CME GROUP INC. financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q1 2026.

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

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CME - CME GROUP INC. Financial Facts

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Context
Latest metrics period: Q1 2026
Latest reported value
Return On Equity 16%

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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Latest metrics period Q1 2026
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  • Current latest metrics period: Q1 2026.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date on this page: 31 Mar 2026.
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Latest update

Latest update for CME - CME GROUP INC.

New fact period available

Latest financial period: Q1 2026. Reopen this facts page to verify the newest reported period against the prior baseline.

Update date

24 Apr 2026

Page type

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Latest period

Q1 2026

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Benchmark Context

How Return On Equity compares

Return On Equity is up about 19% versus the comparable prior period.

Compared with

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Why this is notable

Return On Equity already has a self-history signal here, but same-industry benchmark context waits until the benchmark sample is strong enough.

  • Latest comparable period on this page: Q1 2026.
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How to read key metrics on this page

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Plain-English Guide

How to read Revenue on this page

Revenue is the sales a company reports from customers before most expenses are subtracted.

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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: Q1 2026.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 16%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: +19%.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 31 Mar 2026.

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.

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Latest SEC snapshot (2026-03-31) highlights Return On Equity 15.9%, Return On Assets 1.6%, and Operating Margin 69.8%.

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Financial Quality Score

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

57.2/100

Caution Confidence medium

Return On Equity

16%

Metric score 46.6/100

Return On Assets

1.6%

Metric score 0.0/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
1.02x
Quick Ratio
0.02x
Debt to Equity
0.14x

Strengths

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

Watchpoints

Return On Assets and Quick Ratio

Key metrics snapshot

Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 16% +19%
Return On Assets 1.6% -5.1%
Operating Margin 70% +1%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 1.02x +0.14%
Quick Ratio 0.02x +12%
Debt-to-equity 0.14x

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 7.5%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 359,318,000 -0.08%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 363,208,000 +0.83%

Supporting Metrics

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Metric Latest value YoY change
Accounts Payable, Current $75,400,000 -25%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $935,500,000 +21%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $59,400,000
Amortization of Intangible Assets $224,300,000 +1.2%
Assets $201,993,500,000 +28%
Assets, Current $169,001,200,000 +37%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $2,391,200,000 +70%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $167,432,900,000 +37%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents, Period Increase (Decrease), Including Exchange Rate Effect $3,353,400,000 -83%
Costs and Expenses $2,327,200,000 +5.6%
Deferred Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $13,400,000 -81%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $5,221,100,000 -0.36%
Depreciation $27,200,000 -0.37%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 11.8 +18%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 11.72 +18%
Goodwill $10,506,000,000 +0.06%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $5,596,600,000 +20%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $1,326,300,000 +27%
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Receivable $295,800,000 +50%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $311,800,000 -18%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $32,200,000 -10%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $49,500,000 -8.3%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $33,200,000 -27%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $43,800,000 -6.6%
Liabilities $175,375,300,000 +34%
Liabilities and Equity $201,993,500,000 +28%
Liabilities, Current $165,997,800,000 +37%
Marketable Securities, Current $124,200,000 +9%
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities $2,116,500,000 -89%
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities $23,000,000 -44%
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities $1,259,900,000 +13%
Nonoperating Income (Expense) $1,165,400,000 +97%
Operating Income (Loss) $4,431,200,000 +8.6%
Operating Lease, Liability $270,500,000 -15%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $46,200,000 +6.2%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $224,300,000 -19%
Operating Lease, Payments $58,300,000 -21%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $198,700,000 -11%
Other Assets, Current $515,000,000 +12%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $2,404,800,000 -33%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $733,200,000 +1.7%
Other Noncash Income (Expense) $11,100,000
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment $21,800,000 +54%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $355,400,000 -4.3%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $4,884,600,000 +4.2%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense $21,800,000 +2.8%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $26,618,200,000 -1.5%

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
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