CME Group (CME) reported $1.69 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 10.4%. EPS of $2.96 for the same period compares to $2.56 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.68 billion, representing a surprise of +0.51%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +1.72%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $2.91.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how CME performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Average daily volume (including NYMEX and COMEX): 30.22 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of 29.97 million.
- Average rate per contract - Interest rates (including NYMEX and COMEX): $0.48 versus the five-analyst average estimate of $0.48.
- Average rate per contract - Equity indexes (including NYMEX and COMEX): $0.64 versus $0.64 estimated by five analysts on average.
- Average rate per contract - Foreign exchange (including NYMEX and COMEX): $0.77 compared to the $0.76 average estimate based on five analysts.
- Average rate per contract - Energy (including NYMEX and COMEX): $1.14 versus $1.22 estimated by five analysts on average.
- Average rate per contract - Agricultural commodities (including NYMEX and COMEX): $1.44 versus $1.40 estimated by five analysts on average.
- Average daily volume - Metals (including NYMEX and COMEX): 943 thousand compared to the 935.91 thousand average estimate based on five analysts.
- Average rate per contract (including NYMEX and COMEX): $0.69 compared to the $0.70 average estimate based on five analysts.
- Average daily volume - Interest rates (including NYMEX and COMEX): 15.47 million compared to the 15.33 million average estimate based on five analysts.
- Revenues- Other: $105.9 million compared to the $106 million average estimate based on seven analysts. The reported number represents a change of -1.6% year over year.
- Revenues- Market data and information services: $198.1 million versus $195.23 million estimated by seven analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +13.2% change.
- Revenues- Clearing and transaction fees: $1.39 billion versus the seven-analyst average estimate of $1.38 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +11.1%.
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Shares of CME have returned +1.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +5.9% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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