TTM
65.6%
YoY change
+0.73pp
Trough year (2000)
-3.6%
Peak year (2025)
64.9%
Latest annual
64.9%
Operating Margin history chart for CME Group (CME) from 2000 to 2025
Latest: 64.9%
Operating Margin change chart for CME Group (CME) from 2000 to 2025
Latest: +0.73pp
Operating Margin history table for CME Group (CME) from 2000 to 2025
| 2025 | 64.9% | +0.73pp | ||
| 2024 | 64.1% | +2.55pp | ||
| 2023 | 61.6% | +1.50pp | ||
| 2022 | 60.1% | +3.68pp | ||
| 2021 | 56.4% | +2.40pp | ||
| 2020 | 54.0% | +0.85pp | ||
| 2019 | 53.2% | -7.35pp | ||
| 2018 | 60.5% | -2.89pp | ||
| 2017 | 63.4% | +2.19pp | ||
| 2016 | 61.2% | +1.43pp | ||
| 2015 | 59.8% | +2.96pp | ||
| 2014 | 56.8% | +1.07pp | ||
| 2013 | 55.8% | -2.30pp | ||
| 2012 | 58.1% | -3.56pp | ||
| 2011 | 61.6% | +0.65pp | ||
| 2010 | 61.0% | +0.14pp | ||
| 2009 | 60.8% | -0.96pp | ||
| 2008 | 61.8% | +1.96pp | ||
| 2007 | 59.8% | +2.86pp | ||
| 2006 | 57.0% | +3.28pp | ||
| 2005 | 53.7% | +4.42pp | ||
| 2004 | 49.3% | +10.80pp | ||
| 2003 | 38.5% | +0.85pp | ||
| 2002 | 37.6% | +6.38pp | ||
| 2001 | 31.2% | +34.79pp | ||
| 2000 | -3.6% | — |
- 202564.9%+0.73pp
- 202464.1%+2.55pp
- 202361.6%+1.50pp
- 202260.1%+3.68pp
- 202156.4%+2.40pp
- 202054.0%+0.85pp
- 201953.2%-7.35pp
- 201860.5%-2.89pp
- 201763.4%+2.19pp
- 201661.2%+1.43pp
- 201559.8%+2.96pp
- 201456.8%+1.07pp
- 201355.8%-2.30pp
- 201258.1%-3.56pp
- 201161.6%+0.65pp
- 201061.0%+0.14pp
- 200960.8%-0.96pp
- 200861.8%+1.96pp
- 200759.8%+2.86pp
- 200657.0%+3.28pp
- 200553.7%+4.42pp
- 200449.3%+10.80pp
- 200338.5%+0.85pp
- 200237.6%+6.38pp
- 200131.2%+34.79pp
- 2000-3.6%—
Operating Margin values are taken from CME Group's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Operating Margin at CME Group (CME)
According to CME Group's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 65.6%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of CME Group (CME) operating margin is 64.86% – expanded 0.7 percentage points year-over-year.
The record annual operating margin stands at 64.86%, reached in 2025; the historical low of -3.57% was recorded in 2000.
CME Group Operating Margin by Year
CME Group Operating Margin 2025: 64.9%
In 2025, CME Group reported operating margin of 64.86%, expanded 0.7 percentage points from 2024. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
CME Group Operating Margin 2024: 64.1%
CME Group operating margin in 2024 was 64.13%, expanded 2.6 percentage points from 2023.
CME Group Operating Margin 2023: 61.6%
2023's operating margin for CME Group came in at 61.58%, expanded 1.5 percentage points from 2022.
CME Group Operating Margin 2022: 60.1%
CME Group posted operating margin of 60.08% in 2022, expanded 3.7 percentage points from 2021.
CME Group Operating Margin 2021: 56.4%
CME Group operating margin in 2021 was 56.40%.
See more financial history for CME Group (CME).
Sector peers by Operating Margin
Financial Services peers of CME Group (CME), ranked by their latest operating margin
| 61.1% | |
| 59.4% | |
| 26.2% | |
| 22.9% | |
| 20.5% | |
| 20.5% | |
| 19.5% | |
| 16.1% |
- 61.1%
- 59.4%
- 26.2%
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