CME GROUP INC. financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
CME on Nasdaq
Location
Chicago, IL
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
26 Feb 2026

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CME - CME GROUP INC. Financial Facts

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Context
Latest metrics period: Q4 2025
Latest reported value
Return On Equity 15%

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open metric pages to inspect the reported history.

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Quick Takeaways

  • CME - CME GROUP INC. financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 15%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-green-600">+11%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 31 Dec 2025.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
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Source Evidence

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open company facts to inspect the reported metric history.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2025-12-31) highlights Return On Equity 14.8%, Return On Assets 1.6%, and Operating Margin 63.8%.

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Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

55.3/100

Caution Confidence medium

Return On Equity

15%

Metric score 39.7/100

Return On Assets

1.6%

Metric score 0.0/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
1.03x
Quick Ratio
0.03x
Debt to Equity
0.13x

Strengths

Operating Margin, Current Ratio, and Debt-to-equity

Watchpoints

Return On Equity, Return On Assets, and Quick Ratio

Key metrics snapshot

Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 15% +11%
Return On Assets 1.6% -8.1%
Operating Margin 64% +1.1%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 1.03x +2.4%
Quick Ratio 0.03x -6.9%
Debt-to-equity 0.13x +42%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 6.4%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 359,648,000 +0.07%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 360,310,000 +0.1%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Costs and Expenses $2,291,100,000 +4.2%
Operating Income (Loss) $4,229,500,000 +7.6%
Nonoperating Income (Expense) $1,101,000,000 +81%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $5,330,500,000 +17%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $1,258,300,000 +24%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 11.18 +15%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 11.16 +15%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $4,416,900,000 +53%
Marketable Securities, Current $125,000,000 +10%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $639,200,000 +12%
Other Assets, Current $522,100,000 -6.7%
Assets, Current $165,359,300,000 +60%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $362,700,000 -6.1%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $210,300,000 -9%
Goodwill $10,514,700,000 +0.26%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $2,401,500,000 -32%
Assets $198,424,200,000 +44%
Accounts Payable, Current $71,800,000 -10%
Liabilities, Current $160,296,700,000 +57%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $5,242,200,000 -0.09%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $734,800,000 +1.9%
Liabilities $169,696,000,000 +53%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $81,900,000
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $6,433,200,000 +54%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $28,728,200,000 +8.5%
Liabilities and Equity $198,424,200,000 +44%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $164,079,500,000 +61%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $1,368,400,000 -3%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $49,700,000 -5.5%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $57,100,000 -1.6%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.041 -2.4%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $44,000,000 -12%
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued 4,600,000 0%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $294,800,000 +17%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $33,300,000 -32%
Operating Lease, Payments $59,300,000 -20%
Amortization of Intangible Assets $223,400,000 +0.77%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY