CME
CME Group
Financials · Financial Exchanges & Data · US
✗ ETHICAL FAIL
MODERATE MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics
How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter
Market Cap
$101.9B
Total market value of the company
21.80
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+14.4%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
0.0%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
15.9%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$306.60
+19% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
HOLD
Consensus view from 15 analysts covering this stock
About CME Group
CME Group Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates contract markets for the trading of futures and options on futures contracts worldwide. It offers futures and options products based on interest rates, equity indexes, and foreign exchange; and agricultural, energy, and metals commodities, as well as fixed income and foreign currency trading services. The company provides clearing house services, including clearing, settling, and guaranteeing futures and options contracts, and cleared swaps products traded through its exchanges. In addition, the company offers a range of market data services, including real-time and historical data services. It serves professional traders, financial institutions, institutional and individual investors, corporations, manufacturers, producers, governments, and central banks. The company was formerly known as Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. and changed its name to CME Group Inc. in July 2007. The company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
https://www.cmegroup.com
Country: United States Employees: 3,875 Industry: Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
Ethical Screening
Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance
Business Activity
FAIL
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
0.0%
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0%
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
0.0%
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0%
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$257.00
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
-0.2%
Trading above fair value — no margin of safety
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
37.7th
Ranks in the top 62% of our 13,571 screened universe
Trading at $281, 9% above fair value of $257. Moderate competitive position. Fails ethical screen (Business activity screen). Ranks better than 16% of screened stocks.
Quantitative Intelligence
Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data
MARKUP
Price trending up with increasing momentum
1.142
Excellent risk-adjusted returns
0.0971
Suggested allocation is meaningful — the edge justifies a position
1.825
Returns exceed worst-case losses — strong risk profile
Annual Return
21.5%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-11.8%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
SIDEWAYS
Price consolidating — no clear directional bias
Days in State
3
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data
Trading characteristics and market positioning
0.26
Very low correlation to market moves
52W High
$329.16
22% below the year high
52W Low
$257.17
0% above the year low
Avg Volume
2,350,145
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
1.8
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
1.3%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
185.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$11.73
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health
Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value
0.14
Conservative use of debt — low financial risk
1.02
Adequate but worth monitoring
Quick Ratio
0.02
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
100.0%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
69.8%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$3.0B
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$6.7B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$4.2B
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Recent Insider Activity
SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling
| Date |
Insider |
Title |
Type |
Shares |
Value |
| 2026-05-18 |
PIELL HILDA HARRIS |
Officer |
|
5,753 |
$1,752,536 |
| 2026-05-15 |
DUFFY TERRENCE A |
Chief Executive Officer |
|
35,000 |
$10,447,866 |
| 2026-03-26 |
SHEPARD WILLIAM R |
Director |
|
1,469 |
$437,101 |
| 2026-03-17 |
MARCUS JONATHAN L |
General Counsel |
|
3,291 |
$1,097,121 |
| 2026-03-17 |
MARCUS JONATHAN L |
Officer |
|
3,291 |
$1,031,301 |
| 2026-03-13 |
DUFFY TERRENCE A |
Chief Executive Officer |
|
62,902 |
$19,587,683 |
| 2026-03-13 |
VROMAN KENDAL L |
Officer |
|
7,076 |
$2,203,466 |
| 2026-03-13 |
PIELL HILDA HARRIS |
Officer |
|
7,076 |
$2,203,466 |
| 2026-03-13 |
FITZPATRICK LYNNE |
Chief Executive Officer |
|
5,504 |
$1,713,946 |
| 2026-03-13 |
MCCOURT TIMOTHY FRANCIS |
Officer |
|
5,504 |
$1,713,946 |
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
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Political Trading Activity
Congressional trading disclosures involving this instrument
| Date |
Politician |
Party |
Type |
Amount |
| 15 May2026 |
David Taylor |
Republican |
buy |
1K–15K |
| 15 May2026 |
David Taylor |
Republican |
buy |
1K–15K |
Source: Congressional disclosure filings. View all political trades at
Insider Intelligence
Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: