Growth Metrics

Cme (CME) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Cme (CME) has disclosed Gross Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 94.79% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin rose 72.0% to 94.79% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 96.19%, a 55.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 96.19%, up 55.0% from a year prior.
  • Gross Margin was 94.79% for Q4 2025 at Cme, down from 96.42% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 96.86% in Q2 2025 to a low of 92.13% in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 95.38% and a median of 95.8% in 2023 define the central range for Gross Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for Gross Margin: surged 177bps in 2021, then crashed -81bps in 2022.
  • Cme's Gross Margin stood at 92.95% in 2021, then dropped by -1bps to 92.13% in 2022, then rose by 1bps to 92.92% in 2023, then increased by 1bps to 94.07% in 2024, then increased by 1bps to 94.79% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CME's Gross Margin are 94.79% (Q4 2025), 96.42% (Q3 2025), and 96.86% (Q2 2025).