Zacks Research Has Positive Outlook of CME Group Q2 Earnings

CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for CME Group in a report released on Tuesday, February 4th. Zacks Research analyst T. De now forecasts that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $2.50 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $2.45. The consensus estimate for CME Group’s current full-year earnings is $10.18 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for CME Group’s Q3 2025 earnings at $2.53 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.55 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $10.14 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.60 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $2.37 EPS.

A number of other analysts have also recently commented on CME. Piper Sandler upped their price target on CME Group from $250.00 to $258.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Royal Bank of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and set a $235.00 target price on shares of CME Group in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of CME Group from $210.00 to $233.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 17th. Oppenheimer raised their price objective on shares of CME Group from $245.00 to $258.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods dropped their target price on shares of CME Group from $260.00 to $256.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 13th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, CME Group has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $229.27.

CME Group Trading Up 1.1 %

NASDAQ:CME opened at $244.41 on Friday. CME Group has a one year low of $190.70 and a one year high of $249.02. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $235.20 and a 200-day moving average price of $223.49. The firm has a market capitalization of $88.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.37 and a beta of 0.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a current ratio of 1.02 and a quick ratio of 1.02.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CME Group

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of CME Group by 1.8% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 8,284,745 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,823,964,000 after purchasing an additional 142,692 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new position in CME Group during the fourth quarter valued at $871,063,000. Janus Henderson Group PLC raised its stake in shares of CME Group by 17.8% in the third quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 2,514,040 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $554,707,000 after acquiring an additional 380,071 shares during the period. Capital Wealth Planning LLC lifted its holdings in shares of CME Group by 69.2% in the 4th quarter. Capital Wealth Planning LLC now owns 2,435,823 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $565,671,000 after acquiring an additional 996,498 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. grew its holdings in CME Group by 70.4% during the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 2,427,107 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $544,157,000 after purchasing an additional 1,003,119 shares during the last quarter. 87.75% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

CME Group Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 26th. Investors of record on Friday, March 7th will be given a $1.25 dividend. This represents a $5.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.05%. This is a positive change from CME Group’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.15. CME Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 48.37%.

CME Group announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, December 5th that permits the company to repurchase $3.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the financial services provider to reacquire up to 3.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

About CME Group

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.