CMECME Group

Financials · Exchanges & Brokers · Nasdaq

CME Group enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and over-the-counter (OTC) products, optimize portfolios and analyze data - empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. 10-K, Item 1

Headquarters: Chicago, IL
CEO: Terrence A. Duffy
Next results: around Feb 3, 2027

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RevenueFY2016–25 $6.5B+6.4% Highest in 10 years 10-K FY2025 · XBRL Net incomeFY2016–25 $4.1B+15.5% Highest in 10 years 10-K FY2025 · XBRL Free cash flowFY2016–25 $4.2B+16.6% Highest in 10 years 10-K FY2025 · XBRL Operating marginFY2016–25 64.9%+0.7 pts 61.2% in FY2016 10-K FY2025 · XBRL

What changed

10-K filed Feb 26, 2026 against Feb 27, 2025

Area	What changed	Source
Risk factors	12 new paragraphs, nothing like them in the previous 10-K	10-K Item 1A
Accounting checks	9 other checks clear	10-K · XBRL
Insiders	1 open-market buy in the last 90 days	Form 4
Filings	2 in the last 30 days	EDGAR

Each row opens the detail with the quote and the filing. A row is a change worth reading, not a verdict.

What's new, in their words

10-K filed Feb 26, 2026

Paragraphs in Risk Factors that were not in the 10-K filed 2025-02-27. Quoted as filed.

Legislation regarding the regulatory market structure applicable to the trading and clearing of spot digital assets is currently being considered in Congress. It is not yet certain whether the legislation will be signed into law or whether it will have any impact on listed derivatives regulation. The legal status of certain event-based…
10-K, Item 1A

All 12 new paragraphs →

Accounting checks

latest 10-K

9 of 9 clear 0 worth a look. Checks, not verdicts.

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Receivables +11.5% vs revenue +6.4% (+5.2 pts)
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Same auditor in both 10-Ks: Ernst & Young LLP
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No statement of substantial doubt about going concern
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No 8-K item 4.02 in the last 2 years
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No NT 10-K or NT 10-Q in the last 2 years
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The same matters as last year: Uncertain Tax Positions
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No sentence in the 10-K concludes that controls were not effective because of a material weakness
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No 8-K item 2.06 in the last 2 years
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No 8-K item 1.03 in the last 2 years

How each check works, with sources →

In the last 30 days

All filings →

Oct 23, 202610-Q Quarterly report (10-Q) period ended Sep 30, 2026
Oct 21, 20268-K Quarterly results 8-K item 2.02

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