Earnings summaries and quarterly performance for CME GROUP.
Executive leadership at CME GROUP.
Terrence A. Duffy
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Derek Sammann
Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Commodities Markets
Hilda Harris Piell
Chief Human Resources Officer
Jack Tobin
Managing Director and Chief Accounting Officer
Jonathan Marcus
Senior Managing Director and General Counsel
Julie Winkler
Chief Commercial Officer
Kendal Vroman
Chief Transformation Officer
Lynne Fitzpatrick
President and Chief Financial Officer
Michael Dennis
Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Fixed Income
Sunil Cutinho
Chief Information Officer
Suzanne Sprague
Chief Operating Officer and Global Head of Clearing
Tim McCourt
Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Equities, FX and Alternate Products
Board of directors at CME GROUP.
Bryan T. Durkin
Director
Charles P. Carey
Director
Daniel G. Kaye
Director
Deborah J. Lucas
Director
Dennis A. Suskind
Lead Independent Director
Elizabeth A. Cook
Director
Harold Ford Jr.
Director
Howard J. Siegel
Director
Kathryn Benesh
Director
Martin J. Gepsman
Director
Patrick J. Mulchrone
Director
Patrick W. Maloney
Director
Phyllis M. Lockett
Director
Rahael Seifu
Director
Robert J. Tierney Jr.
Director
Timothy S. Bitsberger
Director
William R. Shepard
Director
William W. Hobert
Director
Research analysts who have asked questions during CME GROUP earnings calls.
Brian Bedell
Deutsche Bank
7 questions for CME
Michael Cyprys
Morgan Stanley
7 questions for CME
Craig Siegenthaler
Bank of America
6 questions for CME
Kenneth Worthington
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
6 questions for CME
Kyle Voigt
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
6 questions for CME
Patrick Moley
Piper Sandler & Co.
6 questions for CME
Alex Kramm
UBS Group AG
5 questions for CME
Christopher Allen
Citigroup
5 questions for CME
Simon Clinch
Redburn Atlantic
5 questions for CME
Ben Budish
Barclays PLC
4 questions for CME
Dan Fannon
Jefferies & Company Inc.
4 questions for CME
William Katz
TD Cowen
4 questions for CME
Alexander Blostein
Goldman Sachs
3 questions for CME
Benjamin Budish
Barclays PLC
3 questions for CME
Daniel Fannon
Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
3 questions for CME
Kwun Sum Lau
Oppenheimer
3 questions for CME
Anthony Valentini
Goldman Sachs
2 questions for CME
Chris Allen
Citi
2 questions for CME
Eli Abboud
Bank of America
2 questions for CME
Owen Lau
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
2 questions for CME
Will Chi
RBC Capital Markets
2 questions for CME
William Qi
RBC Capital Markets
2 questions for CME
Ashish Sabadra
RBC Capital Markets
1 question for CME
Kyle Voit
KBW
1 question for CME
Simon Alistair Clinch
Redburn Atlantic
1 question for CME
Recent press releases and 8-K filings for CME.
- The U.S. SEC approved CME Group’s registration of CME Securities Clearing Inc., set to launch in Q2 2026.
- The new clearing house will help market participants meet the SEC’s U.S. Treasury transaction clearing mandate by end-2026 and Repo mandate by mid-2027.
- It offers expanded clearing capacity, capital efficiencies, done-with/away execution solutions, and extended cross-margining with FICC.
- CME Group maintains a strong financial profile, with a current ratio of 1.02, debt-to-equity of 0.12, and an Altman Z-Score of 0.57.
- CME Group said the SEC approved the registration of a new securities clearing house, CME Securities Clearing Inc., with a launch expected in Q2 2026.
- The new entity will enable compliance with the SEC’s U.S. Treasury clearing mandate by December 31, 2026, and the Repo clearing mandate by June 30, 2027.
- CEO Terry Duffy highlighted the importance of expanded clearing capacity and capital efficiencies, noting extended cross-margining with FICC for both done-with and done-away executions.
- November 2025 ADV of 33.1 million contracts, up 10% YoY, marking the second-highest monthly volume on record (highest was 35.9 million in April 2025)
- Record cryptocurrency ADV of 424,000 contracts ($13.2 billion notional), up 78% YoY
- Asset class ADV breakdown: Interest Rates 17.5 M, Equity Index 8.9 M, Energy 2.6 M, Agricultural 2.1 M, Metals 1.3 M, Foreign Exchange 746 K contracts
- International ADV grew 6% to 9.8 million contracts (EMEA 7.2 M, APAC 2.2 M, Latin America 193 K)
- A data center cooling issue at CME Group forced a multi-hour halt in futures and options trading across equities, US Treasurys, and crude oil markets.
- Certain fixed income platforms, including EBS FX and BrokerTec U.S. and EU markets, reopened ahead of full resumption at 8:30 a.m. ET.
- Individual stocks, such as Alphabet and Nvidia, continued trading without interruption, indicating the disruption was limited to futures and options.
- The outage unfolded during a market rebound fueled by Federal Reserve rate cut expectations and renewed enthusiasm in AI-related tech stocks.
- A data center cooling failure at CyrusOne data centers led to a global halt of CME Globex futures, options, and FX trading.
- Disruptions spanned key markets including Bitcoin futures, crude oil, gold, and silver, affecting both institutional and retail traders.
- The outage also impacted CME’s EBS Direct, EBS Markets, and BMD electronic platforms.
- CME’s Global Command Center is coordinating recovery efforts and providing updates, while India’s MCX remained operational.
- CME Group’s crypto futures and options suite hit a record 794,903 contracts on November 21, 2025, overtaking the prior high of 728,475 contracts set on August 22, 2025.
- Micro futures and options achieved 676,088 contracts in a single day, while Micro Bitcoin futures and options reached 210,347 contracts.
- Year-to-date average daily volume climbed 132% YoY to 270,900 contracts ($12 billion notional), and average open interest rose 82% YoY to 299,700 contracts ($26.6 billion).
- In Q4 2025, average daily volume surged 106% YoY to 403,200 contracts ($14.2 billion), with average open interest up 117% YoY to 493,700 contracts ($35.4 billion).
- FanDuel Predicts will launch in December in partnership with CME Group, marking FanDuel’s entry into prediction markets.
- The platform will offer event contracts on crypto, sports and economic indicators, including commodities such as oil, gas and gold.
- Sports contracts require regulatory approval and will be discontinued if online sports betting becomes legal in states like California and Texas.
- The prediction market space saw $27.9 billion in trading volume earlier in 2025; experts caution about the risks of combining financial trading with gambling.
- CME Group partners with FanDuel to launch FanDuel Predicts, a standalone mobile app for prediction markets, in December.
- The platform offers event contracts on global benchmarks (e.g., S&P 500, Nasdaq-100), commodities, cryptocurrencies, economic indicators (GDP, CPI), and sports outcomes in states without online betting.
- Users will undergo KYC, trade contracts priced from $0.01 to $0.99, and access FanDuel’s consumer protection tools for responsible trading.
- The alliance combines FanDuel’s 17 million customers and retail presence with CME’s 100+ years of derivatives expertise to expand market reach.
- CME Group declared a fourth-quarter dividend of $1.25 per share, payable December 30, 2025, to shareholders of record as of December 12, 2025.
- CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace, offering trading in futures, options, cash and OTC markets across major asset classes.
- Total investment income of $31.7 million for Q3 2025, down from $37.3 million in Q3 2024.
- Net investment income of $13.6 million or $0.43 per share, compared to $15.7 million or $0.48 per share a year ago.
- Net asset value was $15.39 per share as of September 30, 2025, versus $15.68 as of June 30, 2025.
- Total assets of $1.3 billion, net assets of $490.4 million, and debt-to-equity of 1.53x at quarter end.
- Declared a Q4 2025 base dividend of $0.36 per share, payable January 14, 2026.
Quarterly earnings call transcripts for CME GROUP.
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