For the quarter ended December 2025, CME Group (CME) reported revenue of $1.65 billion, up 8.1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $2.77, compared to $2.52 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.31% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.63 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $2.75, the EPS surprise was +0.91%.
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: 27.35 million compared to the 27.49 million average estimate based on five analysts.
- Average rate per contract- Interest rates: $0.49 versus $0.49 estimated by five analysts on average.
- Average rate per contract- Equity indexes: $0.61 versus the five-analyst average estimate of $0.64.
- Average rate per contract- Foreign exchange: $0.85 compared to the $0.83 average estimate based on five analysts.
- Average rate per contract- Energy: $1.25 versus the five-analyst average estimate of $1.24.
- Average rate per contract- Agricultural commodities: $1.43 versus $1.42 estimated by five analysts on average.
- Average daily volume- Metals: 1.44 million versus 1.3 million estimated by five analysts on average.
- Average rate per contract: $0.71 compared to the $0.71 average estimate based on five analysts.
- Average daily volume- Interest rates: 13.01 million compared to the 13.33 million average estimate based on five analysts.
- Revenues- Other: $112.8 million compared to the $111.34 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +1.3% year over year.
- Revenues- Market data and information services: $208 million compared to the $203.62 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +14.5% year over year.
- Revenues- Clearing and transaction fees: $1.33 billion versus the five-analyst average estimate of $1.32 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +7.8%.
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Shares of CME have returned +8.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.9% 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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