Cme (CME) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Cme (CME) reported Operating Expenses of $570.4 million for Q1 2026, up 6.76% year-over-year from $534.3 million in Q1 2025, and down 9.33% quarter-over-quarter from $629.1 million in Q4 2025.

Cme (CME) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cme (CME) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $570.4 million in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $570.4 million, up 6.76% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $2.3 billion (up 5.56% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $2.3 billion, up 4.21% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses slipped to $570.4 million in Q1 2026 per CME's latest filing, from $629.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $629.1 million in Q4 2025 and troughed at $487.5 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $541.6 million and a median of $534.3 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Operating Expenses dropped 7.71% in 2022, then climbed 8.8% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $539.5 million in 2022, then advanced by 6.78% to $576.1 million in 2023, then gained by 0.36% to $578.2 million in 2024, then increased by 8.8% to $629.1 million in 2025, then slipped by 9.33% to $570.4 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CME's Operating Expenses at $570.4 million in Q1 2026, $629.1 million in Q4 2025, and $565.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 S&P Global 122.27 Bn 125.38 Bn 2.94 Bn 2.34 Bn
2 Cme 88.49 Bn 88.49 Bn 1.83 Bn 570.40 Mn
3 Moodys 79.74 Bn 78.38 Bn 1.55 Bn 1.16 Bn
4 Intercontinental Exchange 76.18 Bn 74.71 Bn - 1.31 Bn
5 Nasdaq 46.59 Bn 45.91 Bn 1.41 Bn 750.00 Mn
6 Coinbase Global 43.23 Bn 42.70 Bn 1.33 Bn 1.43 Bn
7 Msci 42.63 Bn 42.25 Bn 765.10 Mn 393.90 Mn
8 Cboe Global Markets 26.37 Bn 24.20 Bn 728.90 Mn 223.30 Mn
9 TransUnion 12.50 Bn 11.93 Bn 726.20 Mn 1.00 Bn
10 Factset Research Systems 8.21 Bn 7.92 Bn 314.28 Mn 426.06 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 570.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 629.10 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 565.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 562.70 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 534.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 578.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 560.20 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 531.90 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 528.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 576.10 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 517.60 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 521.60 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 527.90 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 539.50 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 489.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 487.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 487.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 515.60 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 496.20 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 504.50 Mn