CME · Cme Group Inc. - Financials
Annual line items from SEC XBRL filings, sourced from EDGAR's Company Facts API with fallback to the quarterly Financial Statement Data Sets. See issuer overview for Form 4 activity and 10-K signals.
Income Statement
| Line item | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.52B | $6.13B | $5.58B | $5.02B | $4.69B | $4.88B |
| Cost of Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gross Profit | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R&D | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SG&A | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total Operating Expenses | $2.29B | $2.20B | $2.14B | $2.00B | $2.04B | $2.25B |
| D&A | $107.50M | $115.10M | $126.00M | $134.90M | $147.80M | $153.20M |
| Operating Income | $4.23B | $3.93B | $3.44B | $3.02B | $2.65B | $2.64B |
| Interest Expense | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Income Tax | $1.26B | $1.02B | $927.40M | $799.30M | $736.70M | $615.70M |
| Net Income | $4.07B | $3.53B | $3.23B | $2.69B | $2.64B | $2.11B |
| EPS - Basic | $11.18 | $9.69 | $8.87 | $7.41 | $7.30 | $5.88 |
| EPS - Diluted | $11.16 | $9.67 | $8.86 | $7.40 | $7.29 | $5.87 |
Balance Sheet
| Line item | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | $4.42B | $2.89B | $2.91B | $2.72B | $2.83B | $1.63B |
| Accounts Receivable | $639.20M | $573.10M | $535.60M | $483.20M | $434.50M | $461.30M |
| Inventory | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Accounts Payable | $71.80M | $79.90M | $90.60M | $121.40M | $48.80M | $69.30M |
| Current Assets | $165.36B | $103.03B | $94.89B | $139.08B | $161.76B | $89.28B |
| Total Assets | $198.42B | $137.45B | $129.71B | $174.18B | $196.78B | $124.66B |
| Current Liabilities | $160.30B | $102.31B | $93.42B | $137.69B | $160.40B | $88.20B |
| Long-term Debt | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total Liabilities | $169.70B | $110.96B | $102.97B | $147.30B | $169.38B | $98.31B |
| Stockholders' Equity | $28.73B | $26.49B | $26.74B | $26.88B | $27.40B | $26.32B |
| Retained Earnings | $6.43B | $4.19B | $4.46B | $4.75B | $5.15B | $5.00B |
Cash Flow
| Line item | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $4.28B | $3.69B | $3.45B | $3.06B | $2.40B | $2.72B |
| Investing Cash Flow | $1.50B | ($82.60M) | $20.90M | ($489.80M) | $58.40M | ($175.50M) |
| Financing Cash Flow | $56.51B | $5.08B | ($48.34B) | ($25.38B) | $69.91B | ($2.46B) |
| CapEx | $83.50M | $94.00M | $76.40M | $89.70M | $127.20M | $197.50M |
| Free Cash Flow | $4.19B | $3.60B | $3.38B | $2.97B | $2.28B | $2.52B |
Ratios
| Metric | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Operating margin | 64.9% | 64.1% | 61.6% | 60.1% | 56.4% | 54.0% |
| EBITDA margin | 66.5% | 66.0% | 63.8% | 62.8% | 59.6% | 57.1% |
| Net margin | 62.5% | 57.5% | 57.8% | 53.6% | 56.2% | 43.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 64.3% | 58.7% | 60.5% | 59.1% | 48.5% | 51.6% |
| FCF / Net income | 1.03 | 1.02 | 1.05 | 1.10 | 0.86 | 1.20 |
| R&D / Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SG&A / Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Effective tax rate | 23.6% | 22.4% | 22.3% | 22.9% | 21.8% | 22.6% |
| Return on assets | 2.1% | 2.6% | 2.5% | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.7% |
| Return on equity | 14.2% | 13.3% | 12.1% | 10.0% | 9.6% | 8.0% |
| Return on invested capital | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 1.03 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.01 |
| Quick ratio | 1.03 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.01 |
| Cash ratio | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt / Equity | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Debt / Assets | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Debt / EBITDA | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Interest coverage | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Equity multiplier | 6.91 | 5.19 | 4.85 | 6.48 | 7.18 | 4.74 |
| Liabilities / Assets | 0.86 | 0.81 | 0.79 | 0.85 | 0.86 | 0.79 |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.04 |
| Inventory turnover | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Days sales outstanding | 36d | 34d | 35d | 35d | 34d | 34d |
| Days inventory outstanding | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Days payable outstanding | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cash conversion cycle | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valuation | ||||||
| P / E | 24.5x | 24.0x | 23.8x | 22.7x | 31.3x | 31.0x |
| P / B | 3.4x | 3.2x | 2.8x | 2.2x | 3.0x | 2.5x |
| P / S | 15.1x | 13.6x | 13.6x | 12.0x | 17.5x | 13.4x |
| EV / EBITDA | 21.7x | 19.9x | 20.4x | 18.3x | 28.3x | 22.8x |
| Growth | ||||||
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 6.4% | 9.9% | 11.1% | 7.0% | -4.0% | 0.3% |
| Revenue CAGR (3y) | 9.1% | 9.3% | 4.5% | 1.0% | 2.9% | 10.2% |
| Revenue CAGR (5y) | 6.0% | 4.7% | 5.3% | 6.6% | 5.5% | 8.0% |
| Gross profit growth (YoY) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Operating income growth (YoY) | 7.6% | 14.4% | 13.9% | 14.0% | 0.3% | 1.9% |
| Net income growth (YoY) | 15.5% | 9.3% | 19.9% | 2.1% | 25.2% | -0.5% |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 15.4% | 9.1% | 19.7% | 1.5% | 24.2% | -0.7% |
| EPS CAGR (3y) | 14.7% | 9.9% | 14.7% | 7.8% | 8.5% | -21.1% |
| EPS CAGR (5y) | 13.7% | 10.3% | 9.2% | -9.1% | 10.0% | 9.7% |
| FCF growth (YoY) | 16.6% | 6.5% | 13.9% | 30.4% | -9.6% | 3.7% |
| FCF CAGR (5y) | 10.7% | 8.2% | 7.8% | 11.0% | 7.0% | 12.4% |
| Book value growth (YoY) | 8.5% | -0.9% | -0.5% | -1.9% | 4.1% | 0.7% |
Sales by segment
From XBRL dimensional facts in the 10-K period ending 2025-12-31.
Product / service
$6.52B totalClearingandtransactionfees$5.28B · 81.0%
Market Data$803.10M · 12.3%
Other Revenue$436.40M · 6.7%
Stability scores
Altman Z′
FY 2025 · bankruptcy risk
0.22
Distress
Private-firm variant - uses book equity instead of market cap. > 2.90 safe · 1.23-2.90 grey · < 1.23 distress.
Piotroski F-score
FY 2025 · 9-point quality
5/9
Neutral
- ✓Net income positive
- ✓Operating cash flow positive
- ✗ROA improved YoY
- ✓Cash flow > net income
- -Long-term debt decreased
- ✓Current ratio improved
- ✓No share dilution
- -Gross margin improved
- ✗Asset turnover improved
Peer comparison
Same SIC group: Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services
Comparing CME GROUP INC. against the 5 most active filers in the same SIC group.
Dividends
$11.20/share trailing 12 months · +6.7% YoY
| Ex-date | Per share |
|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2026 | $7.4500 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | $1.2500 |
| Sep 9, 2025 | $1.2500 |
| Jun 9, 2025 | $1.2500 |
| Mar 7, 2025 | $1.2500 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | $5.8000 |
| Dec 9, 2024 | $1.1500 |
| Sep 9, 2024 | $1.1500 |
| Jun 7, 2024 | $1.1500 |
| Mar 7, 2024 | $1.1500 |
| Dec 27, 2023 | $5.2500 |
| Dec 7, 2023 | $1.1000 |
| Sep 7, 2023 | $1.1000 |
| Jun 8, 2023 | $1.1000 |
| Mar 9, 2023 | $1.1000 |
| Dec 27, 2022 | $4.5000 |
| Dec 8, 2022 | $1.0000 |
| Sep 8, 2022 | $1.0000 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | $1.0000 |
| Mar 9, 2022 | $1.0000 |
| Dec 27, 2021 | $3.2500 |
| Dec 9, 2021 | $0.9000 |
| Sep 9, 2021 | $0.9000 |
| Jun 9, 2021 | $0.9000 |