CME Group Inc. (CME)
CME Group Inc., operates contract markets for the trading of futures and options on futures contracts worldwide.
Scored against other Financial Services stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
CME Group reads as neutral right now, with no clear lean either way.
- What's working
- Its price has held up well, trading above its recent averages.
- Worth watching
- You're paying more for it than for most other financial companies, relative to what it earns.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 16 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
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…
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
- Employees
- 3,875
- Headquarters
- Chicago, IL
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 24.9 — lower than 27% of Financial Services peers
P/B 4.0 — lower than 26% of Financial Services peers
P/S 15.6 — lower than 6% of Financial Services peers
EV/EBITDA 22.5 — lower than 17% of Financial Services peers
EV/Revenue 15.9 — lower than 6% of Financial Services peers
PEG 5.0 — lower than 0% of Financial Services peers
FCF yield 2.8% — higher than 19% of Financial Services peers
Profitability & quality
Operating margin 65.0% — higher than 97% of Financial Services peers
Net margin 63.4% — higher than 100% of Financial Services peers
ROE 15.8% — higher than 53% of Financial Services peers
ROA 1.5% — higher than 44% of Financial Services peers
Free cash flow is 68% of reported net income
Financial health
Debt/equity 0.1 — lower than 96% of Financial Services peers
Current ratio 1.02 — higher than 58% of Financial Services peers
Quick ratio 0.02 — higher than 4% of Financial Services peers
Cash/debt 0.59 — higher than 38% of Financial Services peers
Debt/EBITDA 0.81 — lower than 78% of Financial Services peers
Growth
Revenue growth 0.8% YoY — higher than 18% of Financial Services peers
Earnings growth 2.5% YoY — higher than 25% of Financial Services peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 95.4% — atypical vs Financial Services peers
Net insider selling, -2.2% of insider shares
Institutions net sold, -13.4% of shares held
Insiders hold 0.4% of shares outstanding
1.7% of float sold short
Momentum
Above its 50- & 200-day averages
68% of the way from its 52-week low to high