Cme (CME) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)

Cme (CME) has 18 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 12.95% in Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 12.95%, down 261.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 12.95% (down 261.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 55.37%, up 4279.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed eased to 12.95% in Q1 2026 per CME's latest filing, from 13.02% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 16.14% in Q2 2025 and troughed at 5.46% in Q2 2022.
• A 5-year average of 10.22% and a median of 10.01% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed sank 458 bps in 2022, then soared 720 bps in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 7.81% in 2022, then advanced by 28 bps to 10.04% in 2023, then rose by 11 bps to 11.14% in 2024, then gained by 17 bps to 13.02% in 2025, then decreased by 1 bps to 12.95% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows CME's Return on Capital Employed at 12.95% in Q1 2026, 13.02% in Q4 2025, and 12.25% in Q3 2025.