CME GROUP INC. (CME) closed fiscal year 2025 with a gross margin of 86.1 % and a net margin of 62.5 %.
CME GROUP INC. (CME) closed fiscal year 2025 with a gross margin of 86.1 % and a net margin of 62.5 %. The same year shows an EBITDA margin of 69.9 % and an EBIT margin of 64.9 %. The free cash flow margin was 64.3 %. Against the previous year the gross margin moved −0.0 pp and the net margin +4.9 pp. Across the period the gross margin ranges between 85.0 % in 2022 and 86.1 % in 2024. The series covers 19 fiscal years, from 2007 to 2025. Margins are expressed as a percentage of net revenue and are derived from the same figures as the income statement, taken from as-reported SEC EDGAR filings, with no restatements or adjustments of our own.
Fiscal year end: December
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin (%) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 85.00 % | 85.15 % | 86.13 % | 86.09 % |
| EBITDA margin (%) | 67.85 % | 71.00 % | 70.44 % | 69.55 % | 69.55 % | 66.74 % | 63.86 % | 64.31 % | 66.65 % | 67.47 % | 69.12 % | 66.28 % | 62.88 % | 63.51 % | 64.62 % | 67.31 % | 67.90 % | 69.63 % | 69.94 % |
| EBIT margin (%) | 59.90 % | 61.78 % | 60.82 % | 60.96 % | 61.61 % | 58.05 % | 55.75 % | 56.82 % | 59.78 % | 61.21 % | 63.40 % | 60.51 % | 53.16 % | 54.01 % | 56.40 % | 60.08 % | 61.58 % | 64.13 % | 64.86 % |
| Net margin (%) | 37.50 % | 27.94 % | 31.61 % | 31.67 % | 55.24 % | 30.75 % | 33.27 % | 36.21 % | 37.48 % | 42.67 % | 111.49 % | 45.53 % | 43.48 % | 43.12 % | 56.23 % | 53.61 % | 57.83 % | 57.52 % | 62.45 % |
| FCF margin (%) | 37.05 % | 38.93 % | 35.41 % | 39.94 % | 35.79 % | 36.98 % | 39.33 % | 36.97 % | 42.63 % | 45.62 % | 45.80 % | 53.93 % | 49.86 % | 51.56 % | 48.51 % | 59.10 % | 60.54 % | 58.67 % | 64.31 % |
