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CME GROUP INC. CME
CME GROUP INC. (CME) earns a Piotroski F-score of 4/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the distress zone. It pays a dividend yielding 4.91% (safety: at-risk). FY2025 revenue was $6.5B at a 62.5% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-23 | JP Morgan | Underweight (main) |
| 2026-07-23 | B of A Securities | Underperform (main) |
| 2026-07-23 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-07-15 | Piper Sandler | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-07-10 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-07-09 | Barclays | Equal-Weight (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Forward estimates · earnings calendar →
Consensus analyst estimates and scheduled dates — forward-looking, may change.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Finance, Insurance & Real Estate · percentile among 1129 companies
Percentile vs other Finance, Insurance & Real Estate companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 4/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · distress zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.026 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.032 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.021 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.169 |
Sector peers · similar-size Finance, Insurance & Real Estate companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CME | CME GROUP INC. | 4/9 | 0.59 | 19.7 | +6.4% |
| NDAQ | NASDAQ, INC. | 9/9 | 2.2 | 24.8 | +11.6% |
| CBOE | Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | 8/9 | 5.05 | 22 | +15.1% |
| ICE | Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 7/9 | 1.09 | 21.1 | +7.5% |
| WTF | Waton Financial Ltd | 4/9 | -0.97 | — | — |
| GSIW | Garden Stage Ltd | 4/9 | — | — | — |
| EBON | Ebang International Holdings Inc. | 5/9 | — | — | — |
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About CME GROUP INC.
CME Group Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates contract markets for the trading of futures and options on futures contracts worldwide. It offers futures and options products based on interest rates, equity indexes, and foreign exchange; and agricultural, energy, and metals commodities, as well as fixed income and foreign currency trading services. The company provides clearing house services, including clearing, settling, and guaranteeing futures and options contracts, and cleared swaps products traded through its exchanges. In addition, the company offers a range of market data services, including real-time and historical data services. It serves professional traders, financial institutions, institutional and individual investors, corporations, manufacturers, producers, governments, and central banks. CME Group Inc. partners with FutureSports to futures on sports indexes. The company was formerly known as Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. and changed its name to CME Group Inc. in July 2007. The company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
FAQ
Is CME financially healthy?
CME GROUP INC.'s Piotroski F-score is 4/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the distress zone.
Does CME pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. CME GROUP INC. pays a dividend yielding about 4.91% with a 96.6% payout ratio, rated “at-risk” for safety.
How profitable is CME?
In FY2025, CME GROUP INC. had a net margin of 62.5% and a return on equity of 14.2%.
Is CME overvalued or undervalued?
CME GROUP INC. trades at about 23.5× trailing earnings — below its 10-year norm (10-year range 12.9×–36.7×, median 26.7×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for CME?
The average Wall-Street price target for CME GROUP INC. is $284.13, about 8.4% above the recent price, from 15 analysts (consensus: buy).
Is CME a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on CME GROUP INC.: a Piotroski F-score of 4/9, an Altman Z″ in the distress zone, a P/E of about 19.7×, a dividend yield of 4.91%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.