CME Group (CME) Stock Analysis & Winston Score

CME Group Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates contract markets for the trading of futures and options on futures contracts worldwide. It offers futures and options products based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, agricultural commodities, energy, and metals, as well as fixed income products. The company also provides clearing house services, including clearing, settling, and guaranteeing futures and options contracts, and cleared swaps products traded through its ex

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+14.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+23.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

1.4%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$2.4B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

CME Group is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 14%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

Share count broadly stable

+0.4% over 4y

The share count has stayed roughly flat over this period — little dilution or buyback activity.

Diluted shares outstanding: 358.9M (2021) → 360.2M (2025)

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Quality

Gross Margin

88.1%

Premium pricing power — 88.1% gross margin

Operating Margin

69.7%

Excellent — 69.7% operating margin

ROCE

4.4%

Weak — 4.4% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+7.5%

Steady sales growth (7.5% YoY)

EPS YoY

+18.4%

Earnings growing fast (18.4% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

104%

Turns 104% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

64.1%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (64.1%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.13

Conservative — low debt load (0.13)

Interest Cover

33.67x

Comfortably covers interest (33.7x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

20.8x

Growth-priced — P/E 20.8

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

+3.3

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (20.8 → 17.5)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

4.68%

Healthy income — 4.68% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend Growth

+19.0%

Dividend growing fast (19.0% YoY)

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