CME Group Inc. (CME)
Financial Services · end-of-day data as of Oct 16, 2026
The average 12-month analyst price target for CME is $299.01, 1.7% above the last close of $293.87 on Oct 16, 2026; targets range from $264.18 to $342.02. Rating consensus: Buy.
Snapshot
- P/E24.9x
- P/E vs sector+75.2%
- P/E vs own+5.4%
- Target upside+1.7%
- ConsensusBuy
- Market cap$106B
- FCF yield+4.0%
- Insiders-$4.18M
- Earnings in5d
- News
Why it moved
CME Group Inc. (CME) rose 1.5% on Oct 16, 2026.
The market (SPY) fell 1.1%; Financial Services stocks rose 0.3%. Most of the move came from its sector.
News spike: 8 stories, 6.2× the 30-day average.
- CME Is Launching Uniswap and Bitcoin Cash Futures. Do Futures Actually Move Prices?
- Focus Financial Network Inc. Purchases New Position in CME Group Inc. $CME
- Better Buy After the Rebound: Chainlink or Bitcoin? One Is Up 13% This Month.
Market = SPY. Sector = equal-weight average of the tracked companies in the same sector, net of the market.
Price and events
Last close $293.87 · +16.3% over 1y · E earnings · D dividend · S split · A analyst rating change
Technicals
- Trendsideways
- Sector▲ -3.9%
- MAs20▲ 50▲ 100▲ 200▲
- Above MAs4 of 4 above
- MA20×50Death 8d ago
- RSI72
- Support-2.1%
- Resistance+2.0%
- Off 52w high-6.9%
- Off ATH-6.9%
- 52w range$293.87
- Bollingerabove upper
- MACD2.66
- ATR+2.0%
- Volume1.2x
Analyst price targets
8 firms with a target in the last 12 months · last close $293.87 · as of Oct 16, 2026
Strong buy 5 · Buy 4 · Hold 6 · Sell 1 · Strong sell 2
Revenue and free cash flow
Q2 FY2026: Revenue +0.8% year over year, free cash flow 54.1% of revenue, operating margin 64.9%.
| Q2 FY2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $1.71B | 2.88 | $924M | 69.2% | 64.9% | 61.1% |
| Q1 FY2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $1.88B | 3.18 | $1.24B | 88.1% | 69.7% | 61.4% |
| Q4 FY2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $1.65B | 3.24 | $1.1B | 85.4% | 61.8% | 70.8% |
| Q3 FY2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $1.54B | 2.49 | $950M | 84.5% | 63.3% | 59.1% |
| Q2 FY2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $1.69B | 2.81 | $1.04B | 86.9% | 66.7% | 59.8% |
| Q1 FY2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $1.64B | 2.62 | $1.1B | 87.4% | 67.5% | 58.2% |
| Q4 FY2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $1.53B | 2.40 | $992M | 85.5% | 62.1% | 57.3% |
| Q3 FY2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $1.58B | 2.50 | $973M | 86.2% | 64.6% | 57.6% |
Peers
| 20D | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | $429.64 | +1.1% | -20.8% | +20.5% | 26.2 | $127B | |
| 2 | | $293.87 | +1.5% | -6.9% | +1.7% | 24.9 | $106B | |
| 3 |  | $161.56 | +2.0% | -6.8% | +12.8% | 22.8 | $90.7B | |
| 4 |  | $485.07 | +0.3% | -9.5% | +11.7% | 30.8 | $84.01B | |
| 5 |  | $93.97 | +0.5% | -6.0% | +19.4% | 27.4 | $52.53B | |
| 6 |  | $173.16 | -5.8% | -52.1% | +27.3% | — | $45.69B | |
| 7 |  | $569.08 | -1.0% | -11.3% | +22.5% | 31.4 | $41.37B | |
| 8 |  | $314.98 | +2.2% | -13.7% | +3.2% | 24.6 | $32.89B |
Data as of Oct 16, 2026 close.
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