CME Group jmenovala interního kandidáta Jacka Tobina finančním ředitelem; do funkce nastoupí v březnu 2027 po Lynne Fitzpatrick. Ta se stane první ženou v čele derivátové burzy.
CME Group (CME.O) named insider Jack Tobin as chief financial officer on Wednesday, succeeding Lynne Fitzpatrick, who is set to become the derivatives exchange's first female CEO.
Tobin, who has been CME's chief accounting officer since 2015, will become deputy CFO in November and assume the position of finance chief in March 2027, when Fitzpatrick takes on the new role.
CME had in June announced that its longtime leader Terry Duffy plans to step down and make way for Fitzpatrick.
The leadership transition comes as traditional derivatives exchanges look beyond their core businesses while facing rising competition from perpetual futures, or "perps", and fast-growing prediction markets.
Tobin, who joined CME in 2002, has more than 35 years of financial experience. Prior to this, he was the director of finance at the Chicago Board of Trade. He has also worked as a principal consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
CME completed its merger with CBOT in 2007. Its shares have gained more than 1% this year through last close.
Matthew Render, who joined CME as deputy chief accounting officer in August, will succeed Tobin.
, /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, and the European Energy Exchange, the world's leading exchange for power and European energy, today announced an agreement for EEX to transition its European dairy business to CME Group, already home to the dairy risk management industry in the U.S.
Under the terms of the agreement, EEX intends to phase out its dairy business and support the transition of its suite of indices underpinning existing futures contracts to CME Group before the end of 2027. The transaction, which includes the European butter and skimmed milk powder indices, will mark CME Group's entry into the European dairy market, with plans to launch its own European dairy indices, futures and options in the near future.
"The European dairy market is one of largest in the world, and the addition of European dairy futures and options will allow CME Group to build on record activity in our U.S. dairy franchise and offer clients access to a truly global market in one venue," said Derek Sammann, Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Commodities Markets, CME Group. "As the global population grows, dairy is becoming an increasingly important protein source for diets around the world. With U.S. dairy volumes increasing 73% over the past five years, expanding into Europe is the natural next step in helping producers and consumers access capital efficiencies and manage regional price risk."
"We are proud of the leading European market for dairy derivatives that we built over the years together with our customers. With our renewed focus on core markets and related growth areas, we are delighted to have CME Group as our successor, bringing additional growth opportunities for the dairy community. We are committed to supporting CME Group and market participants with a smooth transition," said Tobias Paulun, Chief Executive Officer of EEX. "This will allow us to focus on our wider energy market offering and our drive to support the energy transition."
Dairy futures trading at EEX will remain available for the respective listed maturities, and there won't be any immediate changes to the setup of the pan-European butter and WECI indices.
The European Union accounts for roughly 20% of cow's milk production and more than 30% of nonfat dry milk exports globally, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Service. Much of that market remains unhedged.
Open interest in CME Group's dairy market climbed to a record 434,071 contracts on September 1, 2026.
The transaction is subject to pending closing conditions. For more information on CME Group dairy markets, please visit here.
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.
CME Group, the Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Globex, and E-mini are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. BrokerTec is a trademark of BrokerTec Americas LLC and EBS is a trademark of EBS Group LTD. The S&P 500 Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC ("S&P DJI"). "S&P®", "S&P 500®", "SPY®", "SPX®", US 500 and The 500 are trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC; Dow Jones®, DJIA® and Dow Jones Industrial Average are service and/or trademarks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. These trademarks have been licensed for use by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Futures contracts based on the S&P 500 Index are not sponsored, endorsed, marketed, or promoted by S&P DJI, and S&P DJI makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in such products. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG increased its holdings in shares of CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME – Free Report) by 69.4% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 35,192 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 14,418 shares during the period. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG’s holdings in CME Group were worth $7,771,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of CME. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of CME Group in the second quarter valued at about $6,749,965,000. Norges Bank acquired a new position in CME Group in the 4th quarter valued at about $1,523,241,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp purchased a new stake in CME Group during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $867,313,000. Alphabet Inc. purchased a new stake in CME Group during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $769,376,000. Finally, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. acquired a new stake in CME Group during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $629,771,000. 87.75% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Insider Activity In other CME Group news, Director William Shepard acquired 325 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 25th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $230.57 per share, for a total transaction of $74,935.25. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 260,442 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $60,050,111.94. This represents a 0.12% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 0.30% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth Several research analysts have weighed in on CME shares. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on CME Group from $324.00 to $330.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Bank of America upped their price target on CME Group from $226.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their price objective on shares of CME Group from $267.00 to $245.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, June 30th. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $320.00 price objective on shares of CME Group in a research note on Thursday, July 2nd. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn upgraded shares of CME Group from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $316.00 to $323.00 in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $289.75. View Our Latest Report on CME
CME Group Stock Performance CME opened at $282.05 on Friday. CME Group Inc. has a 1-year low of $218.31 and a 1-year high of $329.16. The stock has a market cap of $101.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.92, a P/E/G ratio of 3.28 and a beta of 0.24. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $257.55 and its 200 day simple moving average is $278.36. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 1.02 and a quick ratio of 1.02.
CME Group (NASDAQ:CME – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 22nd. The financial services provider reported $2.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.91 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $1.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.68 billion. CME Group had a return on equity of 15.60% and a net margin of 63.30%.CME Group’s revenue was up .8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.96 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that CME Group Inc. will post 12.27 EPS for the current fiscal year.
CME Group Announces Dividend The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 25th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 9th will be given a $1.30 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 9th. This represents a $5.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.8%. CME Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 44.11%.
About CME Group (Free Report)
CME Group Inc is a global markets company that operates some of the world’s largest and most liquid derivatives exchanges, including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and COMEX. The firm offers futures and options contracts across a broad range of asset classes — including interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities and metals — and serves a diverse client base of institutional investors, commercial hedgers, brokers and retail participants.
The company’s core services include electronic trading on the CME Globex platform, central clearing through CME Clearing, and distribution of market data, indexes and analytics.
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, /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that the first trades of its U.S. Zinc Futures contracts were executed on CME Globex by Glencore and Trafigura. The first trades, executed on screen on August 20, were for September delivery.
CME Group updated its Zinc contract to U.S. duty-paid in March 2026 in response to client demand for a tool to manage U.S. pricing dynamics. As an exchange-traded, centrally cleared instrument that provides a risk management tool for the all-in U.S. zinc price, the contract will help improve accuracy, transparency and hedging optimization for producers, consumers and intermediaries.
"As geopolitical fragmentation reshapes global supply chains, regional price signals matter more than ever," said Jin Hennig, Managing Director and Global Head of Metals at CME Group. "The U.S. zinc market increasingly moves to its own dynamics — driven by domestic policy and supply security — and our new futures contract addresses this gap by providing participants a precise tool to manage their exposure."
CME Group was the first to introduce regional products in industrial metals, steel and battery metals to allow clients to better tailor their hedging strategies. These contracts have become essential tools for industrial metals supply chains:
Both U.S. and European Hot-Rolled Coil ("HRC") steel futures contracts are trading at record levels year-to-date, with U.S. HRC trading 1,483 contracts per day (29,660 short tons) and EU HRC trading 360 contracts (7,200 metric tons). Copper futures were up 12% YoY in 1H 2026, averaging 107,000 contracts per day (1 million short tons). Regional Aluminum Premium suite had a record year in 2025 with 864 contracts traded per day (21,600 metric tons). The U.S. Zinc Futures contract is physically settled and listed by and subject to the rules of COMEX. For more information, please visit here.
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.
CME Group, the Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Globex, and E-mini are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. BrokerTec is a trademark of BrokerTec Americas LLC and EBS is a trademark of EBS Group LTD. The S&P 500 Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC ("S&P DJI"). "S&P®", "S&P 500®", "SPY®", "SPX®", US 500 and The 500 are trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC; Dow Jones®, DJIA® and Dow Jones Industrial Average are service and/or trademarks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. These trademarks have been licensed for use by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Futures contracts based on the S&P 500 Index are not sponsored, endorsed, marketed, or promoted by S&P DJI, and S&P DJI makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in such products. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
CME Group plánuje ve 4. čtvrtletí spustit finančně vypořádané futures a opce na větrnou energii, pokud projdou regulačním schválením. Kontrakty mají pomoci s hedgingem rizik spojených s výrobou z větrné energie.
, /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced plans to launch financially-settled Wind Power futures and options in the fourth quarter, pending regulatory review. These new tools will help market participants manage risk associated with wind power generation, extending CME Group's suite of market-leading energy products.
Based on indices provided by Vaisala Xweather, the new futures will track and settle against independent datasets that model projected wind power output at designated locations. The new contracts add to CME Group's market-leading product offerings that help customers navigate the energy transition, including Henry Hub Natural Gas and Weather futures.
The regions selected have either a significant amount of installed capacity or a notable percentage of their electricity comes from wind generation. The five contracts cover four key global power regions:
Wind Power Germany ERA5 100m 2019 Index Wind Power Germany ERA5 100m 2022 B Index Wind Power UK ERA5 100m 2022 Index Wind Power Australia VIC 2024-06 Index Wind Power U.S. Texas ERCOT ERA5 100m 2022 Index "As wind power accounts for a growing share of electricity generation, hedging renewable energy markets has never been more important," said Peter Keavey, Managing Director and Global Head of Energy Products at CME Group. "Our new Wind futures and options contracts will provide market participants with a standardized, exchange-cleared solution to manage their exposure to fluctuating wind production impacting the power stack – all on the same platform as Natural Gas, Power, and Weather."
"Our work with CME Group brings the same independent, trusted, and rigorously modeled data behind temperature contracts to wind power, giving traders, utilities, and renewable operators a standardized way to manage the financial effects of an increasingly extreme weather environment," said David Whitehead, general manager of insurance sales at Vaisala Xweather. "It's a natural extension of the datasets our settlement services team has previously provided CME Group with, and we're excited to help scale the market for exchange-listed renewable weather derivatives across the US, Europe, and Australia."
Unlike traditional commodities, electricity must be generated the moment it is consumed. To maintain the balance between supply and demand, the energy grid relies on a diversified portfolio of sources. For natural gas and power traders, wind is the key variable – it dictates the marginal cost of energy and signals precisely when gas plants will turn on and when power prices are likely to move. Wind power generation grew by approximately 8% last year, according to the International Energy Agency.
CME Group offers the world's leading benchmark futures for energy. Average daily volume for Henry Hub, the world's leading benchmark futures for natural gas, reached a record ADV of 1 million futures and options contracts in the first quarter of 2026. In addition, weather contracts ADV grew 13% to 1,000 contracts a day in the first half of the year and average open interest climbed 58% to 73,000 contracts a day.
Wind Power futures and options will be listed on and subject to the rules of NYMEX. To learn more, visit here.
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.
CME Group, the Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Globex, and E-mini are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. BrokerTec is a trademark of BrokerTec Americas LLC and EBS is a trademark of EBS Group LTD. The S&P 500 Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC ("S&P DJI"). "S&P®", "S&P 500®", "SPY®", "SPX®", US 500 and The 500 are trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC; Dow Jones®, DJIA® and Dow Jones Industrial Average are service and/or trademarks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. These trademarks have been licensed for use by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Futures contracts based on the S&P 500 Index are not sponsored, endorsed, marketed, or promoted by S&P DJI, and S&P DJI makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in such products. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Emerald Investment Advisers LLC bought a new stake in CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME – Free Report) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 4,505 shares of the financial services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $995,000.
Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new position in shares of CME Group during the second quarter valued at $6,749,965,000. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in CME Group in the 4th quarter worth about $1,523,241,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp purchased a new stake in CME Group in the 2nd quarter worth about $867,313,000. Alphabet Inc. acquired a new stake in CME Group during the 2nd quarter worth about $769,376,000. Finally, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. acquired a new stake in CME Group during the 2nd quarter worth about $629,771,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 87.75% of the company’s stock.
CME Group Price Performance CME opened at $274.98 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $251.17 and a 200 day moving average price of $279.65. The company has a current ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. CME Group Inc. has a 1 year low of $218.31 and a 1 year high of $329.16. The stock has a market cap of $98.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.32, a PEG ratio of 3.20 and a beta of 0.23.
CME Group (NASDAQ:CME – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 22nd. The financial services provider reported $2.99 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.91 by $0.08. CME Group had a return on equity of 15.60% and a net margin of 63.30%.The company had revenue of $1.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.68 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $2.96 EPS. The business’s revenue was up .8% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts forecast that CME Group Inc. will post 12.27 EPS for the current fiscal year. CME Group Announces Dividend The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 25th. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 9th will be paid a $1.30 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 9th. This represents a $5.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.9%. CME Group’s payout ratio is presently 44.11%.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades Several equities analysts have weighed in on the company. TD Cowen lowered their target price on CME Group from $323.00 to $273.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, June 22nd. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their price target on shares of CME Group from $267.00 to $245.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, June 30th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of CME Group from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. UBS Group lowered their price objective on shares of CME Group from $310.00 to $260.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, July 6th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered shares of CME Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and dropped their price objective for the company from $286.00 to $270.00 in a research note on Wednesday. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $288.56.
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Insider Activity at CME Group In other news, Director William R. Shepard acquired 325 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 25th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $230.57 per share, for a total transaction of $74,935.25. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director owned 260,442 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $60,050,111.94. This represents a 0.12% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.30% of the company’s stock.
CME Group Company Profile (Free Report)
CME Group Inc is a global markets company that operates some of the world’s largest and most liquid derivatives exchanges, including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and COMEX. The firm offers futures and options contracts across a broad range of asset classes — including interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities and metals — and serves a diverse client base of institutional investors, commercial hedgers, brokers and retail participants.
The company’s core services include electronic trading on the CME Globex platform, central clearing through CME Clearing, and distribution of market data, indexes and analytics.
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CME Group ve 2. čtvrtletí překonal odhady: upravený zisk na akcii byl 2,99 USD a tržby 1,70 miliardy USD. Výsledky podpořily rekordní tržby z tržních dat a silná obchodní aktivita.
A month has gone by since the last earnings report for CME Group (CME - Free Report) . Shares have added about 6.5% in that time frame, outperforming the S&P 500.
But investors have to be wondering, will the recent positive trend continue leading up to its next earnings release, or is CME due for a pullback? Well, first let's take a quick look at its latest earnings report in order to get a better handle on the recent drivers for CME Group Inc. before we dive into how investors and analysts have reacted as of late.
CME Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates on Record Market Data Growth
CME Group's second-quarter 2026 adjusted earnings of $2.99 per share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.91 by 2.7%. The bottom line increased 1% from the year-ago quarter. Revenues of $1.70 billion surpassed the consensus estimate of $1.68 billion by 1.2% and rose 1% year over year.
The quarter benefited from record market data revenues and resilient trading activity, with average daily volume reaching 29.8 million contracts, the third-highest quarterly level in the company's history.
CME’s Revenue Growth Supported by Market DataRevenue growth was driven by record market data and information services revenues, which rose 20% year over year to $238.1 million. Clearing and transaction fee revenues totaled $1.35 billion, while total revenues increased to $1.71 billion from $1.69 billion in the prior-year quarter.
The company also generated $115.6 million in other revenues, which grew 9.2% year over year. Total average rate per contract improved to 67.8 cents from 65.2 cents in the first quarter of 2026, reflecting lower volume tiering and a lower member mix.
CME Group Trading Activity Remains RobustTrading activity remained strong despite lapping a record second quarter of 2025. Average daily volume totaled 29.8 million contracts, representing the company's third-highest quarterly ADV.
Financial products averaged 24.2 million contracts daily, while commodities averaged 5.7 million. Equity Index ADV increased 13% year over year to 8.6 million contracts, Agricultural products ADV rose 6% to a record quarterly level of 2.1 million, and Metals ADV advanced 5% to 865,000 contracts. Non-U.S. ADV reached 9.1 million contracts, marking the third-highest international quarterly volume in the company's history.
CME Expenses Rise as Profitability Stays SolidTotal expenses increased to $599.1 million from $562.7 million in the year-ago quarter. Operating income was $1.11 billion compared with $1.13 billion a year earlier.
On an adjusted basis, operating expenses were $521.2 million and adjusted operating income totaled $1.19 billion. Adjusted operating margin remained strong at 69.5%, while adjusted net income increased 1% year over year to $1.08 billion.
CME’s Innovation Expands Product PortfolioCME continued to broaden its product lineup during the quarter. The company commenced 24/7 trading for its cryptocurrency futures suite and announced that 1-Ounce Gold futures would also begin trading around the clock.
Management also unveiled plans to launch Single Stock futures during the third quarter of 2026, introduce Compute futures later this year, roll out Treasury Link in the fourth quarter and expand CME Securities Clearing. These initiatives are intended to broaden the customer base and strengthen risk-management capabilities across asset classes.
CME’s Balance Sheet and 2026 OutlookCME ended the quarter with approximately $2.3 billion in cash and $3.4 billion of debt. During the quarter, the company paid regular dividends of approximately $468 million and repurchased $695 million of common shares.
Management expects full-year adjusted operating expenses, excluding license fees, of approximately $1.695 billion and capital expenditures, net of leasehold improvement allowances, of roughly $85 million. The adjusted effective tax rate is projected to be at the low end of the previously communicated 23.5-24.5% range. July trading activity has remained strong, with average daily volume trending toward the highest July in company history.
How Have Estimates Been Moving Since Then?In the past month, investors have witnessed a downward trend in estimates review.
VGM ScoresAt this time, CME has a poor Growth Score of F, a score with the same score on the momentum front. Charting a somewhat similar path, the stock has a score of D on the value side, putting it in the bottom 40% for this investment strategy.
Overall, the stock has an aggregate VGM Score of F. If you aren't focused on one strategy, this score is the one you should be interested in.
OutlookEstimates have been broadly trending downward for the stock, and the magnitude of these revisions looks promising. Notably, CME has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). We expect an in-line return from the stock in the next few months.
Bank of New York Mellon Corp purchased a new stake in shares of CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME – Free Report) during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 3,927,516 shares of the financial services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $867,313,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp owned approximately 1.09% of CME Group at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Whipplewood Advisors LLC grew its holdings in CME Group by 2,075.0% during the 1st quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 87 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 83 shares during the last quarter. Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership bought a new position in CME Group during the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Hilton Head Capital Partners LLC bought a new position in CME Group during the 4th quarter worth $28,000. Legacy Wealth Managment LLC ID lifted its holdings in CME Group by 191.9% during the 4th quarter. Legacy Wealth Managment LLC ID now owns 108 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $29,000 after buying an additional 71 shares during the period. Finally, Anfield Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in CME Group by 197.4% during the 4th quarter. Anfield Capital Management LLC now owns 113 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 75 shares during the period. 87.75% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades CME has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of CME Group from a “sell” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 1st. Barclays dropped their price target on shares of CME Group from $316.00 to $270.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, July 9th. Bank of America upped their price objective on shares of CME Group from $226.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their target price on shares of CME Group from $267.00 to $245.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, June 30th. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn raised shares of CME Group from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price target for the company from $316.00 to $323.00 in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, CME Group has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $288.56.
View Our Latest Analysis on CME Group Insiders Place Their Bets In other news, Director William R. Shepard purchased 325 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 25th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $230.57 per share, with a total value of $74,935.25. Following the purchase, the director owned 260,442 shares in the company, valued at $60,050,111.94. This represents a 0.12% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.30% of the company’s stock.
CME Group Trading Up 1.5% NASDAQ:CME opened at $270.87 on Friday. CME Group Inc. has a 12 month low of $218.31 and a 12 month high of $329.16. The company has a current ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The stock has a market capitalization of $97.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.97, a PEG ratio of 3.11 and a beta of 0.23. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $251.06 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $279.68.
CME Group (NASDAQ:CME – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 22nd. The financial services provider reported $2.99 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.91 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $1.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.68 billion. CME Group had a net margin of 63.30% and a return on equity of 15.60%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up .8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $2.96 earnings per share. Analysts expect that CME Group Inc. will post 12.27 EPS for the current fiscal year.
CME Group Dividend Announcement The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 25th. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 9th will be given a $1.30 dividend. This represents a $5.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 9th. CME Group’s payout ratio is presently 44.11%.
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CME Group Inc is a global markets company that operates some of the world’s largest and most liquid derivatives exchanges, including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and COMEX. The firm offers futures and options contracts across a broad range of asset classes — including interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities and metals — and serves a diverse client base of institutional investors, commercial hedgers, brokers and retail participants.
The company’s core services include electronic trading on the CME Globex platform, central clearing through CME Clearing, and distribution of market data, indexes and analytics.
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BlackRock Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME – Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 30,566,342 shares of the financial services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $6,749,965,000. BlackRock Inc. owned about 8.50% of CME Group at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Asset Dedication LLC increased its stake in shares of CME Group by 64.9% during the fourth quarter. Asset Dedication LLC now owns 94 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 37 shares during the period. Whipplewood Advisors LLC lifted its stake in CME Group by 2,075.0% in the first quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 87 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 83 shares during the period. Elkhorn Partners Limited Partnership bought a new stake in CME Group in the fourth quarter valued at $27,000. Hilton Head Capital Partners LLC purchased a new position in CME Group during the 4th quarter valued at $28,000. Finally, Legacy Wealth Managment LLC ID increased its position in CME Group by 191.9% during the 4th quarter. Legacy Wealth Managment LLC ID now owns 108 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $29,000 after purchasing an additional 71 shares during the period. 87.75% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
CME Group Price Performance Shares of NASDAQ CME opened at $267.88 on Tuesday. CME Group Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $218.31 and a fifty-two week high of $329.16. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $250.51 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $280.07. The company has a market capitalization of $96.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.72, a P/E/G ratio of 3.14 and a beta of 0.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a current ratio of 1.02.
CME Group (NASDAQ:CME – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 22nd. The financial services provider reported $2.99 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.91 by $0.08. CME Group had a return on equity of 15.60% and a net margin of 63.30%.The company had revenue of $1.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.68 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.96 earnings per share. CME Group’s revenue was up .8% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts expect that CME Group Inc. will post 12.27 EPS for the current fiscal year. CME Group Dividend Announcement The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 25th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 9th will be given a dividend of $1.30 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 9th. This represents a $5.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.9%. CME Group’s dividend payout ratio is presently 44.11%.
Insider Buying and Selling at CME Group In other CME Group news, Director William R. Shepard acquired 325 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 25th. The shares were bought at an average price of $230.57 per share, with a total value of $74,935.25. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director owned 260,442 shares in the company, valued at $60,050,111.94. This represents a 0.12% increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. 0.30% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth Several equities research analysts have recently commented on CME shares. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on shares of CME Group from $324.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Bank of America boosted their price target on shares of CME Group from $226.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. UBS Group lowered their price objective on shares of CME Group from $310.00 to $260.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, July 6th. Piper Sandler cut their price objective on CME Group from $329.00 to $295.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, July 15th. Finally, Barclays cut their price objective on CME Group from $316.00 to $270.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, July 9th. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, CME Group currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $291.81.
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CME Group Inc is a global markets company that operates some of the world’s largest and most liquid derivatives exchanges, including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and COMEX. The firm offers futures and options contracts across a broad range of asset classes — including interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities and metals — and serves a diverse client base of institutional investors, commercial hedgers, brokers and retail participants.
The company’s core services include electronic trading on the CME Globex platform, central clearing through CME Clearing, and distribution of market data, indexes and analytics.
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CME Group od 11. září rozšíří 24/7 obchodování na futures na 100uncové stříbro, po silném startu nonstop obchodování u futures na 1uncové zlato. Od 24. července se ve víkendových seancích zobchodovalo přes 53 000 kontraktů zlata.
24/7 trading in silver commences September 11 Over $200M traded in weekend sessions for 1-Ounce Gold futures since July 24 launch , /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that it will expand 24/7 trading to its 100-Ounce Silver futures contract from September 11, 2026, pending regulatory review.
"Silver bridges the precious and industrial metals worlds, acting as a diversifier for investors that responds to both macroeconomic news and real-world demand," said Jin Hennig, Managing Director and Global Head of Metals at CME Group. "Our retail clients have shown a strong appetite for right-sized gold futures available whenever they need them, so we are now extending that same 24/7 access to help participants manage risk and pursue opportunities in silver."
Since 24/7 trading in 1-Ounce Gold futures launched on July 24, over 53,000 contracts have traded during the newly expanded weekend trading sessions, representing approximately $219 million in notional value and is the largest liquidity pool for weekend trading in Gold futures. Both the 1-Ounce Gold and 100-Ounce Silver futures are designed to be right-sized for retail trading, with a smaller notional exposure.
CME Group offers the world's leading benchmark futures contract for silver. A record $50 billion average notional traded each day across CME Group's silver futures in the first half of the year. 100-Ounce Silver futures launched in February 2026, with 17,800 contracts ADV traded in the first half of 2026. CME Group's metals business set a new record in the first half of 2026, with a total of 1.3 million contracts traded daily driven by precious metals activity, up 55% year-on-year.
100-Ounce Silver futures are financially-settled based on the daily settlement price of the global benchmark COMEX 5,000-Ounce Silver futures contract and are listed by and subject to the rules of COMEX. For more information, please visit here.
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.
CME Group, the Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Globex, and E-mini are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. BrokerTec is a trademark of BrokerTec Americas LLC and EBS is a trademark of EBS Group LTD. The S&P 500 Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC ("S&P DJI"). "S&P®", "S&P 500®", "SPY®", "SPX®", US 500 and The 500 are trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC; Dow Jones®, DJIA® and Dow Jones Industrial Average are service and/or trademarks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. These trademarks have been licensed for use by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Futures contracts based on the S&P 500 Index are not sponsored, endorsed, marketed, or promoted by S&P DJI, and S&P DJI makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in such products. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
CME Group a Silicon Data plánují na 5. října 2026 spustit futures na výpočetní výkon pro zajištění nákladů na AI infrastrukturu. Smlouvy budou sledovat indexy cen pronájmu GPU H100 a B200.
, /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, and Silicon Data, the industry leader in GPU market intelligence and benchmarking backed by global trading firm DRW, today announced plans to launch two Compute futures contracts on October 5, 2026, pending regulatory review.
These innovative new trading tools will bring much-needed hedging and investment vehicles to businesses looking to manage the cost of compute, the processing power and hardware infrastructure that machines need to train and run AI models. Both Silicon Data H100 Rental Index Futures and Silicon Data B200 Rental Index Futures will track indexes measuring hourly rental GPU costs published by Silicon Data. Each contract will represent a month's worth of rent for the Nvidia H100, the chip central to today's AI ecosystem, and the next-generation Nvidia Blackwell B200, respectively.
"Compute has become the currency of the AI age, and this innovative market will bring transparency to the current and future costs that AI builders and hyperscalers need to hedge as they grow," said Pete Keavey, Global Head of Energy and Environmental Products at CME Group. "Just as oil fueled the 20th century economy and evolved from spot trading into a global derivatives market, our futures contracts will now turn compute into a standardized, tradable commodity that will provide global businesses with a reliable, regulated venue to manage price risk ."
"For years, two companies buying the exact same GPU capacity could pay wildly different prices with no way to know who got the better deal. They will now have a benchmark to check that against," said Carmen Li, Chief Executive Officer of Silicon Data. "Compute futures give the market something it's never had: a public, tradable reference price for the resource every AI system runs on. Silicon Data's benchmarks make that price real; CME makes it tradable. Together, that turns compute from something enterprises negotiate blindly into a market they can actually plan around."
Explosive demand has driven sharp swings in compute prices, with volatility exposing a gap in the risk-management toolkit for companies building the AI infrastructure. CME Group and Silicon Data's Compute futures close that gap, bringing transparency to the market and allowing companies, including AI developers and hyperscalers, to lock in their costs. They will also provide a window into future AI spending.
The new contracts will be listed and subject to the rules of NYMEX. For more information on these products, please visit here.
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.
CME Group, the Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Globex, and E-mini are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. BrokerTec is a trademark of BrokerTec Americas LLC and EBS is a trademark of EBS Group LTD. The S&P 500 Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC ("S&P DJI"). "S&P®", "S&P 500®", "SPY®", "SPX®", US 500 and The 500 are trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC; Dow Jones®, DJIA® and Dow Jones Industrial Average are service and/or trademarks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. These trademarks have been licensed for use by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Futures contracts based on the S&P 500 Index are not sponsored, endorsed, marketed, or promoted by S&P DJI, and S&P DJI makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in such products. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
New Standard-sized and Micro-sized contracts will be benchmarked to official NHL statistics , /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced it will launch the world's first index-based Hockey futures on September 28, pending regulatory review. The new contracts will track CME FutureSports Performance Indexes that include exclusive, real-time National Hockey League (NHL) statistics beginning with the 2026-2027 season.
"With our first major-league futures contracts on our NHL indexes, CME Group is bringing the principles and discipline of regulated markets to the businesses that need to manage price risk in professional sports," said Tim McCourt, Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Equities, FX and Alternative Products at CME Group. "Financial institutions, companies and individuals rely on the transparency and infrastructure of CME Group to hedge across all investable asset classes. Our CME FSPI Hockey futures will provide a capital-efficient way for fans, sponsors, broadcasters, third-party arena operators, retailers, food and beverage vendors and others to navigate the risk associated with the performance of each NHL team."
Steve Byrd, Head of Partnerships at FutureSports, said: "In just a matter of weeks, market participants and members of the hockey and sports ecosystem will have the first opportunity to trade a professional financial instrument based on indexes of continuous play-by-play performance statistics of each and every NHL team. NHL teams generated a record $1.53 billion in sponsorship revenue in the 2024-25 season and drew more than 23 million fans into arenas last season – the highest total attendance in the league's 108-year history. Interest is extraordinarily high, and we're delighted to bring these indexes to fruition with our partner, the NHL, and to the world's leading derivatives market with futures contracts trading on CME Group, our exclusive exchange partner."
CME Group Hockey futures will be available in standard-sized contracts, valued at 10x the value of the underlying CME FSPI NHL indexes, and micro-sized contracts that are 1/10 the value of those indexes. Participants can trade live around the clock, allowing for immediate positions on a regulated exchange with central clearing safeguards, transparent pricing and equal market access.
CME FSPI Indexes structure official sports statistics into rules-based, benchmark financial metrics. The performance of the indexes will be calculated using systematic methodologies where point allocations follow transparent statistical frameworks – adding points for positive actions and subtracting for negative plays or setbacks.
The CME FSPI Index methodologies align with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks and are supported by published governance and oversight procedures.
For more information, contract specifications and updates on the product rollout, and to learn more about the indexes or how to subscribe to index data visit cmegroup.com/fspi.
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.
CME Group, the Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Globex, and E-mini are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. BrokerTec is a trademark of BrokerTec Americas LLC and EBS is a trademark of EBS Group LTD. The S&P 500 Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC ("S&P DJI"). "S&P®", "S&P 500®", "SPY®", "SPX®", US 500 and The 500 are trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC; Dow Jones®, DJIA® and Dow Jones Industrial Average are service and/or trademarks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. These trademarks have been licensed for use by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Futures contracts based on the S&P 500 Index are not sponsored, endorsed, marketed, or promoted by S&P DJI, and S&P DJI makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in such products. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
, /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today declared a third-quarter dividend of $1.30 per share. The dividend is payable September 25, 2026, to shareholders of record as of September 9, 2026.
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.
CME Group, the Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Globex, and E-mini are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. BrokerTec is a trademark of BrokerTec Americas LLC and EBS is a trademark of EBS Group LTD. The S&P 500 Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC ("S&P DJI"). "S&P®", "S&P 500®", "SPY®", "SPX®", US 500 and The 500 are trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC; Dow Jones®, DJIA® and Dow Jones Industrial Average are service and/or trademarks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. These trademarks have been licensed for use by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Futures contracts based on the S&P 500 Index are not sponsored, endorsed, marketed, or promoted by S&P DJI, and S&P DJI makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in such products. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
CME Group zavedla hotovostně vypořádané single-stock futures na 55 amerických akcií včetně SpaceX a Micron Technology. Kontrakty se obchodují téměř 24 hodin denně a umožňují long i short pozice na marži.
Investors looking to wager on stocks such as SpaceX and Micron Technology now have a new tool: single-stock futures that trade for nearly 24 hours a day.
CME Group on Monday launched cash-settled single-stock futures on 55 U.S. equities, along with micro-sized contracts on 22 names, marking the exchange's push into a market designed to let investors take leveraged long or short positions around the clock.
The contracts trade on CME's Globex platform from Sunday evening through Friday afternoon, with a one-hour daily maintenance break, enabling investors to respond to earnings and other market-moving events outside regular U.S. stock market hours.
The lineup includes futures tied to SpaceX, one of Wall Street's most closely watched recent IPOs, as well as Micron Technology, Nvidia, Tesla and Apple. Standard contracts represent 100 shares of the underlying stock, while micro contracts represent 10 shares.
"Retail brokers have characterized the launch as the year's largest retail growth catalyst, with more than 35 retail partners targeting day one/week one readiness," Morgan Stanley analyst Michael Cyprys said in a note.
CME said the products are designed to offer a simpler way to express bullish or bearish views than options. Unlike options, single-stock futures do not involve time decay or changing implied volatility, while requiring only a fraction of the capital needed because they are traded on margin. The contracts are cash settled, with final settlement based on the stock's official closing price at expiration. They do not represent ownership in the companies.
The exchange said it may expand the lineup beyond the initial 55 stocks based on customer demand and its listing standards.
Exchange stocks like CME have come under pressure this year as perpetual futures emerging on overseas exchanges are seen as a rising threat to the traditional trading businesses even though most are currently not legal in the U.S.
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Kalshi and Coinbase were given the greenlight this year by the CFTC to offer cryptocurreny related 'perps', which are futures contracts without an expiration date. The regulatory move was seen as foreshadowing a wider approval for these types of products on equities. The overseas equity perps were in the spotlight ahead of the SpaceX IPO with international platforms like Hyperliquid offering perpetual futures in the Elon Musk space company ahead of its official debut.
CME Group Inc. (CME) Q2 2026 Earnings Call July 22, 2026 8:30 AM EDT
Company Participants
Adam Minick - Investor Contact
Terrence Duffy - Chairman & CEO
Lynne Fitzpatrick - Senior MD, President & CFO
Tim McCourt - Senior MD & Global Head of Equities, FX and Alternative Products
Derek Sammann - Senior MD & Global Head of Commodities Markets
Julie Winkler - Senior MD & Chief Commercial Officer
Suzanne Sprague - Senior MD, Group COO & Global Head of Clearing
Michael Dennis - Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Fixed Income
Conference Call Participants
Daniel Fannon - Jefferies LLC, Research Division
Alex Kramm - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division
Christopher Allen - Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods, Inc., Research Division
Kenneth Worthington - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division
Patrick Moley - Piper Sandler & Co., Research Division
Brian Bedell - Deutsche Bank AG, Research Division
Alexander Blostein - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division
Benjamin Budish - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division
Michael Cyprys - Morgan Stanley, Research Division
William Katz - TD Cowen, Research Division
Simon Alistair Clinch - Rothschild & Co Redburn, Research Division
William Qi - RBC Capital Markets, Research Division
Presentation
Operator
Welcome to the CME Group Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions]
I will now turn the call over to Adam Minick. Please go ahead.
Adam Minick
Investor Contact
Good morning, and I hope you're all doing well today. Earlier this morning, we released our earnings commentary, which provides extensive details on the second quarter 2026, which we will be discussing on this call. I'll start with the safe harbor language, and then I'll turn it over to Terry.
Statements made on this call and in the other reference documents on our website that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance. They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes
CME Group vykázala ve 2. čtvrtletí rekordní tržby přes 1,7 miliardy USD a průměrný denní objem obchodů 29,8 milionu kontraktů. Upravený zisk na akcii činil 2,99 USD.
Higher-for-Longer Rates Could Reward These 3 Overlooked StocksCME Group NASDAQ: CME reported record second-quarter revenue and near-record trading activity, while executives used much of the company’s second-quarter 2026 earnings call to address investor questions about perpetual futures and outline a slate of new product launches.
Chairman and CEO Terry Duffy said second-quarter average daily volume was 29.8 million contracts, the second-highest second quarter in the company’s history and within 1% of the record set a year earlier. He said May and June were particularly strong following a difficult April comparison. Open interest ended the quarter up 8% from a year earlier and 16% since the start of 2026.
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Gold, Silver, and Copper Are Surging—Here Are 3 Smart Ways to Play ItDuffy also said CME delivered record capital efficiencies, saving customers an average of more than $95 billion in margin per day. He said 94% of CME’s first-half volume came from institutional customers, a figure he used repeatedly to frame the company’s response to questions about perpetual futures.
Revenue Hits Second-Quarter Record Lynne said CME generated more than $1.7 billion in revenue during the second quarter, up 1% from the same period in 2025. She said that marked a second-quarter record and the company’s second-highest quarterly revenue total ever, behind the first quarter of 2026.
Capitalize on Volatility: 3 Finance Stocks Thriving in 2025The average rate per contract was $0.678, up $0.026 from the first quarter. Market data revenue rose 20% to $238 million, which Lynne said extended CME’s streak to 33 consecutive quarters of year-over-year market data revenue growth and marked the eighth straight quarter of record market data revenue.
Adjusted expenses were $521 million, or $412 million excluding license fees. Adjusted operating income totaled $1.2 billion, producing a 69.5% adjusted operating margin. Adjusted net income was $1.1 billion, and adjusted diluted earnings per share were $2.99, up 1% from the second quarter of 2025. Lynne said the adjusted net income margin was 63.4%.
CME returned $1.2 billion to shareholders in the quarter, including $468 million in regular quarterly dividends and $695 million through share repurchases.
For the first half of 2026, Lynne said volume was 10% ahead of the prior year, revenue increased 8% and adjusted diluted earnings per share rose 10%. She also said July volumes to date were tracking 18% ahead of the prior year.
Executives Push Back on Perpetual Futures Concerns Duffy said recent discussion of perpetual futures had overshadowed CME’s business performance. He argued that although the products are often described as futures, they function more like leveraged spot instruments and are not substitutes for the institutional hedging tools used by CME’s core customers.
“Perpetual futures are in no way substitutes for the institutional hedging tools that these customers rely on,” Duffy said. He said the products do not provide price or time certainty, which he called necessary components for hedging exposures.
Duffy said CME has the technical and operational capabilities to launch perpetual futures and has contract specifications ready if customer demand or market structure changes justify it. However, he said the company has not heard demand from its core customers. In response to a question from Jefferies analyst Dan Fannon, Duffy said he had spoken with senior executives and derivatives users at major institutional participants, including a large commercial energy firm, and was told they did not want CME to list the product.
Tim added that CME’s cryptocurrency business has continued to grow even as crypto perpetuals have existed outside the U.S. He said CME’s suite of cryptocurrency futures and options was up 44% in the first half of 2026 compared with the first half of 2025, and up 76% in June from a year earlier. He said CME was seeing between $4.5 billion and $6.5 billion per day in trading across its cryptocurrency complex, compared with about $270 million at a Bitcoin perpetual product introduced by Kalshi in July.
Duffy also raised concerns about whether perpetual products should be classified as swaps, citing the exchange of payments through funding rates. In response to Deutsche Bank analyst Brian Bedell, he said CME believes its litigation will show that such products are swaps, not futures.
New Products Include Crypto, Gold, Single Stock Futures and Compute Futures Duffy highlighted several product initiatives, including 24/7 trading for crypto futures, 24/7 trading for CME’s one-ounce gold contract, Single Stock futures, Treasury Link and Compute Futures.
He said Single Stock futures are scheduled to launch the following week and will simplify directional trading with capital efficiency. Duffy acknowledged that Single Stock futures had failed in an earlier market cycle but said timing is important and that current market conditions make the product more relevant.
Tim said CME’s equity complex has shown momentum, with second-quarter average daily volume of 8.6 million contracts, up 13% year over year. He said June equity volume was 10.1 million contracts, up 54% from a year earlier, while July volumes were running about 40% to 50% above July 2025. He also said the new Single Stock futures will be financially settled against the closing print of each stock.
Julie said retail brokers globally were “extremely excited” about the Single Stock futures launch and described the product as a significant retail growth catalyst. She said more than 35 retail partners were targeting readiness for day-one or week-one activity.
Duffy and Derek Sammann also discussed Compute Futures, which CME plans to launch in partnership with Silicon Data later in 2026. Sammann said the product will be a daily benchmark tracking the spot hourly rental cost of NVIDIA H100 GPUs. He said the contracts are intended to provide price discovery and risk-management tools for data centers, AI labs, cloud providers, asset managers, banks, energy firms, hedge funds and professional trading firms.
Market Data, Prediction Markets and Treasury Link On market data, Julie said CME’s second-quarter revenue benefited from pricing, professional subscriber growth, derived data revenue and growth in simulation trading device accounts. She said professional subscribers rose 3.5% quarter over quarter, while simulation trading device accounts were up 56% year over year. The quarter also included about $7 million in audits and catch-up payments for prior periods, compared with $3.8 million in the first quarter.
Asked about prediction markets, Lynne said CME has handled about 525 million event contracts since launch, including about 48 million contracts related to market events. She said more than 140,000 accounts traded event contracts during the quarter, up about 13% from the prior quarter, and average daily volume was above 4 million, up about 40% from the first quarter. Duffy said CME is being careful about its product set and repeated his view that some sports-related prediction markets resemble gambling.
At the end of the call, Duffy asked for additional commentary on Treasury Link, a planned fourth-quarter 2026 offering. Mike said Treasury Link will enable centralized spread trading between Treasury futures and BrokerTec cash Treasuries on CME Globex, using FX Link technology. He said the product is designed to connect two major U.S. Treasury liquidity pools and reduce execution lag risk in cash-futures spread transactions.
Duffy closed the call by emphasizing CME’s institutional base, capital efficiencies and product pipeline, saying the company remains focused on expanding its marketplace while maintaining protections and market integrity.
About CME Group (NASDAQ:CME)CME Group Inc is a global markets company that operates some of the world's largest and most liquid derivatives exchanges, including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and COMEX. The firm offers futures and options contracts across a broad range of asset classes — including interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities and metals — and serves a diverse client base of institutional investors, commercial hedgers, brokers and retail participants.
The company's core services include electronic trading on the CME Globex platform, central clearing through CME Clearing, and distribution of market data, indexes and analytics.
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, /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2026.
The company reported revenue of $1.7 billion and operating income of $1.1 billion for the second quarter of 2026. Net income was $1.0 billion and diluted earnings per common share were $2.88. On an adjusted basis, operating income was $1.2 billion, net income was $1.1 billion and diluted earnings per common share were $2.99. Financial results presented on an adjusted basis for the second quarter of 2026 and 2025 exclude certain items, which are detailed in the reconciliation of non-GAAP results.1
"The first half of 2026 was the strongest in CME Group's history," said CME Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Terry Duffy. "We delivered record H1 performance across revenue, adjusted operating income, adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share, all of which were powered by record trading in Q1 and our second-highest Q2 volumes ever. During Q2, market data revenue increased 20% to a record $238 million. Importantly, we provided more than $95 billion in daily margin efficiencies during the quarter, a new high that represents unparalleled capital savings that our clients can redeploy in their businesses. We also continue to innovate a number of new tools to help clients manage risk and pursue opportunities, including Single-Stock futures, 1-Ounce Gold contracts available 24/7, U.S. Treasury clearing and Compute futures."
Second-quarter 2026 average daily volume (ADV) was the third highest quarterly ADV reaching 29.8 million contracts, which included non-U.S. ADV of 9.1 million contracts.
Clearing and transaction fees revenue for second-quarter 2026 totaled $1.4 billion. The total average rate per contract was $0.678. Market data revenue totaled a record $238 million for second-quarter 2026.
1. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial results mentioned to the respective GAAP figures can be found within the Reconciliation of Adjusted Operating Income and Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Earnings per Common Share charts at the end of the financial statements.
As of June 30, 2026, the company had $2.3 billion in cash (including $200 million deposited with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, which is included in other current assets) and $3.4 billion of debt. The company paid dividends during the second quarter of approximately $468 million and repurchased $695 million in CME Group common shares.
CME Group will hold a Q&A conference call to discuss second-quarter 2026 results at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time today. A live audio webcast of the Q&A call will be available on the Investor Relations section of CME Group's website at investor.cmegroup.com under Events & Presentations. An archived recording will be available for up to two months after the call.
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.
CME Group, the Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Globex, and E-mini are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. BrokerTec is a trademark of BrokerTec Americas LLC and EBS is a trademark of EBS Group LTD. The S&P 500 Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC ("S&P DJI"). "S&P®", "S&P 500®", "SPY®", "SPX®", US 500 and The 500 are trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC; Dow Jones®, DJIA® and Dow Jones Industrial Average are service and/or trademarks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. These trademarks have been licensed for use by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Futures contracts based on the S&P 500 Index are not sponsored, endorsed, marketed, or promoted by S&P DJI, and S&P DJI makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in such products. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements. We want to caution you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Among the factors that might affect our performance are increasing competition by foreign and domestic entities, including increased competition from new entrants into our markets and consolidation of existing entities; our ability to keep pace with rapid technological developments, including our ability to complete the development, implementation and maintenance of the enhanced functionality required by our customers while maintaining reliability and ensuring that such technology is not vulnerable to security risks; our ability to continue introducing innovative and competitive new products and services on a timely, cost-effective basis, including through our electronic trading capabilities, and derive revenues that are commensurate with our efforts and expectations, and our ability to maintain the competitiveness of our existing products and services; our ability to adjust our fixed costs and expenses if our revenues decline; our ability to manage variable costs associated with CME Group's transition to the Google Cloud, and minimize duplicative costs of maintaining both on-premise and Google Cloud environments during the transition; the resilience of our electronic platforms and the soundness of our business continuity and disaster recovery plans, including in the event of cyberattacks and cyberterrorism or as impacted by a failure of or disruption at one of our suppliers; our ability to maintain existing customers at substantially similar trading levels, develop strategic relationships and attract new customers; our ability to expand and globally offer our products and services; changes in regulations, including the impact of any changes in laws or government policies with respect to our products or services or our industry, such as any changes to regulations and policies that require increased financial and operational resources from us or our customers, as well as the impact of tariffs and tax policy changes, restrictions on our ability to offer CME Group products and services in specific geographies or to specific customers or limitations or changes in underlying/physical product flows across geographies; the costs associated with protecting our intellectual property rights and our ability to operate our business without violating the intellectual property rights of others; decreases in revenue from our market data as a result of decreased demand or changes to regulations in various jurisdictions; changes in our rate per contract due to shifts in the mix of the products traded, the trading venue and the mix of customers (whether the customer receives member or non-member fees or participates in one of our various incentive programs) and the impact of our tiered pricing structure; the ability of our credit and liquidity risk management practices to adequately protect us from the credit risks of clearing firms and other counterparties, and to satisfy the margin and liquidity requirements associated with the BrokerTec matched principal business; the ability of our compliance and risk management programs to effectively monitor and manage our risks, including our ability to prevent errors and misconduct and protect our infrastructure against security breaches and misappropriation of our intellectual property assets; our dependence on third-party providers and exposure to risk from third parties, including risks related to the performance, reliability and security of technology used by, or facilities provided by, our third-party providers and third-party providers that our clients and third-parties rely on; our reliance on third-party distribution partners, including independent software vendors, futures commission merchants, introducing brokers, broker-dealers, regulatory reporting and data distributors and platform operators, and other partners, for facilitating trading and for market data information, and potential impacts from changes in their business models and priorities; volatility in commodity, equity and fixed income prices, and price volatility of financial benchmarks and instruments such as interest rates, equity indices, fixed income instruments and foreign exchange rates; economic, social, political and market conditions, including new and existing geopolitical tensions or conflicts, the volatility of the capital and credit markets and the impact of economic conditions on the trading activity of our current and potential customers; our ability to accommodate increases in contract volume and market data and order transaction traffic across the entire trade cycle and the ability to implement enhancements meeting our regulatory obligations and customer needs without failure or degradation of the performance of our trading and clearing systems; our ability to execute our growth strategy and maintain our growth effectively; our ability to manage the risks, control the costs and achieve the synergies associated with our strategy for acquisitions, investments, alliances, strategic partnerships and joint ventures; variances in earnings on cash accounts and collateral that our clearing house holds; impact of CME Group pricing/fee level and structure and incentive changes; impact of aggregation services and internalization on trade flow and volumes; any negative financial impacts from changes to the terms of intellectual property and index rights; our ability to continue to generate funds and/or manage our indebtedness to allow us to continue to invest in our business; industry, channel partner and customer consolidation and/or concentration; decreases in trading and clearing activity; the imposition of a transaction tax or user fee on futures and options transactions and/or repeal of the 60/40 tax treatment of such transactions; increases in effective tax rates, borrowing costs, or changes in tax policy; our ability to maintain our brand and reputation; and the unfavorable resolution of material legal proceedings. For a detailed discussion and additional information concerning these and other factors that might affect our performance, see our other recent periodic filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on February 26, 2026, under the caption "Risk Factors".
CME Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in millions)
June 30, 2026
December 31, 2025
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 2,144.2
$ 4,416.9
Marketable securities
131.4
125.0
Accounts receivable, net of allowance
753.1
639.2
Other current assets (includes $4.4 and $6.5 in restricted cash)
491.7
522.1
Performance bonds and guaranty fund contributions
158,110.7
159,656.1
Total current assets
161,631.1
165,359.3
Property, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization
351.2
362.7
Intangible assets—trading products
17,175.3
17,175.3
Intangible assets—other, net
2,494.6
2,610.7
Goodwill
10,505.8
10,514.7
Other assets
2,518.6
2,401.5
Total Assets
$ 194,676.6
$ 198,424.2
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable
$ 68.0
$ 71.8
Other current liabilities
538.6
568.8
Performance bonds and guaranty fund contributions
158,110.7
159,656.1
Total current liabilities
158,717.3
160,296.7
Long-term debt
3,424.2
3,422.3
Deferred income tax liabilities, net
5,220.9
5,242.2
Other liabilities
793.8
734.8
Total Liabilities
168,156.2
169,696.0
Total CME Group Shareholders' Equity
26,520.4
28,728.2
Total Liabilities and Equity
$ 194,676.6
$ 198,424.2
CME Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Income
(dollars in millions, except per share amounts; shares in thousands)
Quarter Ended
June 30,
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2026
2025
2026
2025
Revenues
Clearing and transaction fees
$ 1,352.5
$ 1,388.0
$ 2,895.1
$ 2,725.3
Market data and information services
238.1
198.1
462.2
392.6
Other
115.6
105.9
229.0
216.4
Total Revenues
1,706.2
1,692.0
3,586.3
3,334.3
Expenses
Compensation and benefits
233.5
221.6
456.5
428.3
Technology
83.3
70.9
159.9
136.6
Professional fees and outside services
29.1
37.4
57.3
65.9
Amortization of purchased intangibles
56.0
56.1
112.1
111.3
Depreciation and amortization
28.2
27.3
55.4
54.6
Licensing and other fee agreements
109.1
96.2
215.9
192.8
Other
59.9
53.2
112.4
107.5
Total Expenses
599.1
562.7
1,169.5
1,097.0
Operating Income
1,107.1
1,129.3
2,416.8
2,237.3
Non-Operating Income (Expense)
Investment income
1,429.7
1,518.4
2,819.0
2,411.1
Interest and other borrowing costs
(43.6)
(44.0)
(87.2)
(85.7)
Equity in net earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries
97.7
99.0
200.1
187.2
Other non-operating income (expense)
(1,263.2)
(1,372.4)
(2,510.1)
(2,174.8)
Total Non-Operating Income (Expense)
220.6
201.0
421.8
337.8
Income before Income Taxes
1,327.7
1,330.3
2,838.6
2,575.1
Income tax provision
285.9
305.2
642.5
593.8
Net Income
$ 1,041.8
$ 1,025.1
$ 2,196.1
$ 1,981.3
Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders of
CME Group - Basic(1)
$ 1,041.8
$ 1,012.2
$ 2,200.4
$ 1,956.4
Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders of
CME Group - Diluted(1)
$ 1,041.8
$ 1,012.2
$ 2,196.1
$ 1,956.4
Earnings per Share Attributable to Common
Shareholders of CME Group:
Basic
$ 2.89
$ 2.81
$ 6.11
$ 5.44
Diluted
2.88
2.81
6.06
5.43
Weighted Average Number of Common Shares:
Basic
360,684
359,658
360,005
359,636
Diluted(2)
361,282
360,355
362,233
360,297
1. The difference between Net Income and Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders of CME Group - Basic and Diluted is the result of the distribution of earnings allocated to preferred shares.
2. Preferred shares of 4,584,000 were all converted to Class A Common stock on March 5, 2026 with their weighted-average impact included in the Diluted shares starting in the first quarter of 2026.
CME Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Reconciliation of Adjusted Operating Income
(dollars in millions)
Quarter Ended
June 30,
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2026
2025
2026
2025
Total Revenues
$ 1,706.2
$ 1,692.0
$ 3,586.3
$ 3,334.3
Adjusted Total Revenues
$ 1,706.2
$ 1,692.0
$ 3,586.3
$ 3,334.3
Total Expenses
$ 599.1
$ 562.7
$ 1,169.5
$ 1,097.0
Restructuring and severance
(6.0)
(1.4)
(10.0)
(2.5)
Deferred compensation(1)
(12.4)
(7.7)
(11.6)
(5.5)
Amortization of purchased intangibles
(56.0)
(56.2)
(112.1)
(111.3)
Strategic transaction-related (costs) credits
(1.0)
(2.8)
(1.6)
(2.8)
Real estate-related (costs) credits
0.7
8.1
—
8.1
Foreign exchange transaction gains (losses)
(0.3)
(3.5)
0.6
(5.9)
Unrealized and realized gains (losses) on assets
—
(0.4)
—
(0.4)
Litigation matters or settlements
(2.9)
(7.6)
(1.9)
(10.9)
Adjusted Total Expenses
$ 521.2
$ 491.2
$ 1,032.9
$ 965.8
Operating Income
$ 1,107.1
$ 1,129.3
$ 2,416.8
$ 2,237.3
Adjusted Operating Income
$ 1,185.0
$ 1,200.8
$ 2,553.4
$ 2,368.5
1. Includes $12.4 million and $11.6 million for changes in our non-qualified deferred compensation liability in the second quarter and first six months of 2026. This impact does not affect net income and adjusted net income, because the compensation and benefits change has an equal and offsetting change in investment income.
CME Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Reconciliation of Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Earnings per Common Share
(dollars in millions, except per share amounts; shares in thousands)
Quarter Ended
June 30,
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2026
2025
2026
2025
Net Income
$ 1,041.8
$ 1,025.1
$ 2,196.1
$ 1,981.3
Restructuring and severance
6.0
1.4
10.0
2.5
Amortization of purchased intangibles(1)
60.0
69.4
120.1
137.6
Strategic transaction-related costs (credits)(2)
0.3
2.8
0.4
2.8
Real estate-related costs (credits)
(0.7)
(8.1)
—
(8.1)
Foreign exchange transaction (gains) losses
0.3
3.6
(0.6)
6.0
Unrealized and realized (gains) losses on investments
(3.9)
—
19.0
6.4
Unrealized and realized (gains) losses on assets
—
0.4
—
0.4
Litigation matters or settlements
2.9
7.6
1.9
10.9
Income tax effect related to above
(15.3)
(15.5)
(36.3)
(31.6)
Other income tax items(3)
(9.7)
(7.3)
(8.8)
(8.9)
Adjusted Net Income
$ 1,081.7
$ 1,079.4
$ 2,301.8
$ 2,099.3
Adjusted Net Income Attributable to Common
Shareholders of CME Group - Basic(4)
$ 1,081.7
$ 1,065.8
$ 2,305.6
$ 2,072.9
Adjusted Net Income Attributable to Common
Shareholders of CME Group - Diluted(4)
$ 1,081.7
$ 1,065.8
$ 2,301.8
$ 2,072.9
Earnings per Share Attributable to Common Shareholders of CME Group:
Basic
$ 2.89
$ 2.81
$ 6.11
$ 5.44
Diluted
2.88
2.81
6.06
5.43
Adjusted Earnings per Share Attributable to Common Shareholders of CME
Group:
Basic
$ 3.00
$ 2.96
$ 6.40
$ 5.76
Diluted
2.99
2.96
6.35
5.75
Weighted Average Number of Common Shares:
Basic
360,684
359,658
360,005
359,636
Diluted(5)
361,282
360,355
362,233
360,297
1. Includes $2.6 million and $5.2 million of amortization of purchased intangibles at S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and $1.4 million and $2.8 million of amortization of purchased intangibles at FanDuel Prediction Markets Holdings LLC in the second quarter and first six months of 2026. This is reported in Equity in net earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries on the Consolidated Statements of Income.
2. The values shown above may differ from what is shown in the Reconciliation of Adjusted Operating Income as that schedule does not include adjustment items or portions of items included in non-operating results.
3. Other income tax items in the second quarter of 2026 include benefits related to the resolution of certain state income tax examinations and adjustments to tax reserves and tax receivables.
4. The difference between Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders of CME Group - Basic and Diluted is the result of the distribution of earnings allocated to preferred shares.
5. Preferred shares of 4,584,000 were all converted to Class A Common stock on March 5, 2026 with their weighted-average impact included in the Diluted shares starting in the first quarter of 2026.
CME Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Quarterly Operating Statistics
2Q 2025
3Q 2025
4Q 2025
1Q 2026
2Q 2026
Trading Days
62
64
64
61
62
Quarterly Average Daily Volume (ADV)(1)
CME Group ADV (in thousands)
Product Line
2Q 2025
3Q 2025
4Q 2025
1Q 2026
2Q 2026
Interest rates
15,472
13,378
13,010
18,674
14,532
Equity indexes
7,661
6,278
7,738
8,655
8,633
Foreign exchange
1,096
834
853
1,193
989
Energy
3,082
2,295
2,523
3,985
2,667
Agricultural commodities
1,964
1,712
1,787
2,042
2,080
Metals
943
825
1,441
1,682
941
Total
30,217
25,322
27,353
36,231
29,843
Venue
CME Globex
28,097
23,418
25,542
33,633
27,935
Open outcry
993
989
816
1,241
830
Privately negotiated
1,127
915
995
1,357
1,078
Total
30,217
25,322
27,353
36,231
29,843
Quarterly Average Rate Per Contract (RPC)(1)
CME Group RPC
Product Line
2Q 2025
3Q 2025
4Q 2025
1Q 2026
2Q 2026
Interest rates
$ 0.481
$ 0.487
$ 0.486
$ 0.457
$ 0.480
Equity indexes
0.635
0.652
0.611
0.597
0.605
Foreign exchange
0.772
0.841
0.847
0.780
0.813
Energy
1.138
1.214
1.245
1.084
1.131
Agricultural commodities
1.435
1.423
1.427
1.344
1.426
Metals
1.456
1.505
1.295
1.153
1.315
Average RPC
$ 0.690
$ 0.702
$ 0.707
$ 0.652
$ 0.678
1. ADV and RPC includes futures and options on futures only.
CME Group plánuje zavést futures na basis čiroku, s nimiž se má začít obchodovat 24. srpna 2026 po regulačním schválení. Kontrakt má pomoci zajistit cenové riziko mezi čirokem a kukuřicí.
, /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced plans to launch Sorghum basis futures. Trading is expected to start on August 24, 2026, pending regulatory review.
Sorghum is a versatile commodity uniquely positioned to meet global demand from the domestic feed industry, the international export market and, more recently, biofuels.
The new basis contract reflects the price difference between sorghum and corn, two types of grain used in animal feed as well as ethanol feedstock. Sorghum's premium over corn usually signals international demand driving values higher. A deep discount compels domestic buyers to shift feed rations toward cheaper sorghum.
"While sorghum prices tend to track corn closely over extended macroeconomic cycles, geopolitical events and regional supply shifts can disrupt that relationship," said John Ricci, Managing Director and Global Head of Agricultural Products, CME Group. "In recent years, the sorghum-to-corn cash spread has experienced considerable volatility, swinging from sharp premiums to steep discounts. The Sorghum futures contract will provide market participants a precise instrument to hedge that basis risk."
The contracts will be physically delivered, with grain being loaded out by truck or rail from a network of elevators in Kansas, the nation's largest sorghum-producing state, by using the established Kansas City Hard Red Winter Wheat delivery network.
CME Group achieved record quarterly volume of 2.1 million contracts for Agricultural products in Q2 2026. Corn futures and options reached record open interest of 4.1 million contracts in Q2 2026, with the second highest quarterly volumes on record at 695,000 contracts traded.
The new Sorghum basis futures contracts will be listed and subject to the rules of CBOT. For more information on these products, please visit https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/agriculture/grains/sorghum.
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.
CME Group, the Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Globex, and E-mini are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. BrokerTec is a trademark of BrokerTec Americas LLC and EBS is a trademark of EBS Group LTD. The S&P 500 Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC ("S&P DJI"). "S&P®", "S&P 500®", "SPY®", "SPX®", US 500 and The 500 are trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC; Dow Jones®, DJIA® and Dow Jones Industrial Average are service and/or trademarks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. These trademarks have been licensed for use by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Futures contracts based on the S&P 500 Index are not sponsored, endorsed, marketed, or promoted by S&P DJI, and S&P DJI makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in such products. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Analytici očekávají, že CME ve čtvrtletí vykáže zisk 2,92 USD na akcii a tržby 1,68 miliardy USD, což představuje meziroční pokles o 0,5 %. Odhad EPS za posledních 30 dní klesl o 0,7 %.
In its upcoming report, CME Group (CME - Free Report) is predicted by Wall Street analysts to post quarterly earnings of $2.92 per share, reflecting a decline of 1.4% compared to the same period last year. Revenues are forecasted to be $1.68 billion, representing a year-over-year decrease of 0.5%.
The current level reflects a downward revision of 0.7% in the consensus EPS estimate for the quarter over the past 30 days. This demonstrates how the analysts covering the stock have collectively reappraised their initial projections over this period.
Prior to a company's earnings release, it is of utmost importance to factor in any revisions made to the earnings projections. These revisions serve as a critical gauge for predicting potential investor behaviors with respect to the stock. Empirical studies consistently reveal a strong link between trends in earnings estimate revisions and the short-term price performance of a stock.
While investors typically use consensus earnings and revenue estimates as indicators of quarterly business performance, exploring analysts' projections for specific key metrics can offer valuable insights.
With that in mind, let's delve into the average projections of some CME metrics that are commonly tracked and projected by analysts on Wall Street.
According to the collective judgment of analysts, 'Revenues- Other' should come in at $114.67 million. The estimate indicates a change of +8.3% from the prior-year quarter.
Analysts expect 'Revenues- Clearing and transaction fees- Energy' to come in at $192.96 million. The estimate indicates a year-over-year change of -11.2%.
The consensus among analysts is that 'Revenues- Clearing and transaction fees- Metals' will reach $87.14 million. The estimate suggests a change of +2.4% year over year.
Analysts predict that the 'Revenues- Clearing and transaction fees' will reach $1.36 billion. The estimate indicates a year-over-year change of -1.7%.
The collective assessment of analysts points to an estimated 'Revenues- Clearing and transaction fees- Interest rates' of $440.14 million. The estimate indicates a change of -4.7% from the prior-year quarter.
Based on the collective assessment of analysts, 'Average daily volume' should arrive at 30.30 million. The estimate compares to the year-ago value of 30.22 million.
It is projected by analysts that the 'Average daily volume- Metals' will reach 1.05 million. Compared to the present estimate, the company reported 943.00 thousand in the same quarter last year.
Analysts' assessment points toward 'Average daily volume- Interest rates' reaching 14.96 million. The estimate compares to the year-ago value of 15.47 million.
The average prediction of analysts places 'Average daily volume- Equity indexes' at 8.47 million. Compared to the current estimate, the company reported 7.66 million in the same quarter of the previous year.
The consensus estimate for 'Average daily volume- Foreign exchange' stands at 1.01 million. The estimate compares to the year-ago value of 1.10 million.
Analysts forecast 'Average daily volume- Energy' to reach 2.78 million. The estimate is in contrast to the year-ago figure of 3.08 million.
The combined assessment of analysts suggests that 'Average daily volume- Agricultural commodities' will likely reach 2.03 million. Compared to the present estimate, the company reported 1.96 million in the same quarter last year.
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Shares of CME have experienced a change of -0.5% in the past month compared to the +0.6% move of the Zacks S&P 500 composite. With a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), CME is expected to underperform the overall market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks here >>>> .
CME Group čeká ve 2. čtvrtletí pokles tržeb i zisku; tržby mají činit 1,69 miliardy USD a EPS 2,93 USD. Růst trhu s daty a vyšší poplatky za clearing mají částečně vyvážit slabší obchodování.
Key Takeaways CME Group is expected to benefit from market data growth and higher clearing and transaction fee income. CME's equity index and agricultural volumes rose, while interest rate, energy and FX trading declined. Higher employee compensation and technology investments are expected to increase quarterly expenses. CME Group Inc. (CME - Free Report) is expected to register a decline in both top and bottom lines when it reports second-quarter 2026 results on July 22, before the opening bell.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for CME’s second-quarter revenues is pegged at $1.69 billion, indicating a 0.1% decrease from the year-ago reported figure.
The consensus estimate for earnings is pegged at $2.93 per share. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for CME’s second-quarter earnings has moved 2.3% south in the past 30 days. The estimate suggests a year-over-year decrease of 1%.
What the Zacks Model SaysOur proven model does not conclusively predict an earnings beat for CME Group this time around. This is because the stock has the right combination of a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold), which increases the chances of an earnings beat. This is not the case, as you can see below.
Earnings ESP: CME Group has an Earnings ESP of -1.04%. This is because the Most Accurate Estimate of $2.90 is pegged lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.93. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they are reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.
Zacks Rank: CME Group currently carries a Zacks Rank of 4 (Sell).
Factors Likely to Shape Q2 ResultsCME Group’s second-quarter results are likely to benefit from its diversified product portfolio, heightened market volatility and strong competitive position.
Revenue growth is likely to have been aided by gains in market data and information services, as well as higher clearing, transaction and other fee-based income.
Increased volatility across asset classes appears to have boosted trading volumes, which, in turn, supported clearing and transaction fees. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for clearing and transaction fees stands at $1.4 billion, indicating a 1.7% decrease compared with the same period last year.
CME Group reported a quarterly average daily volume (ADV) of 29.8 million contracts in the second quarter, which declined 1% year over year. Trading activity decreases across multiple segments, including interest rates, energy and foreign exchange. Agricultural ADV of 2.1 million contracts in the second quarter of 2026 increased 6% from the prior-year period. Equity Index ADV of 8.6 million contracts increased 13% year over year.
Market data and information services revenues are likely to have benefited from pricing adjustments on certain products as well as increased demand and usage. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for this segment is pegged at $227 million, suggesting a 14.6% year-over-year increase.
On the cost side, expenses are expected to have risen during the quarter, primarily due to higher spending on employee compensation and benefits, along with increased investment in technology.
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CBOE’s earnings beat estimates in each of the last four reported quarters.
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CINF’s earnings beat estimates in each of the last four reported quarters.
The Allstate Corporation (ALL - Free Report) has an Earnings ESP of +23.32% and a Zacks Rank #3 at present. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for second-quarter 2026 earnings is pegged at $4.92, indicating a year-over-year decrease of 17.1%.
ALL’s earnings beat estimates in each of the last four reported quarters.
CFTC zablokuje plán CME Group na 24/7 obchodování s futures na ropu. Komise uvedla, že kontrakt podrobí důkladnému přezkumu a zabrání jeho zalistování.
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CompaniesJuly 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said on Thursday it would exercise its authority to stay the listing of a contract that would have allowed CME Group (CME.O), opens new tab to initiate 24/7 trading on crude oil futures as soon as Friday.
The move comes after CME sought to self-certify the contract on July 8, despite an ongoing public comment period on the extension of standard futures contracts to round-the-clock trading, including crude oil.
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CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, had announced in June that it would offer 24/7 trading in some crude and gold futures contracts, pending regulatory review.
CFTC Chairman Michael Selig said the commission was still examining whether 24/7 trading of futures contracts on various asset classes was consistent with its statutory Core Principles.
"We do not take a one-size-fits-all approach to 24/7 trading," Selig added in a statement.
The commission said its regulations offer exchanges two methods to list contracts — self certification and seeking a review and approval. "CME made simultaneous, but separate filings under both provisions."
CFTC said it would conduct a thorough review of the product filings and bar CME from listing such contracts before determining they comply with the Commodity Exchange Act and Commission regulations.
Reporting by Pooja Menon in Bengaluru; Editing by Joyjeet Das
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CME Group oznámila rekordní červnový průměrný denní objem 30,6 milionu kontraktů, meziročně vzrostl o 19 %. Ve 2. čtvrtletí dosáhl objem 29,8 milionu kontraktů, což je druhý nejvyšší výsledek v historii.
Record June ADV of 30.6 million contracts All-time monthly records for equity index and agricultural products in June Q2 ADV reached 29.8 million contracts , /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported its average daily volume (ADV) reached a new June record of 30.6 million contracts, up 19% year-over-year. The company also hit its second-highest Q2 volume ever, with 29.8 million contracts. Market statistics are available in greater detail at https://cmegroupinc.gcs-web.com/monthly-volume.
June 2026 monthly highlights across asset classes include:
Interest Rate ADV increased 17% to 13.6 million contracts U.S. Treasury futures and options ADV increased 19% to 7.2 million contracts 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note futures ADV increased 15% to 1.9 million contracts 5-Year U.S. Treasury Note futures ADV increased 16% to 1.4 million contracts 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note options ADV increased 28% to 1.1 million contracts 2-Year U.S. Treasury Note futures ADV increased 37% to 951,000 contracts SOFR futures and options ADV increased 14% to 5.8 million contracts 30-Day Fed Funds futures ADV increased 33% to 533,000 contracts Equity Index ADV increased 54% to a record 10.1 million contracts Record Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures ADV of 3.2 million contracts Micro E-mini S&P 500 futures ADV increased 39% to 1.5 million contracts E-mini S&P 500 options ADV increased 14% to 1.3 million contracts Agricultural ADV increased 8% to a record 2.3 million contracts Corn futures ADV increased 20% to 619,000 contracts Soybean Oil futures ADV increased 12% to 273,000 contracts Chicago SRW Wheat futures ADV increased 14% to 196,000 contracts Metals ADV increased 12% to 967,000 contracts Micro Gold futures ADV increased 33% to 342,000 contracts Micro Silver futures ADV increased 191% to 69,000 contracts Foreign Exchange ADV increased 6% to 1.2 million contracts Canadian Dollar futures ADV increased 21% to 114,000 contracts Cryptocurrency ADV increased 76% to 334,000 contracts ($10.7 billion notional) Micro Bitcoin futures ADV increased 46% to 77,000 contracts International ADV increased 17% to 9.3 million contracts, with EMEA ADV up 15% to 6.7 million contracts and APAC ADV up 21% to 2.2 million contracts Micro Products ADV Micro E-mini Equity Index futures and options ADV of 5.1 million contracts represented 50% of overall Equity Index ADV, Micro Energy futures accounted for 8% of overall Energy ADV and Micro Metals futures accounted for 53% of overall Metals ADV BrokerTec overall average daily notional value (ADNV) increased 17% to $1.078 trillion in June BrokerTec U.S. Repo ADNV increased 11% to $398 billion European Repo ADNV increased 19% to €363 billion U.S. Treasury ADNV increased 5% to $93 billion EBS Spot FX ADNV increased 7% to $68 billion Customer average collateral balances to meet performance bond requirements for rolling 3-months ending May 2026 were $150.7 billion for cash collateral and $173.4 billion for non-cash collateral Q2 2026 quarterly highlights across asset classes include:
Interest Rate ADV of 14.5 million contracts 2-Year U.S. Treasury Note futures ADV increased 9% to 1.2 million contracts 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note options ADV increased 17% to 1.1 million contracts Equity Index ADV of 8.6 million contracts, up 13% Record Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures ADV of 2.4 million contracts E-mini S&P 500 options ADV increased 7% to 1.3 million contracts Energy ADV of 2.7 million contracts Micro WTI Crude Oil futures ADV increased 209% to 283,000 contracts Agricultural ADV of 2.1 million contracts, up 6% Corn futures ADV increased 12% to 536,000 contracts Soybean Oil futures ADV increased 10% to 231,000 contracts Metals ADV of 941,000 contracts Micro Gold futures ADV increased 17% to 350,000 contracts Micro Silver futures ADV increased 263% to 74,000 contracts Cryptocurrency ADV of 250,000 contracts, up 32% ($13.7 billion notional) Ether futures ADV increased 10% to 18,000 contracts As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.
CME Group, the Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Globex, and E-mini are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. BrokerTec is a trademark of BrokerTec Americas LLC and EBS is a trademark of EBS Group LTD. The S&P 500 Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC ("S&P DJI"). "S&P®", "S&P 500®", "SPY®", "SPX®", US 500 and The 500 are trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC; Dow Jones®, DJIA® and Dow Jones Industrial Average are service and/or trademarks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. These trademarks have been licensed for use by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Futures contracts based on the S&P 500 Index are not sponsored, endorsed, marketed, or promoted by S&P DJI, and S&P DJI makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in such products. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Offering to include standard- and micro-sized contracts across 50+ leading U.S. stocks Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Nvidia and SpaceX among listed firms , /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced it will launch Single Stock futures across more than 50 of the top U.S. stocks on July 27, pending completion of all regulatory review and processes. This new offering will include 55 larger-sized and 22 Micro-sized futures contracts, providing market participants with additional flexibility to manage their equity exposure.
"Clients want to manage equity price risk with more precision and with the capital efficiencies of a centralized marketplace," said Tim McCourt, Global Head of Equities, FX and Alternative Products at CME Group. "Our new Single Stock futures will simplify access to the most liquid U.S. stocks and enable traders to easily transition between broad market index hedging and targeted single-name exposure."
Demand for equity derivatives continues to grow across both institutional and retail audiences, with new volume and open interest (OI) highs in 2026 including:
Futures and options average daily volume (ADV) of 8.6 million contracts and average OI of 11.7 million contracts. Futures ADV of 7.2 million contracts, up 12% year-over-year, and record average futures OI of 5.4 million contracts. The contracts will be listed on and subject to the rules of CME. For more information on these products, please visit cmegroup.com/ssf.
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.
CME Group, the Globe logo, CME, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Globex, and E-mini are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. BrokerTec is a trademark of BrokerTec Americas LLC and EBS is a trademark of EBS Group LTD. The S&P 500 Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC ("S&P DJI"). "S&P®", "S&P 500®", "SPY®", "SPX®", US 500 and The 500 are trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC; Dow Jones®, DJIA® and Dow Jones Industrial Average are service and/or trademarks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. These trademarks have been licensed for use by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Futures contracts based on the S&P 500 Index are not sponsored, endorsed, marketed, or promoted by S&P DJI, and S&P DJI makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in such products. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
