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CME Group (CME Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 5.67% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is CME Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

CME Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $76,056 Mil. CME Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $4,313 Mil. CME Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.67%.

The historical rank and industry rank for CME Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

CME' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.28   Med: 5.51   Max: 8.42
Current: 5.61

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of CME Group was 8.42%. The lowest was 3.28%. And the median was 5.51%.

CME's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
60.79% of 783 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 2.48 vs CME: 5.61

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. CME Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 10.83%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


CME Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for CME Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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CME Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

CME Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.88 4.32 4.30 5.99 5.67

CME Group Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.99 5.52 5.95 5.67 5.67

Competitive Comparison of CME Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, CME Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


CME Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, CME Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CME Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



CME Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

CME Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=4313/76056.3804
=5.67 %

CME Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $4,313 Mil.



CME Group  (NAS:CME) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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CME Group (CME Group) Business Description

Industry
Address
20 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, USA, 60606
Based in Chicago, CME Group operates exchanges giving investors, suppliers, and businesses the ability to trade futures and derivatives based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign currencies, energy, metals, and commodities. The CME was founded in 1898 and in 2002 completed its initial public offering. Since then, CME Group has consolidated parts of the industry by merging with crosstown rival, CBOT Holdings in 2007 before acquiring Nymex Holdings in 2008 and NEX in 2018. In addition, the company has a 27% stake in S&P Dow Jones Indices, making the Chicago Mercantile Exchange the exclusive venue to trade and clear S&P futures contracts. Through CME's acquisition of NEX in 2018 it has also expanded into cash foreign exchange, fixed income trading, and collateral optimization.
Executives
William R Shepard director 20 S. WACKER DR, CHICAGO IL 60606
Bryan T Durkin officer: MD & COO 20 S. WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60606
Derek Sammann officer: Managing Dir Financial Product 20 S. WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60606
Dennis Suskind director ONE NORTH END AVENUE, WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER, NEW YORK NY 10282
Suzanne Sprague officer: Sr MD Global Head of Clearing 20 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, 18S, CHICAGO IL 60606
Timothy Francis Mccourt officer: Sr MD Global Head Equity & FX 20 S WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60606
Elizabeth A Cook director 20 S. WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60606
Martin J Gepsman director 20 S. WACKER DR, CHICAGO IL 60606
Terrence A Duffy director 20 S. WACKER DR, CHICAGO IL 60606
Julie Holzrichter officer: MD Operations 20 S. WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60606
Timothy S. Bitsberger director 20 S. WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60606
Julie Winkler officer: Chief Commercial Officer 20 S. WACKER DR., CHICAGO IL 60606
Daniel R Glickman director 20 S. WACKER DR, CHICAGO IL 60606
Hilda Harris Piell officer: MD, Organizational Development 20 S. WACKER DRIVE, CHICAGO IL 60606
Sunil Cutinho officer: President, CME Clearing 20 S. WACKER DR., CHICAGO IL 60606

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