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Screener / SEC EDGAR /CIK 0001156375 /10-K filed Feb 26, 2026, compared with Feb 27, 2025 /Numbers from the XBRL of the 10-Ks
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CME Group CME

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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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CME among Financials peers

Six ratios from the latest 10-K. Each corner is the share of 75 peers the company is above, not a score.

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Revenue growth: 6.4%, above 40% of 75 peers (their median 7.2%) REVENUE GROWTH 6.4% · above 40% Operating margin: 65.7%, above 100% of 27 peers (their median 25.3%) OPERATING MARGIN 65.7% · above 100% Net margin: 63.3%, above 100% of 75 peers (their median 20.1%) NET MARGIN 63.3% · above 100% FCF margin: 62.1%, above 100% of 48 peers (their median 21.4%) FCF MARGIN 62.1% · above 100% Return on capital: 12.2%, above 52% of 25 peers (their median 9.8%) RETURN ON CAPITAL 12.2% · above 52%
CME Peer median Below the median

What changed

12 new risk paragraphs. 10-K filed Feb 26, 2026 against Feb 27, 2025.

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.

Accounting checks

9 checks on the latest 10-K. Checks, not verdicts.

How it works

0facts worth reading about all 9 checks found nothing to note

  • Receivables +11.5% vs revenue +6.4% (+5.2 pts)
  • Same auditor in both 10-Ks: Ernst & Young LLP
  • No statement of substantial doubt about going concern
6 more checks with nothing to note
  • No 8-K item 4.02 in the last 2 years
  • No NT 10-K or NT 10-Q in the last 2 years
  • The same matters as last year: Uncertain Tax Positions
  • No sentence in the 10-K concludes that controls were not effective because of a material weakness
  • No 8-K item 2.06 in the last 2 years
  • No 8-K item 1.03 in the last 2 years

In their words

12 paragraphs in Risk Factors that were not in the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2025. Quoted as filed.

All 12 new paragraphs
  1. Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
    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…
  2. Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
    Trading volume in our markets and products is largely driven by the degree of volatility - the magnitude and frequency of fluctuations - in prices and levels of the underlying commodities, securities, indices, financial benchmarks or other instruments. Volatility increases the need to hedge price risk and creates opportunities for…
  3. Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
    A substantial part of our working capital may be at risk if a clearing firm defaults on its obligations to our clearing house and its margin and guaranty fund deposits are insufficient to meet its obligations. Additionally, BrokerTec Americas is exposed to the potential risk of loss in the event a counterparty fails to meet its…
  4. Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
    To the extent we acquire a new business, the process of integration also may produce unforeseen regulatory and operating difficulties and expenditures and may divert the attention of management from the ongoing operation of our business. To the

New risk paragraphs, against peers

Latest 10-K of each, Financials companies closest in revenue

Paragraphs in Risk Factors with nothing like them in the company's 10-K the year before. A count of text, not of risk.

Financial performance

Last 4 fiscal years · 10-K XBRL

All years
MetricFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue$5.0B$5.6B$6.1B$6.5B
Net income$2.7B$3.2B$3.5B$4.1B
Operating cash flow$3.1B$3.5B$3.7B$4.3B
Free cash flow$3.0B$3.4B$3.6B$4.2B

Revenue, FY2016 to FY2025

Ten fiscal years, each from its own 10-K · XBRL · USD

$6.5B ▲ 6.4% in FY2025

FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Every number, year by year

Recent filings

2 filings in the last 30 days · SEC EDGAR

All filings

About the company

CME Group, Chicago, IL · from the 10-K filed Feb 26, 2026

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. CME Group provides primary price discovery and referential pricing information through its market data in a variety of formats, including real-time, historical and derived data for customers in both listed and cash products. CME Group also offers industry-leading research and analytics tools to provide customers with market education resources. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers.

Headquarters
Chicago, IL
Country
United States
Reports in
USD
Listed on
Nasdaq
Fiscal year ends
December 31
Last results
Oct 21, 2026
Incorporated in
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Sources

The 10-K filed Feb 26, 2026 (open at SEC), compared with the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2025. Numbers from the XBRL of the 10-Ks; filings from SEC EDGAR.

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