Cme Group Inc. CME
NASDAQ CME
$305.71 -0.27 (-0.09%)
At close: Oct 23, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Cme (CME) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026)

Updated

Cme's Return on Sales [ROS] came in at 64.89% for Q2 2026, down 1.86 percentage points from 66.74% a year earlier and down 4.77 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Cme (CME) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Cme reported Return on Sales [ROS] of 65.10%, down 0.21 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 64.86%, up 0.73 percentage points from FY2024.

  • Return on Sales [ROS] has increased in each of the last six years, with a five-year change of +10.86 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
  • Going back by year, Return on Sales [ROS] was 64.13% in FY2024 (+2.55 pp), 61.58% in FY2023 (+1.50 pp), 60.08% in FY2022 (+3.68 pp) and 56.40% in FY2021 (+2.40 pp).
  • The five-year range for quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] is 55.06% (Q4 2021) to 69.66% (Q1 2026).
  • Year-over-year, Return on Sales [ROS] increased in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.07 percentage points.
  • The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Sales [ROS] over five years came in Q4 2021 (a gain of 8.18 percentage points), and the weakest in Q2 2026 (a drop of 1.86 percentage points).
  • Business Quant data shows CME's Return on Sales [ROS] at 69.66% (Q1 2026), 61.84% (Q4 2025) and 63.25% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROS (Qtr)
1 Cme 110.29 Bn 98.39 Bn - 64.89%
2 Intercontinental Exchange 91.73 Bn 85.47 Bn - 38.52%
3 Robinhood Markets 85.57 Bn 66.60 Bn - 66.36%
4 Nasdaq 57.08 Bn 54.52 Bn 1.48 Bn 30.59%
5 Interactive Brokers 36.00 Bn 13.12 Bn - 138.98%
6 Cboe Global Markets 35.61 Bn 27.26 Bn 731.60 Mn 32.99%
7 Tradeweb Markets 26.02 Bn 18.03 Bn - 43.88%
8 LPL Financial Holdings 25.19 Bn 20.51 Bn - 11.90%
9 Circle Internet 21.29 Bn 15.17 Bn 288.85 Mn 4.90%
10 Xp 16.10 Bn -5.72 Bn 105.39 Mn 113.62%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 64.89%
Mar 31, 2026 69.66%
Dec 31, 2025 61.84%
Sep 30, 2025 63.25%
Jun 30, 2025 66.74%
Mar 31, 2025 67.47%
Dec 31, 2024 62.09%
Sep 30, 2024 64.64%
Jun 30, 2024 65.29%
Mar 31, 2024 64.49%
Dec 31, 2023 59.97%
Sep 30, 2023 61.31%
Jun 30, 2023 61.65%
Mar 31, 2023 63.38%
Dec 31, 2022 55.33%
Sep 30, 2022 60.17%
Jun 30, 2022 60.60%
Mar 31, 2022 63.80%
Dec 31, 2021 55.06%
Sep 30, 2021 55.29%
API Access

Cme Return on Sales [ROS] API

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