CME Group Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 16 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for CME Group stock have an average target of 229.69, with a low estimate of 180 and a high estimate of 260. The average target predicts a decrease of -2.11% from the current stock price of 234.65.

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$180	$229.69	$235	$260
Change	-23.29%	-2.11%	+0.15%	+10.81%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for CME Group stock from 16 stock analysts is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Jul '24	Aug '24	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24
Strong Buy	2	2	2	2	2	2
Buy	3	2	2	3	3	3
Hold	6	6	7	7	7	7
Sell	1	1	2	2	2	2
Strong Sell	2	2	2	2	2	2
Total	14	13	15	16	16	16

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Kyle Voigt Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold Maintains $237 → $260	Hold	Maintains	$237 → $260	+10.81%	Dec 20, 2024
Benjamin Budish Barclays	Barclays	Hold Maintains $231 → $257	Hold	Maintains	$231 → $257	+9.53%	Dec 9, 2024
Brian Bedell Deutsche Bank	Deutsche Bank	Hold Maintains $227 → $226	Hold	Maintains	$227 → $226	-3.68%	Nov 11, 2024
Patrick Moley Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Buy Maintains $240 → $250	Buy	Maintains	$240 → $250	+6.54%	Oct 28, 2024
Ashish Sabadra RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Hold Reiterates $235	Hold	Reiterates	$235	+0.15%	Oct 24, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

6.19B

from 5.57B

11.13%

from 5.57B

Revenue Next Year

6.36B

from 6.19B

2.78%

from 6.19B

EPS This Year

10.32

from 8.86

16.48%

from 8.86

EPS Next Year

10.51

from 10.32

1.88%

from 10.32

Fiscal Year	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2019	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	4.87B	4.88B	4.69B	5.01B	5.57B	6.19B	6.36B	6.64B
Revenue Growth	12.96%	0.32%	-3.97%	6.80%	11.19%	11.13%	2.78%	4.37%
EPS	5.91	5.87	7.29	7.40	8.86	10.32	10.51	10.96
EPS Growth	3.50%	-0.68%	24.19%	1.51%	19.73%	16.48%	1.88%	4.28%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	22.74	22.32	21.40
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	19	19	16

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2024	2025	2026
High	6.5B	6.8B	7.1B
Avg	6.2B	6.4B	6.6B
Low	6.0B	5.8B	6.0B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2024	2025	2026
High	16.9%	9.9%	11.8%
Avg	11.1%	2.8%	4.4%
Low	7.0%	-5.6%	-5.6%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2024	2025	2026
High	10.87	11.26	11.98
Avg	10.32	10.51	10.96
Low	9.91	9.74	10.18

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2024	2025	2026
High	22.7%	9.1%	13.9%
Avg	16.5%	1.9%	4.3%
Low	11.8%	-5.6%	-3.2%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.