As of today (2024-04-19), CME Group's share price is $213.99.
CME Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $9.40. Hence, CME Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 22.78.
The historical rank and industry rank for CME Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
CME'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 18.61 Med: 25.48 Max: 40.58
Current: 22.76
During the past 13 years, CME Group's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 40.58. The lowest was 18.61. And the median was 25.48.
CME's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 63.59% of 368
companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 15.15
vs CME: 22.76
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of CME Group was 13.80% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 10.20% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 6.30% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 10.40% per year.
During the past 13 years, CME Group's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 70.60% per year. The lowest was -2.10% per year. And the median was 11.90% per year.
CME Group Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for CME Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Dec22
Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
29.63
25.92
36.04
20.36
22.42
CME Group Quarterly Data
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Sep22
Dec22
Mar23
Jun23
Sep23
Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
20.36
22.35
21.42
21.73
22.42
Competitive Comparison
For the Financial Data & Stock Exchanges subindustry, CME Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution
For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, CME Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where CME Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
CME Group Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
CME Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
CME Group's Share Price of today is $213.99.
CME Group's Free Cash Flow per Share 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 $9.40.
* 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.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
CME Group (NAS:CME) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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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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