CME Group (WBO:CMEG) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.13 (As of Dec. 2023)

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CME Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €0 Mil. CME Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €3,141 Mil. CME Group's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €24,519 Mil. CME Group's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.13.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for CME Group's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

WBO:CMEG' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.1 Med: 0.13 Max: 0.17
Current: 0.13

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of CME Group was 0.17. The lowest was 0.10. And the median was 0.13.

WBO:CMEG's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
67.65% of 609 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 0.37 vs WBO:CMEG: 0.13

CME Group Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for CME Group's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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CME Group Annual Data

Trend

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Debt-to-Equity

0.14

0.13

CME Group Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity																0.13	0.13	0.12	0.12	0.13

Competitive Comparison

For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, CME Group's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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 Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, CME Group's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CME Group's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

CME Group Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

CME Group's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(0	+	3141.092)	/	24518.654
	=	0.13

CME Group's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(0	+	3141.092)	/	24518.654
	=	0.13

CME Group (WBO:CMEG) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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CME Group (WBO:CMEG) Business Description

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

CME:USA CME:Mexico MX4A:Germany MX4A:Germany CHME34:Brazil

Address

20 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, USA, 60606

Website

https://www.cmegroup.com

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.

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