We Compiled the Most Important Facts About CME

By Chris Stiles • Wednesday, December 06 19:06 • Permanent Link

More and more people are talking about CME over the last few weeks. Is it worth buying the Capital Markets stock at a price of $214.25? Only time will tell. The information below will give you a basic idea of what this investment may entail:

CME has moved 26.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 17.0%
CME has an average analyst rating of buy and is -6.21% away from its mean target price of $228.43 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $8.38
CME has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 25.6 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $9.4 and its forward P/E ratio is 22.8
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 2.73 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
CME is part of the Finance sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 12.38 and an average P/B of 1.58
CME has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 10.2% and gross profit margins of 1.0%
The company has a free cash flow of $2.26 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
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 and foreign currency trading services. The company also provides clearing house services, including clearing, settling, and guaranteeing futures and options contracts, and cleared swaps products traded through its exchanges; and trade processing and risk mitigation services. In addition, the company offers a range of market data services, including real-time and historical data services. It serves professional traders, financial institutions, institutional and individual investors, corporations, manufacturers, producers, governments, and central banks. The company was formerly known as Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. and changed its name to CME Group Inc. in July 2007. CME Group Inc. was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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