CME Group
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
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
168% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 193 | Existing positions closed: 72
53% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $492M | Put options by funds: $322M
39% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 38 [Q3] → 53 (+15) [Q4]
21% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 586 | Existing positions reduced: 483
9% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $68.2B [Q3] → $74.4B (+$6.21B) [Q4]
7% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,372 [Q3] → 1,464 (+92) [Q4]
2.13% more ownership
Funds ownership: 85.91% [Q3] → 88.04% (+2.13%) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
10 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
10 analyst ratings
UBS Alex Kramm 61% 1-year accuracy 11 / 18 met price target | 10%upside $305 | Buy Maintained | 25 Apr 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Mike Cyprys 50% 1-year accuracy 4 / 8 met price target | 10%upside $304 | Overweight Maintained | 24 Apr 2025 |
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Kyle Voigt 63% 1-year accuracy 19 / 30 met price target | 1%downside $273 | Market Perform Maintained | 24 Apr 2025 |
JP Morgan Kenneth Worthington 57% 1-year accuracy 17 / 30 met price target | 24%downside $211 | Underweight Maintained | 24 Apr 2025 |
Barclays Benjamin Budish 64% 1-year accuracy 85 / 133 met price target | 2%upside $283 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 23 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 38 articles about CME published over the past 30 days
