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Valued at $87.1 billion by market cap, CME Group Inc. (CME) operates as the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. The Chicago-based derivatives exchange offers the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather, and real estate.
CME Group has marginally underperformed the broader market over the past year but significantly outperformed in 2025. CME stock has soared 20.4% over the past 52 weeks and 7.2% on a YTD basis, compared to the S&P 500 Index’s ($SPX) 20.5% gains over the past year and 2.9% returns in 2025.