CME Group Inc. (Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade, New York Mercantile Exchange, The Commodity Exchange) is an American global markets company. It is the world's largest financial derivatives exchange, and trades in asset classes that include agricultural products, currencies, energy, interest rates, metals, stock indexes and cryptocurrencies futures.
| Revenue (TTM) | $6.76B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $6.76B |
| EBITDA | $4.77B |
| Operating Margin | 65.00% |
| Return on Equity | 15.80% |
| Return on Assets | 1.48% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $18.78 |
| Book Value | $73.82 |
| Price-to-Book | 3.82 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 14.97 |
| EV/Revenue | 15.14 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.81 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | 2.50% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 0.80% |
| Shares Outstanding | $359.58M |
| Float | $354.67M |
| % Insiders | 0.44% |
| % Institutions | 91.94% |
Volatility is currently expanding
CHICAGO, Sept. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc. will announce earnings for the third quarter of 2026 before the markets open on Wednesday, October 21, 2026.
@OptionsPlay's Tony Zhang offers his takeaways on the broad tech strength in Thursday's trading session as Nvidia (NVDA) gives new life to the sector. He outlines options trading opportunities in CME Group (CME) and Marvell (MRVL) and makes a bull case in both even if the stock market is hit with another volatility wave.
Craig Bewick, global head of retail education at CME Group, discusses the lessons learned from CME's prior single stock futures launch and how it aims for this one to be much more successful. He says now is "the right time" for these products due to the growing impact single stock moves have on the stock market.
CME Group remains a Buy, driven by robust volumes, an expanding fixed-income ecosystem, and product innovation, despite a full valuation. CME's Q2 2026 saw record revenues, strong margins near 70%, and notable growth in international and retail trading volumes. Key catalysts include Treasury Link integration, 24/7 trading, Compute futures, and regulatory tailwinds in clearing requirements.
CME (CME) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock?
CME Group is preparing to expand its 24/7 trading hours to include the 100-ounce silver futures contract, pending regulatory approval, following the recent launch of its around-the-clock one-ounce gold futures contract. Jin Hennig, CME Group Managing Director and Global Head of Metals, explained that strong retail demand and significant weekend trading volumes in gold futures, exceeding $200 million in notional value over recent weekends, have driven the decision to extend 24/7 trading to silver.
CME Group operates as the world's leading derivatives marketplace, serving as essential infrastructure for stock and fixed income markets. CME benefits from interest rate volatility, proprietary benchmark products, and a high-margin, recurring revenue model with 33 consecutive quarters of market data growth. Shares trade at a forward P/E of 21.8, a 9% discount to a $290 fair value estimate; consensus expects 7.5% annual EPS growth through 2028.
CME Group leads Coinbase on valuation, price gains and near-term growth, even as both expand across crypto and global trading markets.
BitMEX, the exchange that launched crypto's first perpetual futures contract, will close on September 23 after 11 years. BitMart, another crypto exchange, plans to wind down by January, according to Jean-Marie Mognetti, CoinShares co-founder, president and CEO.
Zacks Securities and Exchanges industry players like CME, ICE, NDAQ and CBOE gain from rising crypto adoption, a higher non-trading revenue base and tech investments. However, competition remains a drag.
Tiblio connects your broker and runs your put-and-call-writing strategy for you — on CME and any ticker you trade — then tracks every position and per-strategy win rate.
