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CME Group

274.70 USD
-3.12
1.12%
At close Jul 18, 4:00 PM EDT
After hours
274.70
+0.00
0.00%
1 day
-1.12%
5 days
-0.63%
1 month
0.96%
3 months
5.52%
6 months
18.28%
Year to date
18.04%
1 year
36.93%
5 years
63.61%
10 years
175.14%
 

About: Based in Chicago, CME Group operates exchanges giving investors, suppliers, and businesses the ability to trade futures and derivatives based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign currencies, energy, metals, and commodities. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange was founded in 1898 and in 2002 completed its IPO. Since then, CME Group has consolidated parts of the industry by merging with crosstown rival CBOT Holdings in 2007 before acquiring Nymex Holdings in 2008 and NEX in 2018. In addition, the company has a 27% stake in S&P Dow Jones Indices, making the Chicago Mercantile Exchange the exclusive venue to trade and clear S&P futures contracts. Through CME's acquisition of NEX, it also expanded into cash foreign exchange, fixed-income trading, and collateral optimization.

Employees: 3,760

0
Funds holding %
of 7,321 funds
0
Analysts bullish %
of 8 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

125% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 207 | Existing positions closed: 92

36% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $579M | Put options by funds: $427M

17% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 53 [Q4 2024] → 62 (+9) [Q1 2025]

16% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $74.4B [Q4 2024] → $86.6B (+$12.2B) [Q1 2025]

6% more funds holding

Funds holding: 1,473 [Q4 2024] → 1,562 (+89) [Q1 2025]

6% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 586 | Existing positions reduced: 552

0.19% more ownership

Funds ownership: 88.09% [Q4 2024] → 88.28% (+0.19%) [Q1 2025]

Research analyst outlook

8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target
$211
23%
downside
Avg. target
$283
3%
upside
High target
$305
11%
upside

8 analyst ratings

positive
50%
neutral
38%
negative
13%
Piper Sandler
Patrick Moley
8%upside
$296
Overweight
Maintained
15 Jul 2025
Barclays
Benjamin Budish
9%upside
$299
Equal-Weight
Maintained
10 Jul 2025
Citigroup
Christopher Allen
0%upside
$275
Neutral
Maintained
3 Jul 2025
Oppenheimer
Owen Lau
9%upside
$300
Outperform
Maintained
4 Jun 2025
UBS
Alex Kramm
11%upside
$305
Buy
Maintained
25 Apr 2025

Financial journalist opinion

Based on 16 articles about CME published over the past 30 days

Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 day ago
Stay Ahead of the Game With CME (CME) Q2 Earnings: Wall Street's Insights on Key Metrics
Beyond analysts' top-and-bottom-line estimates for CME (CME), evaluate projections for some of its key metrics to gain a better insight into how the business might have performed for the quarter ended June 2025.
Stay Ahead of the Game With CME (CME) Q2 Earnings: Wall Street's Insights on Key Metrics
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 day ago
Why Investors Need to Take Advantage of These 2 Finance Stocks Now
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Why Investors Need to Take Advantage of These 2 Finance Stocks Now
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
3 days ago
CME Group (CME) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth
CME (CME) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
CME Group (CME) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 week ago
Will CME (CME) Beat Estimates Again in Its Next Earnings Report?
CME (CME) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.
Will CME (CME) Beat Estimates Again in Its Next Earnings Report?
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 week ago
CME Group International Average Daily Volume Hits Record 9.2 Million Contracts in Q2 2025, Up 18% Year over Year
Record Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) ADV of 6.7M, up 15% in Q2 2025 Record Asia Pacific (APAC) ADV of 2.2M, up 30% in Q2 2025 LONDON and SINGAPORE , July 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that its quarterly international average daily volume (ADV) reached a record 9.2 million contracts in Q2 2025, up 18% year over year. Reflecting all trading reported outside the United States, this growth was driven by record quarterly ADV in EMEA and APAC.
CME Group International Average Daily Volume Hits Record 9.2 Million Contracts in Q2 2025, Up 18% Year over Year
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 week ago
3 Crypto-Focused Stocks to Buy as Bitcoin Heads Toward New High
With Bitcoin holding near $109K and optimism rising, V, CME, and BLK emerge as top crypto-exposed stocks to watch now.
3 Crypto-Focused Stocks to Buy as Bitcoin Heads Toward New High
Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 week ago
CME Group: Buy Affirmed Again, As Market Demand And Strong Margins Win
CME Group gets rated buy again, reaffirming my last rating. The firm is growing new products, markets, and users, as well as having achieved profit margins beating its sector and key peers, and cashflow growth. Two key business segments of operating exchanges, as well as providing market data to subscribers, have seen demand growth.
CME Group: Buy Affirmed Again, As Market Demand And Strong Margins Win
Positive
Seeking Alpha
2 weeks ago
If I Could Only Buy 2 Dividend Stocks Right Now - These Would Be It
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If I Could Only Buy 2 Dividend Stocks Right Now - These Would Be It
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
2 weeks ago
Could CME Group's FX Tape+ be the Key to a More Transparent FX Market?
CME is launching FX Tape+ to unify fragmented FX data into a real-time, centralized reference for global market transparency.
Could CME Group's FX Tape+ be the Key to a More Transparent FX Market?
Neutral
PRNewsWire
2 weeks ago
CME Group Completes First Delivery Cycle of Hard Red Spring Wheat Futures
CHICAGO , July 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that it has completed its first physical delivery cycle of Hard Red Spring Wheat futures, with 182 contracts delivered on July 1, 2025, the first delivery date since the product's April 14 launch. "Completion of the first delivery cycle is another important milestone for our new Hard Red Spring Wheat futures contract," said John Ricci, Managing Director and Global Head of Agricultural Products at CME Group.
CME Group Completes First Delivery Cycle of Hard Red Spring Wheat Futures
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