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CME GROUP INC.

Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services

Company overview

CME GROUP INC. is an SEC-reporting issuer listed on NASDAQ under CME. Its SEC industry description is Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services. This profile organizes annual financial disclosures for research; sector labels are editorial groupings, not GICS classifications.

Banks, insurers, exchanges and asset managers earn income through different balance-sheet and fee models. Conventional industrial cash-flow ratios may not be economically comparable.

Business segments

Segment-level revenue is not included in this standardized dataset. Consult the business and segment notes in the linked annual filing for the issuer’s actual reporting segments.

Selected fundamentals

Annual reporting currency: USD. Financial amounts are in millions, except per-share figures and ratios.

Latest period 2025-12-31 · prior period 2024-12-31
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31Source filed
RevenueUSD 6,520.6mUSD 6,130.1m2026-02-26
Operating incomeUSD 4,229.5mUSD 3,931.5m2026-02-26
Net incomeUSD 4,072.2mUSD 3,525.8m2026-02-26
Diluted EPSUSD 11.16USD 9.672026-02-26
Operating cash flowUSD 4,277.1mUSD 3,690.5m2026-02-26
Capital expenditureUSD 83.5mUSD 94m2026-02-26
Free cash flowUSD 4,193.6mUSD 3,596.5m2026-02-26
Gross marginNot availableNot available2026-02-26
Operating margin64.86%64.13%2026-02-26

FCF = operating cash flow − purchases of property, plant and equipment. Missing tags remain unavailable. Standardized cash-flow comparisons are particularly limited for financial businesses.

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  "netIncome": {
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  "operatingCashFlow": {
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    "unit": "USD"
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    "fy": 2025,
    "fp": "FY",
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    "filed": "2026-02-26",
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    "unit": "USD"
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    "fp": "FY",
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    "filed": "2026-02-26",
    "tag": "us-gaap:Liabilities",
    "unit": "USD"
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  "shareholdersEquity": {
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    "fy": 2025,
    "fp": "FY",
    "form": "10-K",
    "filed": "2026-02-26",
    "tag": "us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent",
    "unit": "USD"
  }
}

Annual earnings trend

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Period endRevenueNet incomeEPS
2025-12-31USD 6,520.6mUSD 4,072.2mUSD 11.16
2024-12-31USD 6,130.1mUSD 3,525.8mUSD 9.67
2023-12-31USD 5,578.9mUSD 3,226mUSD 8.86
2022-12-31USD 5,019.4mUSD 2,691mUSD 7.40

Valuation context

This release does not quote price-based multiples because it does not include synchronized market prices. A financial denominator must be paired with a clearly dated market value.

MeasureInterpretation
P/EPrice divided by EPS; identify annual, trailing or forward basis.
P/S & P/BMarket capitalization divided by sales or book equity.
EV / EBITDAEnterprise value and EBITDA need consistent definitions.
FCF yieldFree cash flow divided by dated market capitalization.

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Selected filing notes

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