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How CME Group Inc. stacks up
CME · against 161 other Financial Services companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
77/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #38 of 162 · scores higher than 76% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score19 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including CME · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 77?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Mainly thanks to its operating margin and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Financial Services peers.
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 2.2% vs peer median 2.6%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 75% of peers. Return on invested capital: 14.3% vs peer median 6.3%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 93% of peers. Operating margin: 65.1% vs peer median 23.5%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = CME, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | CME | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 157 reported | 14.3% | 7.1% | 72% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 84 reported | 65.1% | 23.1% | 99% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 183 reported | 2.2% | 2.6% | 41% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 176 reported | 15.8% | 10.4% | 63% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 200 reported | 100.0% | 83.0% | 57% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around CME| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 566.9B USD | 99 | 48 | |
| 2 | 2.7B USD | 98 | 63 | |
| 2 | 31.1B USD | 98 | 65 | |
| 4 | 4.2B USD | 97 | 55 | |
| 4 | 2.7B USD | 97 | 58 | |
| 33 | 1.5B USD | 79 | 58 | |
| 33 | 137.4B USD | 79 | 50 | |
| 36 | 218.3B USD | 78 | 50 | |
| 36 | 3.0B USD | 78 | 52 | |
| 38 | 109.3B USD | 77 | 53 | |
| 38 | 350M USD | 77 | ||
| 40 | 70.0B USD | 76 | 53 | |
| 40 | 3.1B USD | 76 | 63 | |
| 40 | 18.9B USD | 76 | 56 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score