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CME GROUP INC.

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News · 2026-11-07

• Trading Volume GrowthImportance 30 · Surprise 40
  CME Group’s October average daily volume reached a record 30 million contracts, up 15% year over year. Interest-rate and equity-index products drove the increase. The reported volume growth indicates stronger demand…
• Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  CME Group declared a fourth-quarter dividend of $1.30 per share. The declared distribution is for the fourth quarter. The reported dividend amount is $1.30 per share.

News · 2026-11-05

• Trading Volume GrowthImportance 20 · Surprise 24
  Third-party reporting says CME Group reported record October average daily volume. Strong interest-rate and Treasury activity drove the record. The report provides no volume figure or year-over-year comparison and does…
• Quarterly Dividend DeclarationImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  CME Group declared a fourth-quarter 2026 dividend of $1.30 per share. The dividend is payable on December 30, 2026. Shareholders of record on December 11, 2026 are eligible to receive the payment.

News · 2026-11-04

• Trading Volume GrowthImportance 20 · Surprise 24
  CME Group recorded average daily volume of 30 million contracts in October 2026. The report attributes stronger activity to U.S. Treasury futures and options, alongside improved farmer sentiment as measured by the Ag…
• Revenue Performance and MixImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  CME Group reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of US$1,737.3 million and net income of US$1,036.9 million. Earnings per share were higher than a year earlier, although the report did not provide the percentage change.…

News · 2026-11-03

• CFTC Perpetual Futures LitigationImportance 31 · Surprise 42
  The Capital Markets Alliance, which includes Cboe Global Markets and Citadel Securities, sued the CFTC over its approval of perpetual futures tied to individual stocks. The challenge argues that the contracts are…
• Trading Volume GrowthImportance 20 · Surprise 40
  CME Group reported record October average daily volume (ADV) of 30 million contracts, up 15% year over year from the prior October record of 26.3 million. Interest Rate ADV was 14.8 million contracts, Equity Index ADV…

News · 2026-11-01

• Dry-Freight Futures LaunchImportance 34 · Surprise 42
  CME Group is reported to be launching five new dry-freight futures on November 2, 2026. The contracts expand the exchange’s product range into freight-route risk management. The report does not specify the routes…
• Revenue Performance and MixImportance 14 · Surprise 6
  CME Group reported record third-quarter revenue of $1.74 billion. Average daily volume was 29.4 million contracts in the quarter. The report provides no year-over-year revenue comparison or segment revenue breakdown.

News · 2026-10-30

• Futures Product ExpansionImportance 31 · Surprise 42
  CME Group is adding Gasoline Decade futures to its NYMEX energy derivatives offerings. Customer testing is scheduled to begin November 15, 2026, with trading scheduled to start November 23, 2026. The contracts are…
• Energy Futures Product ExpansionImportance null · Surprise null
  CME Group is adding Gasoline Decade futures to its energy derivatives offerings, with the contracts to be listed on NYMEX. Customer testing is scheduled to begin November 15, 2026, ahead of trading on November 23,…
• Gasoline Futures Contract LaunchImportance null · Surprise null
  CME Group plans to launch a Gasoline Decade futures contract on NYMEX on November 23, 2026, with customer testing beginning November 15. The contracts are intended to give market participants another instrument to…

10-Q · 2026-10-23

• Equity and Crypto ProductsImportance 63 · Surprise 64
  Equity index contract volumes increased in the third quarter and first nine months of 2026, which CME Group linked to skepticism about AI-related spending and uncertainty associated with the continuing Middle East…
• Energy Market DemandImportance 58 · Surprise 56
  Energy contract volumes increased in the third quarter and first nine months of 2026, which CME Group attributed to higher overall volatility and uncertainty in crude oil markets. The company cited disruption to…
• Revenue Concentration RiskImportance 50 · Surprise 24
  One individual clearing firm represented at least 10% of CME Group’s clearing and transaction fees in the first nine months of 2026. The two largest market-data resellers together represented approximately 25% of…
• Market Data Revenue GrowthImportance 49 · Surprise 48
  Market data and information services revenue increased to $243.1 million in the third quarter of 2026 from $202.5 million a year earlier, a 20.0% rise. Nine-month revenue grew to $705.3 million from $595.1 million, an…
• Trading Volume GrowthImportance 49 · Surprise 32
  Average daily contract volume increased to 29.445 million in the third quarter of 2026 from 25.322 million in the prior-year quarter. CME Group attributed higher activity to persistent inflationary pressure,…
• Revenue Performance and MixImportance 47 · Surprise 22
  Third-quarter 2026 total revenue was $1,737.3 million, up 13.0% from $1,537.6 million in the third quarter of 2025; nine-month revenue was $5,323.6 million, up 9.3% from $4,871.9 million. Clearing and transaction fees…
• Interest Rate ProductsImportance 38 · Surprise 24
  Interest rate contract volumes increased in the third quarter and first nine months of 2026, with activity across CME Group’s Treasury product suite supported by rising Treasury yields. The company attributed the…
• Operating Expense TrendsImportance 37 · Surprise 22
  Nine-month technology expense increased 15.8% to $240.8 million from $208.0 million, primarily because of increased third-party services supporting the Google Cloud transformation project. Licensing and other fee…
• Net Income and EPS PerformanceImportance 32 · Surprise 22
  Net income increased 14.2% to $1,036.9 million in the third quarter of 2026 from $908.0 million in the prior-year quarter. Nine-month net income increased 11.9% to $3,233.0 million from $2,889.3 million. Diluted…
• Middle East Conflict ImpactImportance 28 · Surprise 42
  The continuing geopolitical conflict in the Middle East caused significant supply disruptions and uncertainty in energy, agricultural commodities, metals, and equity markets during 2026. CME Group said the conflict…
• Foreign Exchange ProductsImportance 27 · Surprise 24
  Foreign exchange volumes increased in the third quarter and first nine months of 2026 despite relatively low foreign-exchange volatility. CME Group attributed the increases to monetary-policy interventions across major…
• Capital Return ProgramImportance 26 · Surprise 24
  CME Group maintained authorization to repurchase up to $3.0 billion of its outstanding Class A common stock through open-market, block, privately negotiated, or other transactions. At September 30, 2026, the maximum…
• Operating Margin PerformanceImportance 24 · Surprise 14
  Operating margin rose to 65.7% in the third quarter of 2026 from 63.3% in the third quarter of 2025, an increase of 2.4 percentage points. For the first nine months, operating margin increased to 66.8% from 65.9%, up…
• Agricultural Market DemandImportance 20 · Surprise 24
  Overall agricultural commodity contract volumes increased in the third quarter and first nine months of 2026. CME Group attributed the increase to Russia-Ukraine conflict-related disruption to wheat supply routes and…
• Metals Business GrowthImportance 20 · Surprise 24
  Metals contract volumes increased in the third quarter and first nine months of 2026, driven primarily by heightened market volatility in early 2026. Geopolitical tensions supported precious-metals activity as market…
• Cash Markets DemandImportance 20 · Surprise 24
  Average daily notional values in CME Group’s cash markets business were higher in the third quarter and first nine months of 2026 than in the prior-year periods. The business includes BrokerTec fixed-income activity…
• Market Data DemandImportance 20 · Surprise 24
  Market data and information services revenue increased in the third quarter and first nine months of 2026 compared with the same periods in 2025. CME Group attributed growth to higher usage of certain products,…
• Interest Rate EnvironmentImportance 20 · Surprise 24
  CME Group reported persistent inflationary pressure in interest rate markets in 2026, which it believes prompted the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates for the first time in more than three years. The resulting…
• Liquidity and Debt PositionImportance 15 · Surprise 46
  Cash and cash equivalents, excluding restricted cash, totaled $2.2 billion at September 30, 2026, down from $4.4 billion at December 31, 2025. Outstanding fixed-rate notes had aggregate par value of $3.45 billion, with…

News · 2026-10-22

• Revenue Performance and MixImportance 35 · Surprise 22
  CME Group reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of $1.74 billion, up 13% year over year and $20 million above the $1.72 billion analyst consensus. Average daily volume reached 29.4 million contracts during the quarter,…
• Strategic Product ExpansionImportance 31 · Surprise 42
  UBS cited CME Group’s progress on single stock futures and Treasury Link as new strategic initiatives. The report did not provide launch dates, investment amounts, or quantified revenue or margin expectations for…
• Trading Volume GrowthImportance 20 · Surprise 24
  CME Group’s average daily volume reached 29.4 million contracts in the third quarter of 2026. The reported volume strength was described as diversified and supportive of fee growth across the futures and options…
• Operating Margin PerformanceImportance 18 · Surprise 14
  CME Group's third-quarter 2026 operating margin was 65.7%, compared with 63.3% in the year-earlier quarter, an increase of 2.4 percentage points. A separate report characterized adjusted operating margin as just under…

Earnings call · 2026-10-21

• Market Data Revenue GrowthImportance 59 · Surprise 48
  Management said demand for CME market data is increasing as clients use its prices for trading, research, and product creation. Growth was attributed to a mix of professional real-time subscribers, retail and…
• Capital Return ProgramImportance 58 · Surprise 42
  CME Group returned nearly $1 billion to shareholders during Q3 2026: $465 million in regular quarterly dividends and $524 million in share repurchases. Management said the repurchases completed the redeployment of…
• Revenue Performance and MixImportance 54 · Surprise 40
  Third-quarter 2026 revenue was $1.7 billion, up 13% year over year and a record for a third quarter. Market data revenue reached a quarterly record of $243 million, up 20% year over year and marking the 34th…
• International Market GrowthImportance 41 · Surprise 48
  International average daily volume reached a third-quarter record of 9 million contracts, up 22% year over year. EMEA volume was 6.5 million contracts per day, up 20%, while APAC volume was 2.1 million, up 28%.…
• Operating Income and MarginsImportance 41 · Surprise 22
  Adjusted operating income was $1.2 billion in the third quarter, up 15% year over year, with a 69.4% adjusted operating margin. Adjusted net income was $1.1 billion, and adjusted diluted EPS was $3.02, up 13% from Q3…
• Pricing and Input CostsImportance 40 · Surprise 42
  Pricing changes implemented October 1 are expected to increase clearing and transaction fees by 0.5%–1% on an annualized basis. The changes apply to crypto, parts of the grains complex, adjusted interest-rate tiers,…
• Retail Client GrowthImportance 40 · Surprise 56
  CME reported 10 consecutive quarters of double-digit retail client acquisition growth and welcomed more than 100,000 new retail traders in the latest quarter, up 40% year over year. Management attributed the growth to…
• Treasury Clearing ExpansionImportance 40 · Surprise 42
  CME plans to launch CME Securities Clearing on December 7, 2026, ahead of the SEC’s Treasury clearing mandate. Management said the Treasury and repo clearing mandate is fastly approaching and described continuing…
• Margin Efficiency GrowthImportance 40 · Surprise 56
  CME reported more than $100 billion of margin efficiencies, with savings growing across rates, equities, and energy offsets. Swap portfolio-margining savings averaged $13.2 billion per day in September, up 58% year…
• Morningstar Index LicensingImportance 34 · Surprise 42
  CME Group is a partner in the JV that benefits from the extended Cboe–S&P Global licensing agreement. Management said the agreement’s pricing escalations begin in 2027, five years earlier than the 2032 timing…
• Product Launch and TransitionImportance 34 · Surprise 42
  CME launched Single Stock futures and E-nano Equity Index futures during the quarter, and expanded 24/7 trading to its 1-Ounce Gold and 100-Ounce Silver contracts. Management said it was on track to launch CME…
• Google Cloud MigrationImportance 34 · Surprise 42
  CME opened its Dallas disaster recovery facility for client testing in June as part of its Google Cloud migration. Management said latency and consistency in testing were as good as or better than its on-premises…
• 24/7 Trading ExpansionImportance 34 · Surprise 42
  Management cited traction in 24/7 gold, silver, and cryptocurrency trading, and said weekend trading in the gold and silver contracts represented about 20%–30% of their average daily volume, as referenced in the…
• Single-Stock Futures LaunchImportance 34 · Surprise 42
  CME said Single Stock futures had traded more than 350,000 contracts since launch, representing about $3.5 billion of notional. The product offers a 100-share multiplier across 55 large U.S. names and a 10-share…
• Treasury Link ExpansionImportance 34 · Surprise 42
  Treasury Link is designed to enable transparent, centralized spread trading between Treasury futures and BrokerTec cash Treasuries on CME Globex. Management said it connects the two leading U.S. Treasury liquidity…
• Operating Expense TrendsImportance 31 · Surprise 6
  Adjusted expenses totaled $532 million in the third quarter and were $428 million excluding license fees. Management attributed the increase in license fees primarily to strong equity activity, with equity-complex…
• Compute Futures PartnershipImportance 31 · Surprise 42
  Management described significant client demand for Compute Futures from neocloud players, data center operators, banks, funds, and proprietary trading firms seeking to manage AI infrastructure exposure. CME has worked…
• Sports Futures Product LaunchImportance 31 · Surprise 42
  CME launched NHL FutureSports indices and related futures in partnership with FutureSports, based on statistical team performance and designed in accordance with IOSCO principles. Management said the products are…
• AI Compute Futures Regulatory ReviewImportance 31 · Surprise 42
  CME is awaiting government approval for Compute Futures, which management said was filed under CFTC Rule 40.3 for full review. The CFTC extended the comment period by 45 days, ending November 9, 2026, after which the…
• 24/7 Energy Trading Regulatory RiskImportance 25 · Surprise 42
  CME withdrew its application for a 24/7 small 10-barrel oil contract after the CFTC stay and industry pushback. Management said commercial participants did not want to staff an additional desk, and CME will hold off…
• Interest Income TrendsImportance 21 · Surprise 6
  Average clearinghouse cash balances were $147 billion in Q3, down from about $150 billion in Q2. The clearinghouse earned a similar return of approximately 33 basis points in both quarters, while corporate cash…
• CFTC Perpetual Futures LitigationImportance 17 · Surprise 24
  CME’s General Counsel said a motion to dismiss in the perpetual-futures lawsuit has been filed and opposed by CME. The company expects briefing on the substance of the case to be before the judge in December 2026 and…
• Macroeconomic Factors ImpactImportance 13 · Surprise 6
  Management described a backdrop of shifting central bank policies, geopolitical uncertainty, and persistent market volatility driving demand for CME Group’s risk-management markets. The CFO also characterized the…
• Competition and Market PositionImportance 10 · Surprise 6
  Terry Duffy argued that CME’s institutional liquidity ecosystem and capital efficiencies are difficult for retail platforms or FCMs launching their own products to replicate. He said 94% of CME’s business is…