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CME Group

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FY 2025-12-31ANNUAL FILINGS
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These are research estimates based on annual filings. Valuation uses a cash-flow proxy and explicit assumptions; prices are not live. Published valuations use annual periods first filed by the price date, with later restatements retained.
Reference share price · USD
$220.83HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT

As of · fund-implied per-share value

Fund holding value ÷ shares held. Not a live quote; not adjusted for later stock splits.

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Estimated issuer market cap
Needs share-count review

Price available; dated issuer common capital structure or outstanding share count still requires review.

Reviewed cash-flow model

Reviewed operating-business exception limited to this annual period. CME earns exchange, clearing, data and related service fees. The FY2025 cash-flow statement classifies $60.761bn performance-bond/guaranty-fund movements in financing, separately from $4.277bn operating cash flow; these client funds are not available corporate cash. The reviewed debt includes all current and noncurrent note carrying amounts. Generic operating-business proxies are shown with substantial limitations: clearing default exposure and regulatory capital remain, collateral inflates the accrual asset denominator, and investment/clearing-fund interest affects earnings. This is not a specialist clearinghouse valuation or an adjusted sustainable-cash-flow estimate. Per-share DCF and reverse DCF are withheld pending an issuer-equivalent review of the Class A and Class B securities. Business description ↗

Valuation

DCF value

The filing reports multiple Class A/Class B securities and current equivalent issuer capitalization remains unreviewed. Annual diluted shares must not substitute for a reviewed issuer share-class bridge.

The filing reports multiple Class A/Class B securities and current equivalent issuer capitalization remains unreviewed. Annual diluted shares must not substitute for a reviewed issuer share-class bridge.

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Reverse DCF

The filing reports multiple Class A/Class B securities and current equivalent issuer capitalization remains unreviewed. Annual diluted shares must not substitute for a reviewed issuer share-class bridge.

The filing reports multiple Class A/Class B securities and current equivalent issuer capitalization remains unreviewed. Annual diluted shares must not substitute for a reviewed issuer share-class bridge.

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Relative valuation

Requires market caps for at least five comparable profitable issuers.

Requires market caps for at least five comparable profitable issuers.

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Historical multiples

Requires three annual historical market caps and eligible filed earnings.

Requires three annual historical market caps and eligible filed earnings.

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Free cash flow yield

A dated price is available, but an unambiguous issuer share count is missing or the share-class capital structure needs review.

A dated price is available, but an unambiguous issuer share count is missing or the share-class capital structure needs review.

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Quality

ROIC / quality

12.2%

Normalized tax · financing-capital proxy · parent-equity fallback (scope limitation)

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Value composite

Requires three valuation yields and at least five covered sector peers.

Requires three valuation yields and at least five covered sector peers.

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Momentum

12–1 price momentum

Split and corporate-action verification is incomplete for these fund observations. Verified adjusted endpoints are required for 12–1 momentum.

Split and corporate-action verification is incomplete for these fund observations. Verified adjusted endpoints are required for 12–1 momentum.

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Investment

Asset growth

44.4%

Annual basis · read assumptions below

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Investment

Net payout yield

A dated price is available, but an unambiguous issuer share count is missing or the share-class capital structure needs review.

A dated price is available, but an unambiguous issuer share count is missing or the share-class capital structure needs review.

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Quality

Accrual quality

-0.1%

Annual basis · read assumptions below

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Momentum

Fundamental momentum

4.2%

Annual basis · read assumptions below

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Follow the cash

ANNUAL · USD

Operating cash flow and reinvestment over time

USD · bar maximum 4.3B2020-12-31: cfo $2,715,600,000.002020-12-31: capex $197,500,000.0020202021-12-31: cfo $2,402,400,000.002021-12-31: capex $127,200,000.0020212022-12-31: cfo $3,056,000,000.002022-12-31: capex $89,700,000.0020222023-12-31: cfo $3,453,800,000.002023-12-31: capex $76,400,000.0020232024-12-31: cfo $3,690,500,000.002024-12-31: capex $94,000,000.0020242025-12-31: cfo $4,277,100,000.002025-12-31: capex $83,500,000.002025
Operating cash flowCapital expenditure

Annual USD. Negative bars use a compressed lower scale. Hover or inspect the financial history table for exact values.

Make the assumptions yours

Personal inputs stay in this browser. Blank fields retain published inputs. Five-year forecast; zero net borrowing. Required return must exceed terminal growth.

How sensitive is the valuation?

DCF per-share sensitivity · includes reviewed preferred and minority-owner claims · rows: required return · columns: growth
Return / Growth3.0%5.0%7.0%
8.0%
10.0%
12.0%

Annual financial history

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Fiscal year-endRevenueNet incomeOperating cash flowCapital expenditureAssets
2025-12-316.5B4.1B4.3B83.5M198.4B
2024-12-316.1B3.5B3.7B94M137.4B
2023-12-315.6B3.2B3.5B76.4M129.7B
2022-12-315B2.7B3.1B89.7M174.2B
2021-12-314.7B2.6B2.4B127.2M196.8B
2020-12-314.9B2.1B2.7B197.5M124.7B
2019-12-314.9B2.1B2.7B245.6M75.2B
2018-12-314.3B2B2.4B116.7M77.5B

USD, abbreviated. Restated annual history; not a point-in-time backtest. Missing values appear as dashes.

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MODEL ANNUAL PERIOD
InputValueSEC tag / sourceFiled
revenue6.5BRevenues2026-02-26
netIncome4.1BProfitLoss
Explicit consolidated amount, including the portion attributable to noncontrolling interests.
2026-02-26
Parent/common earnings proxy4BNetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic2026-02-26
cfo4.3BNetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities2026-02-26
capex83.5MPaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment2026-02-26
operatingIncome4.2BOperatingIncomeLoss2026-02-26
assets198.4BAssets2026-02-26
equity28.7BStockholdersEquity
Parent-attributable fallback: a verified consolidated total is unavailable in the supported tags. Noncontrolling interests have not been assumed to be zero; this may differ in scope from consolidated cash flow or operating income.
2026-02-26
Parent book equity proxy28.7BStockholdersEquity2026-02-26
debt3.4BReviewed manual correction
Consolidated balance sheet and debt note: $3,422.3m noncurrent senior notes; no current debt. The UnsecuredLongTermDebt concept is used in the filing; no debt is inferred from maturity face values.
2026-02-26
shortDebt0ShortTermBorrowings2026-02-26
cash4.4BCashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue2026-02-26
shares360.3MWeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding2026-02-26
dividends3.9BPaymentsOfDividends2026-02-26
buybacksNot reported under a supported tag
issuanceNot reported under a supported tag