets 26.37 Bn 24.20 Bn 728.90 Mn 1.94 Bn
9 TransUnion 12.50 Bn 11.93 Bn 726.20 Mn 19.00 Mn
10 Factset Research Systems 8.21 Bn 7.92 Bn 314.28 Mn 185.69 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 1.24 Bn
Mar 31, 2026 1.24 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.10 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.10 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 949.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 949.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 1.04 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.04 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.10 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.10 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 991.70 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 991.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 973.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 973.20 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 758.70 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 758.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 872.90 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 872.90 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 1.02 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.02 Bn