cash flow reconciliationreview2019-12-31
Operating, investing and financing flows differ from the reported change in cash by 2378500000, beyond tolerance 26728000.00.
Revenue
$6.52B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31Net income
$4.07B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31Total assets
$198.42B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31CME GROUP INC. (CME) reported revenue of $6.52B and net income of $4.07B for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from CME GROUP INC.’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services.
Banks, brokers and insurers present a top line that is not comparable with an operating company’s revenue: it is reported net of interest expense, or as premiums earned, depending on the filer. The figures are the filer’s own and are traceable to the filing; the comparison across classes is what does not hold.
Income
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2016-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.52B | $6.13B | $5.58B | $5.02B | $4.69B | $4.88B | $4.87B | $4.31B | $3.64B | $3.60B |
| Cost of revenue | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Gross profit | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Operating income | $4.23B | $3.93B | $3.44B | $3.02B | $2.65B | $2.64B | $2.59B | $2.61B | $2.31B | $2.20B |
| Net income | $4.07B | $3.53B | $3.23B | $2.69B | $2.64B | $2.11B | $2.12B | $1.96B | $4.06B | $1.53B |
| Research & development | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Weighted-average diluted shares | shares 360.31M | shares 359.94M | shares 359.50M | shares 359.18M | shares 358.93M | shares 358.52M | shares 358.24M | shares 343.74M | shares 340.23M | shares 338.97M |
| Pretax income | $5.33B | $4.54B | $4.15B | $3.49B | $3.37B | $2.72B | $2.69B | $2.78B | $2.53B | $2.29B |
| Income tax expense | $1.26B | $1.02B | $927.40M | $799.30M | $736.70M | $615.70M | $573.80M | $814.10M | -$1.54B | $753.50M |
| Diluted EPS | $11.16 | $9.67 | $8.86 | $7.40 | $7.29 | $5.87 | $5.91 | $5.71 | $11.94 | $4.53 |
| Selling, general & administrative | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| General & administrative | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Selling & marketing | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
Balance
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2016-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | $4.42B | $2.89B | $2.91B | $2.72B | $2.83B | $1.63B | $1.55B | $1.37B | $1.90B | $1.87B |
| Total assets | $198.42B | $137.45B | $129.71B | $174.18B | $196.78B | $124.66B | $75.22B | $77.48B | $75.79B | $69.37B |
| Current assets | $165.36B | $103.03B | $94.89B | $139.08B | $161.76B | $89.28B | $39.57B | $41.89B | $46.91B | $40.03B |
| Total liabilities | $169.70B | $110.96B | $102.97B | $147.30B | $169.38B | $98.31B | $49.06B | $51.51B | $53.38B | $49.03B |
| Current liabilities | $160.30B | $102.31B | $93.42B | $137.69B | $160.40B | $88.20B | $38.52B | $41.27B | $45.67B | $38.95B |
| Total equity incl. NCI | $28.73B | $26.49B | $26.74B | $26.88B | $27.40B | $26.35B | $26.16B | $25.97B | $22.41B | $20.34B |
| Temporary (mezzanine) equity | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Inventory | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Accounts receivable | $639.20M | $573.10M | $535.60M | $483.20M | $434.50M | $461.30M | $491.80M | $553.30M | $359.70M | $364.40M |
| Goodwill | $10.51B | $10.49B | $10.50B | $10.48B | $10.53B | $10.80B | $10.74B | $10.81B | $7.57B | $7.57B |
| Long-term debt | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Accounts payable | $71.80M | $79.90M | $90.60M | $121.40M | $48.80M | $69.30M | $61.90M | $116.00M | $31.30M | $26.20M |
Cash flow
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2016-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $4.28B | $3.69B | $3.45B | $3.06B | $2.40B | $2.72B | $2.67B | $2.44B | $1.75B | $1.73B |
| Capital expenditures | $83.50M | $94.00M | $76.40M | $89.70M | $127.20M | $197.50M | $245.60M | $116.70M | $81.90M | $91.80M |
| Investing cash flow | $1.50B | -$82.60M | $20.90M | -$489.80M | $58.40M | -$175.50M | -$152.60M | -$1.89B | $179.90M | $53.70M |
| Financing cash flow | $56.51B | $5.08B | -$48.34B | -$25.38B | $69.91B | $47.25B | -$2.34B | -$1.08B | -$1.99B | -$1.62B |
| Net change in cash | $62.29B | $8.68B | -$44.86B | -$22.82B | $72.37B | $49.79B | -$2.20B | -$528.80M | -$54.30M | $165.20M |
| Stock-based compensation | $94.80M | $89.50M | $82.90M | $84.30M | $75.20M | $96.00M | $73.10M | $96.50M | $58.00M | $66.20M |
| Common dividends paid | $3.93B | $3.58B | $3.24B | $2.63B | $2.19B | $2.11B | $1.70B | $2.15B | $1.99B | $1.79B |
| Common share repurchases | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Depreciation & amortization | $107.50M | $115.10M | $126.00M | $134.90M | $147.80M | $153.20M | $158.60M | $118.70M | $113.00M | $129.20M |
Derived
| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2018-12-31 | 2017-12-31 | 2016-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free cash flow | $4.19B | $3.60B | $3.38B | $2.97B | $2.28B | $2.52B | $2.43B | $2.32B | $1.67B | $1.64B |
| Gross margin | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Operating margin | 64.9% | 64.1% | 61.6% | 60.1% | 56.4% | 54.0% | 53.2% | 60.5% | 63.4% | 61.2% |
| FCF margin | 64.3% | 58.7% | 60.5% | 59.1% | 48.5% | 51.6% | 49.9% | 53.9% | 45.8% | 45.6% |
| SBC / revenue | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 2.0% | 1.5% | 2.2% | 1.6% | 1.8% |
| Current ratio | 1.03x | 1.01x | 1.02x | 1.01x | 1.01x | 1.01x | 1.03x | 1.01x | 1.03x | 1.03x |
| Revenue YoY growth | 6.4% | 9.9% | 11.1% | 7.0% | -4.0% | 0.3% | 13.0% | 18.2% | 1.4% | Unavailable |
| Net margin | 62.5% | 57.5% | 57.8% | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | 43.5% | 45.5% | 111.5% | 42.7% |
| R&D / revenue | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| CapEx / revenue | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.8% | 2.7% | 4.0% | 5.0% | 2.7% | 2.2% | 2.6% |
| Long-term debt / equity | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| Effective tax rate | 23.6% | 22.4% | 22.3% | 22.9% | 21.8% | 22.6% | 21.3% | 29.3% | -60.8% | 32.9% |
Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open CME in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.
Source filings
10-Q · Filed 2026-07-24View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-04-24View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-02-26View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-10-24View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-07-25View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-04-30View SEC filing
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