Growth Metrics

Cme (CME) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Cme (CME) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.72% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Sales rose 14.0% to 0.72% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.62%, a 5.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.62%, up 5.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Sales was 0.72% for Q4 2025 at Cme, up from 0.59% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.83% in Q3 2021 to a low of 0.43% in Q2 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.58% and a median of 0.57% in 2023 define the central range for Return on Sales.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: soared 45bps in 2021, then decreased -28bps in 2022.
  • Cme's Return on Sales stood at 0.54% in 2021, then decreased by -3bps to 0.53% in 2022, then increased by 7bps to 0.57% in 2023, then increased by 1bps to 0.57% in 2024, then grew by 25bps to 0.72% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CME's Return on Sales are 0.72% (Q4 2025), 0.59% (Q3 2025), and 0.61% (Q2 2025).