US Equities Analysis

CME — CME Group

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2. Company Fundamentals

2.1 Competitiveness

Metric Value
Operating Margins 69.81%
Profit Margins 63.32%
Return on Equity 15.92%
Return on Assets 1.55%
Free Float 0.36B
Dividend Yield 2.35%
Short Int % Utilisation 1.41%

2.2 Growth

Metric Value
Revenue Growth 14.4%
Free Cash Flow 3.03B
EBITDA 20.2 (Ratio)
Enterprise Value 96.82B
EV/Revenue 14.36
EV/EBITDA 20.2

Revenue growth of 14.4% indicates steady, moderate expansion.

2.3 Management

Role Metric
Consensus Rating N/A

2.4 Return

Metric Value
Expected Return (Ann.)* 5.17%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 23.37%
1-Year Price Return* 2.33%

Latest Market Data (as of 2026-08-14, US Eastern time):

Metric Value
Last Price $269.80
52-Week Range $218.31 – $329.16
Observation Count 251 trading days

The return and risk statistics use daily adjusted closes from the retrieved one-year series and annualise daily moments using 252 trading days. The last price is the latest regular-market price reported for the stated date. Source: Yahoo Finance market data.

2.5 FCFF DCF Valuation

FCFF DCF exception: FCFF DCF is not the primary valuation method for financial institutions or REITs. This post deliberately does not publish a mechanical enterprise value or implied per-share value on an unsuitable basis.

Available valuation input Value
Last market price $273.53
Market capitalisation $98.36B
Revenue $6.52B
EBIT $5.50B
Reported free cash flow $4.19B
FCF yield 4.26%
Net debt / EBITDA -0.19x

2.6 Investor-Style Research Screen

Educational screen Result
Buffett-inspired cash-quality checks not rated — FCFF DCF suitability or data-integrity condition not met
Lynch-inspired balance-and-growth checks not rated — FCFF DCF suitability or data-integrity condition not met

Data lineage: Yahoo Finance public market and reported-statement data; retrieval timestamp: 2026-08-18 17:27:13.665002 UTC; latest reported fiscal period: 2025-12-31 00:00:00. Financial institutions and REITs require sector-specific methods rather than a mechanical FCFF DCF. This is research and analysis only, not personalized financial advice.

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