CME CME Group Inc. — dividend yield, history & ex-dividend dates
CME Group Inc., through its various subsidiaries, manages international marketplaces for the exchange of futures and options on futures contracts worldwide. Its extensive array of product offerings includes futures and options linked to a broad spectrum of underlying assets, such as interest rates, equity indices, foreign exchange, agricultural commodities, energy, and metals, alongside fixed-income products. The company additionally furnishes essential clearinghouse services, which entail the verification, settlement, and guarantee of futures, options, and cleared swap agreements traded across its venues. It also offers services for transaction processing and risk mitigation. Furthermore, the organization provides diverse market data services, encompassing both real-time and historical data feeds. Its wide-ranging client base consists of professional traders, financial institutions, both institutional and individual investors, corporations, manufacturers, producers, governments, and central banks. Founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1898, the enterprise was formerly known as Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. before rebranding as CME Group Inc. in July 2007.
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Research Scores
Scores describe this security's published financial data on a 0–100 scale using the formulas on our methodology pages. They are the same for every reader, are not a probability or a forecast, and are not a recommendation. Past dividend growth does not guarantee future increases. Report a data error.
How the Dividend Safety Score is built for CME
| Input | Value | Points | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings payout ratio | Earnings payout ratio 95% (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) | 27 | 20% |
| FCF payout ratio | FCF payout ratio 97% (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) | 33 | 25% |
| Net debt / EBITDA | Net debt / EBITDA 0.2x (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) | 100 | 15% |
| Interest coverage | Interest coverage 118.2x (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) | 100 | 10% |
| Dividend record | 23 years of uninterrupted regular payments | 87 | 20% |
| Earnings stability | Net income positive in 5 of the last 5 fiscal years (FY2021–FY2025) | 100 | 10% |
Inputs that are not available are left out and the remaining weights are scaled up. Profile: ordinary company. Formula version 2026-10-19.4.
How the Dividend Growth Score is built for CME
| Input | Value | Points | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-year dividend growth | 5-year dividend CAGR 8.0% (2020–2025) | 90 | 25% |
| Consecutive annual increases | 15 consecutive annual increases (through 2025) | 87 | 20% |
| Payout headroom | Headroom from the earnings payout ratio 95% (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) | 8 | 20% |
| Earnings per share growth (3 years) | EPS CAGR 14.7% (FY2022–FY2025) | 100 | 15% |
| Revenue growth (3 years) | Revenue CAGR 9.1% (FY2022–FY2025) | 100 | 10% |
| 10-year dividend growth | 10-year dividend CAGR 9.6% (2015–2025) | 98 | 10% |
Inputs that are not available are left out and the remaining weights are scaled up. Profile: ordinary company. Formula version 2026-10-19.4.
How the Dividend Value Score is built for CME
| Input | Value | Points | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yield vs own history | Current yield at the 28th percentile of its 120 month-end yields | 28 | 40% |
| P/E vs own 5-year median | P/E 25.9 is 1.08x its 5-year median of 24.0 | 40 | 25% |
| FCF yield | FCF yield 4.0% (TTM to Jun 30, 2026) | 55 | 20% |
| P/E vs peers | P/E 25.9 vs peer median 19.4 (1.34x; 65 corporation / Financial Services securities) | 19 | 15% |
Inputs that are not available are left out and the remaining weights are scaled up. Profile: ordinary company. Formula version 2026-10-19.4.
Key Metrics
Current Yield
1.77%
At the Oct 29, 2026 price
The annual dividend as a percentage of the share price. A 3% yield is about $3 of dividends a year for every $100 invested at today's price.Annualized Dividend
$5.2000
Declared Aug 06, 2026
The latest declared regular dividend scaled to a full year by how often it's paid (for semi-annual payers, the latest two payments), adjusted for stock splits. A $0.25 quarterly dividend annualizes to $1.00. Special dividends are excluded.Frequency
Q Quarterly
How often the dividend is paid, read from the dates of recent payments: Q = quarterly (4x a year), M = monthly, S = semi-annual, A = annual.RSI (14)
58
As of Oct 29, 2026
Relative Strength Index (0-100), a price-momentum gauge. Above 70 is often called 'overbought', below 30 'oversold'. A technical signal, not a dividend metric.52-Week Range
$218.58 – $326.46
Closes through Oct 23, 2026
The lowest and highest price over the past year, showing where today's price sits in its recent range.Payout Ratio (TTM)
82.27%
12 months to Sep 30, 2026 (Q3 FY2026)
The share of earnings paid out as dividends over the trailing twelve months (TTM): dividends paid divided by net income across the company's four most recent reported quarters, dated by the latest quarter end. A fiscal-year tag such as FY2025 means only annual figures were available. Lower leaves more cushion; above 100% means paying out more than the company earned. It shows n/a for funds and when net income over the period was negative; for REITs and BDCs it is marked EPS-based, since they are judged on FFO/AFFO or net investment income instead.Years Paying
23
How many years of payments we have on record. This can understate very long histories where our data doesn't reach far enough back.Price / Book (TTM)
4.12
Price as of Oct 25, 2026; latest reported book value
Price-to-book ratio: the share price on the date shown divided by the latest reported book value per share. A rough valuation gauge, most useful for asset-heavy sectors like REITs, banks and insurers.S.A.F.E. Dividend Read
Quote & Key Data
Dividend Growth
How often a record like this ends in a cut
CME has raised its annual dividend in 20 separate years since March 2003, which ranks 463 among the 2,430 payers with a comparable record in our dataset. No year in that span saw the annual total fall by more than a fifth.
Of the 878 companies we track with 10 to 24 years of increases, 661 — 75 per cent — also have at least one year in which the dividend fell by more than 20 per cent. Across every company with twenty years of comparable history, only 277 of 1078 (26 per cent) have never cut. A long record of increases is common; a record with no cut anywhere in it is not.
Measured from annual totals using split-adjusted amounts, comparing only consecutive years with the same number of payments — a stock split and a payment shifting across a year boundary both look like cuts otherwise. The current year is excluded as incomplete. How we measure a cut, and what the corrections change. Figures are for information only, not a view on any security.
Why the Yield Moved (90 Days)
CME's dividend yield fell from 1.94% to 1.77% over the past ~90 days (-0.17 pp). Of that move, +0.00 pp came from changes in the dividend rate and -0.17 pp from the share price ($267.79 on Jul 31, 2026 → $294.04 on Oct 29, 2026). A yield that rises because the price fell is not an improvement in the payout itself.
Yield vs Its Own History
Across 273 daily observations over the past 13 months (through Oct 23, 2026), CME's current yield is higher than approximately 30% of them. Our stored price history for CME covers the past 13 months; 3- and 5-year averages are not yet computable from it and are deliberately not shown.
Adjusted Price History
Dividend History
Dividend Payment History
Ex-dividend calendar →| Amount | Type | Declared | Ex-Date | Record | Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1.3000 Q | Regular | Aug 06, 2026 | Sep 09, 2026 | Sep 09, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 |
| $1.3000 S | Regular | May 07, 2026 | Jun 09, 2026 | Jun 09, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| $7.4500 S | Regular | Feb 12, 2026 | Mar 10, 2026 | Mar 10, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 |
| $1.2500 Q | Regular | Nov 06, 2025 | Dec 12, 2025 | Dec 12, 2025 | Dec 30, 2025 |
| $1.2500 Q | Regular | Aug 07, 2025 | Sep 09, 2025 | Sep 09, 2025 | Sep 25, 2025 |
| $1.2500 Q | Regular | May 08, 2025 | Jun 09, 2025 | Jun 09, 2025 | Jun 25, 2025 |
| $1.2500 Q | Regular | Feb 06, 2025 | Mar 07, 2025 | Mar 07, 2025 | Mar 26, 2025 |
| $5.8000 S | Special | Dec 05, 2024 | Dec 27, 2024 | Dec 27, 2024 | Jan 16, 2025 |
| $1.1500 Q | Regular | Nov 07, 2024 | Dec 09, 2024 | Dec 09, 2024 | Dec 27, 2024 |
| $1.1500 Q | Regular | Aug 08, 2024 | Sep 09, 2024 | Sep 09, 2024 | Sep 25, 2024 |
| $1.1500 Q | Regular | May 09, 2024 | Jun 07, 2024 | Jun 07, 2024 | Jun 25, 2024 |
| $1.1500 Q | Regular | Feb 08, 2024 | Mar 07, 2024 | Mar 08, 2024 | Mar 26, 2024 |
| $5.2500 S | Special | Dec 07, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | Dec 28, 2023 | Jan 18, 2024 |
| $1.1000 Q | Regular | Nov 09, 2023 | Dec 07, 2023 | Dec 08, 2023 | Dec 28, 2023 |
| $1.1000 Q | Regular | Aug 03, 2023 | Sep 07, 2023 | Sep 08, 2023 | Sep 27, 2023 |
| $1.1000 Q | Regular | May 04, 2023 | Jun 08, 2023 | Jun 09, 2023 | Jun 27, 2023 |
| $1.1000 Q | Regular | Feb 02, 2023 | Mar 09, 2023 | Mar 10, 2023 | Mar 27, 2023 |
| $4.5000 S | Special | Dec 08, 2022 | Dec 27, 2022 | Dec 28, 2022 | Jan 18, 2023 |
| $1.0000 Q | Regular | Nov 10, 2022 | Dec 08, 2022 | Dec 09, 2022 | Dec 28, 2022 |
| $1.0000 Q | Regular | Aug 04, 2022 | Sep 08, 2022 | Sep 09, 2022 | Sep 27, 2022 |
| $1.0000 Q | Regular | May 04, 2022 | Jun 09, 2022 | Jun 10, 2022 | Jun 27, 2022 |
| $1.0000 Q | Regular | Feb 03, 2022 | Mar 09, 2022 | Mar 10, 2022 | Mar 25, 2022 |
| $3.2500 S | Special | Dec 09, 2021 | Dec 27, 2021 | Dec 28, 2021 | Jan 14, 2022 |
| $0.9000 Q | Regular | Nov 04, 2021 | Dec 09, 2021 | Dec 10, 2021 | Dec 28, 2021 |
| $0.9000 Q | Regular | Aug 05, 2021 | Sep 09, 2021 | Sep 10, 2021 | Sep 27, 2021 |
| $0.9000 Q | Regular | May 05, 2021 | Jun 09, 2021 | Jun 10, 2021 | Jun 25, 2021 |
| $0.9000 Q | Regular | Feb 04, 2021 | Mar 09, 2021 | Mar 10, 2021 | Mar 25, 2021 |
| $2.5000 S | Special | Dec 10, 2020 | Dec 24, 2020 | Dec 28, 2020 | Jan 13, 2021 |
| $0.8500 Q | Regular | Nov 05, 2020 | Dec 09, 2020 | Dec 10, 2020 | Dec 29, 2020 |
| $0.8500 Q | Regular | Aug 06, 2020 | Sep 09, 2020 | Sep 10, 2020 | Sep 25, 2020 |
| $0.8500 Q | Regular | May 05, 2020 | Jun 09, 2020 | Jun 10, 2020 | Jun 25, 2020 |
| $0.8500 Q | Regular | Feb 05, 2020 | Mar 09, 2020 | Mar 10, 2020 | Mar 25, 2020 |
| $2.5000 M | Special | Dec 11, 2019 | Dec 26, 2019 | Dec 27, 2019 | Jan 15, 2020 |
| $0.7500 Q | Regular | Nov 06, 2019 | Dec 09, 2019 | Dec 10, 2019 | Dec 27, 2019 |
| $0.7500 Q | Regular | Aug 07, 2019 | Sep 09, 2019 | Sep 10, 2019 | Sep 25, 2019 |
| $0.7500 Q | Regular | May 07, 2019 | Jun 07, 2019 | Jun 10, 2019 | Jun 25, 2019 |
| $0.7500 Q | Regular | Feb 06, 2019 | Mar 07, 2019 | Mar 08, 2019 | Mar 25, 2019 |
| $1.7500 M | Special | Dec 05, 2018 | Dec 27, 2018 | Dec 28, 2018 | Jan 16, 2019 |
| $0.7000 Q | Regular | Nov 08, 2018 | Dec 07, 2018 | Dec 10, 2018 | Dec 27, 2018 |
| $0.7000 Q | Regular | Aug 08, 2018 | Sep 07, 2018 | Sep 10, 2018 | Sep 25, 2018 |
| $0.7000 Q | Regular | May 09, 2018 | Jun 07, 2018 | Jun 08, 2018 | Jun 25, 2018 |
| $0.7000 Q | Regular | Feb 07, 2018 | Mar 08, 2018 | Mar 09, 2018 | Mar 26, 2018 |
| $3.5000 M | Special | Dec 06, 2017 | Dec 27, 2017 | Dec 28, 2017 | Jan 16, 2018 |
| $0.6600 Q | Regular | Nov 08, 2017 | Dec 07, 2017 | Dec 08, 2017 | Dec 27, 2017 |
| $0.6600 Q | Regular | Aug 03, 2017 | Sep 07, 2017 | Sep 08, 2017 | Sep 25, 2017 |
| $0.6600 Q | Regular | May 24, 2017 | Jun 07, 2017 | Jun 09, 2017 | Jun 26, 2017 |
| $0.6600 Q | Regular | Feb 09, 2017 | Mar 08, 2017 | Mar 10, 2017 | Mar 27, 2017 |
| $3.2500 M | Special | Dec 12, 2016 | Dec 23, 2016 | Dec 28, 2016 | Jan 13, 2017 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Nov 10, 2016 | Dec 07, 2016 | Dec 09, 2016 | Dec 28, 2016 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Aug 04, 2016 | Sep 07, 2016 | Sep 09, 2016 | Sep 26, 2016 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | May 18, 2016 | Jun 08, 2016 | Jun 10, 2016 | Jun 27, 2016 |
| $0.6000 Q | Regular | Feb 04, 2016 | Mar 08, 2016 | Mar 10, 2016 | Mar 28, 2016 |
| $2.9000 I | Special | Dec 09, 2015 | Dec 23, 2015 | Dec 28, 2015 | Jan 12, 2016 |
| $0.5000 Q | Regular | Nov 12, 2015 | Dec 08, 2015 | Dec 10, 2015 | Dec 28, 2015 |
| $0.5000 Q | Regular | Aug 07, 2015 | Sep 08, 2015 | Sep 10, 2015 | Sep 25, 2015 |
| $0.5000 Q | Regular | May 20, 2015 | Jun 08, 2015 | Jun 10, 2015 | Jun 25, 2015 |
| $0.5000 Q | Regular | Feb 05, 2015 | Mar 06, 2015 | Mar 10, 2015 | Mar 25, 2015 |
| $2.0000 M | Special | Dec 15, 2014 | Dec 24, 2014 | Dec 29, 2014 | Jan 13, 2015 |
| $0.4700 Q | Regular | Nov 05, 2014 | Dec 08, 2014 | Dec 10, 2014 | Dec 26, 2014 |
| $0.4700 Q | Regular | Aug 07, 2014 | Sep 08, 2014 | Sep 10, 2014 | Sep 25, 2014 |
| $0.4700 Q | Regular | May 21, 2014 | Jun 06, 2014 | Jun 10, 2014 | Jun 25, 2014 |
| $0.4700 Q | Regular | Feb 06, 2014 | Mar 06, 2014 | Mar 10, 2014 | Mar 25, 2014 |
| $2.6000 M | Special | Dec 12, 2013 | Dec 24, 2013 | Dec 27, 2013 | Jan 14, 2014 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | Nov 06, 2013 | Dec 06, 2013 | Dec 10, 2013 | Dec 26, 2013 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | Aug 08, 2013 | Sep 06, 2013 | Sep 10, 2013 | Sep 25, 2013 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | May 24, 2013 | Jun 06, 2013 | Jun 10, 2013 | Jun 25, 2013 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | Jan 31, 2013 | Mar 06, 2013 | Mar 08, 2013 | Mar 25, 2013 |
| $1.3000 W | Special | Dec 05, 2012 | Dec 13, 2012 | Dec 17, 2012 | Dec 28, 2012 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | Nov 08, 2012 | Dec 06, 2012 | Dec 10, 2012 | Dec 26, 2012 |
| $0.4500 Q | Regular | Aug 09, 2012 | Sep 06, 2012 | Sep 10, 2012 | Sep 25, 2012 |
| $2.2300 Q | Regular | May 25, 2012 | Jun 06, 2012 | Jun 08, 2012 | Jun 25, 2012 |
| $5.2300 Q | Regular | Feb 13, 2012 | Mar 07, 2012 | Mar 09, 2012 | Mar 26, 2012 |
| $1.4000 Q | Regular | Dec 08, 2011 | Dec 15, 2011 | Dec 19, 2011 | Dec 29, 2011 |
| $1.4000 Q | Regular | Aug 04, 2011 | Sep 07, 2011 | Sep 09, 2011 | Sep 26, 2011 |
| $1.4000 Q | Regular | Jun 10, 2011 | Jun 16, 2011 | Jun 20, 2011 | Jun 27, 2011 |
| $1.4000 Q | Regular | Feb 24, 2011 | Mar 08, 2011 | Mar 10, 2011 | Mar 25, 2011 |
| $1.1500 Q | Regular | Nov 04, 2010 | Dec 08, 2010 | Dec 10, 2010 | Dec 27, 2010 |
| $1.1500 Q | Regular | Aug 17, 2010 | Sep 08, 2010 | Sep 10, 2010 | Sep 27, 2010 |
| $1.1500 Q | Regular | May 07, 2010 | Jun 08, 2010 | Jun 10, 2010 | Jun 25, 2010 |
| $1.1500 Q | Regular | Feb 04, 2010 | Mar 08, 2010 | Mar 10, 2010 | Mar 25, 2010 |
| $1.1500 Q | Regular | Nov 11, 2009 | Dec 08, 2009 | Dec 10, 2009 | Dec 28, 2009 |
| $1.1500 Q | Regular | Aug 07, 2009 | Sep 08, 2009 | Sep 10, 2009 | Sep 25, 2009 |
| $1.1500 Q | Regular | May 15, 2009 | Jun 08, 2009 | Jun 10, 2009 | Jun 25, 2009 |
| $1.1500 Q | Regular | Feb 04, 2009 | Mar 06, 2009 | Mar 10, 2009 | Mar 25, 2009 |
| $1.1500 Q | Regular | Nov 06, 2008 | Dec 08, 2008 | Dec 10, 2008 | Dec 26, 2008 |
| $5.0000 M | Special | Jun 23, 2008 | Sep 23, 2008 | Sep 25, 2008 | Oct 10, 2008 |
| $1.1500 Q | Regular | Aug 06, 2008 | Sep 08, 2008 | Sep 10, 2008 | Sep 25, 2008 |
| $1.1500 Q | Regular | May 07, 2008 | Jun 06, 2008 | Jun 10, 2008 | Jun 25, 2008 |
| $1.1500 Q | Regular | Feb 05, 2008 | Mar 06, 2008 | Mar 10, 2008 | Mar 25, 2008 |
| $0.8600 Q | Regular | Nov 07, 2007 | Dec 06, 2007 | Dec 10, 2007 | Dec 26, 2007 |
| $0.8600 Q | Regular | Aug 08, 2007 | Sep 06, 2007 | Sep 10, 2007 | Sep 25, 2007 |
| $0.8600 Q | Regular | Apr 26, 2007 | Jun 06, 2007 | Jun 08, 2007 | Jun 25, 2007 |
| $0.8600 Q | Regular | Jan 31, 2007 | Mar 07, 2007 | Mar 09, 2007 | Mar 26, 2007 |
| $0.6300 Q | Regular | Nov 02, 2006 | Dec 06, 2006 | Dec 08, 2006 | Dec 26, 2006 |
| $0.6300 Q | Regular | Aug 03, 2006 | Sep 06, 2006 | Sep 08, 2006 | Sep 25, 2006 |
| $0.6300 Q | Regular | Apr 28, 2006 | Jun 07, 2006 | Jun 09, 2006 | Jun 26, 2006 |
| $0.6300 Q | Regular | Feb 02, 2006 | Mar 08, 2006 | Mar 10, 2006 | Mar 27, 2006 |
| $0.4600 Q | Regular | Oct 25, 2005 | Dec 07, 2005 | Dec 09, 2005 | Dec 27, 2005 |
| $0.4600 Q | Regular | Jul 26, 2005 | Sep 07, 2005 | Sep 09, 2005 | Sep 26, 2005 |
| $0.4600 Q | Regular | Apr 26, 2005 | Jun 08, 2005 | Jun 10, 2005 | Jun 27, 2005 |
| $0.4600 Q | Regular | Feb 01, 2005 | Mar 08, 2005 | Mar 10, 2005 | Mar 28, 2005 |
| $0.2600 Q | Regular | Oct 26, 2004 | Dec 08, 2004 | Dec 10, 2004 | Dec 27, 2004 |
| $0.2600 Q | Regular | Aug 05, 2004 | Sep 08, 2004 | Sep 10, 2004 | Sep 27, 2004 |
| $0.2600 Q | Regular | May 06, 2004 | Jun 08, 2004 | Jun 10, 2004 | Jun 25, 2004 |
| $0.2600 Q | Regular | Feb 05, 2004 | Mar 08, 2004 | Mar 10, 2004 | Mar 25, 2004 |
| $0.2100 Q | Regular | Nov 05, 2003 | Dec 08, 2003 | Dec 10, 2003 | Dec 26, 2003 |
| $0.1400 Q | Regular | Aug 07, 2003 | Sep 08, 2003 | Sep 10, 2003 | Sep 25, 2003 |
| $0.1400 Q | Regular | May 08, 2003 | Jun 06, 2003 | Jun 10, 2003 | Jun 25, 2003 |
| $0.1400 Q | Regular | Feb 06, 2003 | Mar 06, 2003 | Mar 10, 2003 | Mar 25, 2003 |
Peer Comparison
Selected Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges dividend payers we cover, strongest DividendRank first — for context, not a recommendation.
| Ticker | Name | Yield | 5-Yr Growth | Streak | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDS | FactSet Research Systems Inc. | 1.48% | 7.5% | 26 yrs | 90 |
| MORN | Morningstar, Inc. | 0.93% | 8.7% | 14 yrs | 89 |
| SPGI | S&P Global Inc. | 0.86% | 7.5% | 39 yrs | 85 |
| ICE | Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | 1.33% | 9.9% | 11 yrs | 84 |
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CME dividend — frequently asked questions
Does CME Group Inc. pay a dividend?
Yes. CME Group Inc. (CME) currently pays a dividend. The annualized dividend is about $5.20 per share, a yield of approximately 1.77%.
What is CME Group Inc.'s dividend yield?
CME Group Inc.'s dividend yield is approximately 1.77%, based on the most recent regular payment annualized against the current share price. Yields move as the share price changes.
How often does CME Group Inc. pay dividends?
CME Group Inc. pays dividends quarterly — 4 times per year.
How long has CME Group Inc. paid dividends?
CME Group Inc. has 23 years of dividend payments on record, and has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
Data updated Oct 29, 2026. This research page is generated from Dividendly's structured market and dividend dataset using the approach described on our methodology and data sources pages. Data is automatically validated using defined rules and may also be periodically reviewed. Research only, not investment advice. Spotted a data error? Report it.