CME Group Valuation

Is CME undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CME when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CME ($216.77) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($183.94)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CME is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CME?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

CME key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue14.2x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA20.7x
PEG Ratio7.2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CME's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CME vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average34.8x
ICE Intercontinental Exchange
32x10.9%US$75.9b
MCO Moody's
43.4x11.7%US$69.8b
MSCI MSCI
30.3x8.3%US$35.3b
NDAQ Nasdaq
33.4x12.6%US$35.4b
CME CME Group
24.5x3.4%US$78.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CME is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.5x) compared to the peer average (34.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CME's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Capital Markets Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a15.6%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CME is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.5x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (19.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CME's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CME PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio24.5x
Fair PE Ratio18.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CME is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.1x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CME forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$216.77
US$224.47
+3.6%
8.7%US$250.00US$185.00n/a15
Apr ’25US$212.02
US$225.60
+6.4%
8.9%US$250.00US$185.00n/a15
Mar ’25US$219.21
US$225.67
+2.9%
8.8%US$250.00US$185.00n/a15
Feb ’25US$205.79
US$221.87
+7.8%
9.5%US$250.00US$180.00n/a15
Jan ’25US$210.60
US$228.01
+8.3%
8.4%US$250.00US$180.00n/a15
Dec ’24US$219.54
US$227.53
+3.6%
8.5%US$250.00US$180.00n/a15
Nov ’24US$210.92
US$227.40
+7.8%
8.5%US$250.00US$180.00n/a15
Oct ’24US$200.22
US$213.25
+6.5%
8.6%US$250.00US$173.00n/a14
Sep ’24US$202.89
US$210.50
+3.8%
10.4%US$250.00US$167.00n/a14
Aug ’24US$199.83
US$213.44
+6.8%
10.8%US$254.00US$167.00n/a16
Jul ’24US$185.29
US$206.47
+11.4%
11.0%US$250.00US$160.00n/a15
Jun ’24US$180.02
US$205.43
+14.1%
11.5%US$250.00US$160.00n/a14
May ’24US$186.63
US$205.86
+10.3%
11.4%US$250.00US$160.00n/a14
Apr ’24US$191.52
US$205.75
+7.4%
11.0%US$250.00US$160.00US$212.0216
Mar ’24US$184.23
US$205.00
+11.3%
11.3%US$250.00US$160.00US$219.2116
Feb ’24US$175.54
US$201.47
+14.8%
11.7%US$250.00US$159.00US$205.7916
Jan ’24US$168.16
US$207.55
+23.4%
10.8%US$250.00US$161.00US$210.6017
Dec ’23US$177.90
US$209.35
+17.7%
11.9%US$270.00US$161.00US$219.5417
Nov ’23US$173.53
US$209.71
+20.8%
12.0%US$270.00US$161.00US$210.9217
Oct ’23US$177.13
US$216.69
+22.3%
11.5%US$270.00US$168.00US$200.2216
Sep ’23US$199.42
US$217.13
+8.9%
11.3%US$270.00US$168.00US$202.8915
Aug ’23US$195.75
US$221.13
+13.0%
10.0%US$270.00US$168.00US$199.8315
Jul ’23US$204.28
US$238.29
+16.7%
10.6%US$280.00US$200.00US$185.2917
Jun ’23US$199.37
US$243.83
+22.3%
11.4%US$284.00US$200.00US$180.0218
May ’23US$219.34
US$248.59
+13.3%
11.5%US$284.00US$190.00US$186.6317
Apr ’23US$239.82
US$249.88
+4.2%
10.1%US$280.00US$190.00US$191.5217

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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