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CME Group Inc.

CMEDividend Contender • 15yrs
Financial Services · Financial Data & Stock Exchanges🇺🇸 United States
$305.98
Dividend Yield1.70%
Annual Dividend$5.20
Ex-Dividend DateSep 9, 2026
Market Cap$105.55B
71/ 100
Financial Health
Stable
⚠ High payout ratio (95%)Conservative leverage (D/E 0.1x)Strong ROE (16%)

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At a glance

CME Group Inc. (CME) operates in the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges industry and is based in the United States. It pays a quarterly dividend of $5.20 a year, a yield of 1.70% at the current price of $305.98. CME Group has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years, which makes it a Dividend Contender. Over the last five years the dividend has grown by an average of 8.0% a year. It paid out 95% of its earnings as dividends. 17 analysts cover it; their average 12-month price target of $292.94 is 4.3% below the current price.

Written automatically from the figures on this page, as of Oct 23, 2026. Facts only, not a recommendation.

Price History
Dividend payment dates
Analyst Consensus
Hold
Bullish sentiment
47% of 17 analysts bullish
12-Month Price Target
$292.94
-4.3% vs current price

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.

Business description sourced from Yahoo Finance / company filings. Not affiliated with SimplyWallStreet.

Key Metrics

Valuation

P/E Ratio
24.9
P/B Ratio
3.98
EV/EBITDA
22.5
Beta
0.27
vs S&P 500
52W High
$329.16
52W Low
$218.31

Profitability

Gross Margin
100.00%
Operating Margin
65.04%
Net Margin
63.44%
ROE
15.80%
Free Cash Flow
$2.91B

Financial Health

Debt / Equity
14.59
lower is safer
Current Ratio
1.02
>1 healthy
Quick Ratio
0.02
>1 healthy
Employees
3,875
HQ
Chicago, IL, United States
Data: Yahoo Finance (yfinance)|Updated: Oct 23, 2026 09:11

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Data Sources: Yahoo Finance via yfinance (real-time prices, dividend history, financial statements, analyst ratings and price targets) · S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index (official constituent list) · Dividend Kings public records (companies with 50+ years of consecutive dividend increases) · SEC EDGAR company filings (10-K annual reports — primary source for all financial statement data). Data is fetched automatically each day and may be delayed up to 24 hours. All figures are in USD unless otherwise stated.