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CME's history shows a scalable exchange model with operating leverage: revenue growth has translated into faster operating-income growth and a structurally wide margin. Cash generation has generally remained substantial relative to capital spending, allowing recurring dividends while the common-share count has changed little.
The June 30, 2026 quarter introduced modest operating moderation: revenue and operating income were below the year-earlier quarter, while net income, TTM earnings, and TTM free cash flow remained higher. That points to near-term volume, pricing, and working-capital variability inside the established model rather than a demonstrated economic inflection.
Whether quarterly operating cash flow returns toward net income as working-capital outflows ease, without renewed operating-margin compression.
| Metric | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6B | 3.6B | 4.3B | 5.5B | 5.1B | 5B | 7.2B | 10.9B | 10.2B | 12B | |
| (1.4B) | (1.3B) | (1.7B) | (2.3B) | (2.2B) | (2B) | (2B) | (2.1B) | (2.2B) | (2.3B) | |
| (921m) | (929.4m) | (1.1B) | (1.5B) | (1.6B) | (1.5B) | (1.5B) | (1.6B) | (1.6B) | (1.8B) | |
| (225.3m) | (208.5m) | (248.7m) | (473.3m) | (464.4m) | (385.4m) | (362.6m) | (352.6m) | (336.8m) | (330.9m) | |
| (248.4m) | (196.2m) | (327m) | (281.9m) | (223.8m) | (177m) | (184.5m) | (220.6m) | (215.8m) | (209.5m) | |
| 2.2B | 2.3B | 2.6B | 3.2B | 2.8B | 3B | 5.2B | 8.7B | 8B | 9.7B | |
| 128.5m | 543.9m | 740.2m | (1.2m) | 24.4m | 78.9m | 138.4m | 137.5m | 190m | 198.3m | |
| 123.5m | 117m | 157.7m | 178m | 166.2m | 166.9m | 162.7m | 159.4m | 160.9m | 173.4m | |
| — | — | — | — | — | 400.7m | — | — | — | 323m | |
| — | — | — | — | — | 30.4m | — | — | — | — | |
| (41.4m) | (328.2m) | (570m) | (534.9m) | (122.4m) | (88.5m) | (1.9B) | (4.7B) | (3.7B) | (4.9B) | |
| 2.3B | 2.5B | 2.8B | 2.7B | 2.7B | 3.4B | 3.5B | 4.2B | 4.5B | 5.3B | |
| (753.5m) | 1.4B | (814.3m) | (573.8m) | (615.7m) | (736.7m) | (799.3m) | (927.4m) | (1B) | (1.3B) | |
| 1.5B | 4B | 2B | 2.1B | 2.1B | 2.6B | 2.7B | 3.2B | 3.5B | 4.1B | |
| 0 | 0 | (1.5m) | 700k | (1.2m) | 500k | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| 1.5B | 4.1B | 2B | 2.1B | 2.1B | 2.6B | 2.7B | 3.2B | 3.5B | 4B | |
| 4.53 | 11.94 | 5.71 | 5.91 | 5.87 | 7.29 | 7.40 | 8.86 | 9.67 | 11.16 |
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