CME CME Group Inc

$CME could be the best earnings in quite awhile. Loving the outlook too. Seems like people still haven’t found this diamond yet. Goodluck on earnings.

$CME when everyone rushes to hedge the same crowded trade, that is a tell. seems like the exchange wins on fear either way, and a boom that needs this much protection is not priced like a sure thing

$CME interest rates are going up more. We wanted to hear that today. Back to $300 maybe today

$CME Pretty sad we didn’t see it defend $300 more. Little odd. We’ve had a great month and the future is still looking great for this one. Will consider buying again if it wants to give me my previous entry. For now I’m so green still.. I’m willing to let the inevitable happen.

$CME Q3 revenue came in at 1.74 billion dollars, up 13%, a record for a third quarter. Adjusted EPS was 3.02 dollars vs about 2.98 expected. ADV was already known, a Q3 record 29.4 million contracts. Conversion was mixed though. Rate per contract slipped to 67.9 cents from 70.2 cents a year ago on mix, while market data revenue jumped 20% to a record 243 million dollars, its 34th straight quarter of growth.

$CME Q3 '26 Earnings Results & Recap • Reported GAAP EPS of $3.02 up 12.69% YoY • Reported revenue of $1.74B up 12.99% YoY

$CME Reports before the open today. The volume part is already known, Q3 ADV was a record 29.4 million contracts, up 16% YoY, and September alone was 31.8 million, up 22%. Rates did most of it, interest rate ADV up 13% to 15.1 million, with Treasury futures and options up 25%. Equity index ADV rose 23% too, and Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 volume basically doubled, up 101%. So the print is about conversion. Zacks consensus is 2.98 dollars EPS on 1.71 billion dollars in revenue, both up about 11% YoY, and market data revenue is expected up 16.7%. Record volume is in hand, rate per contract and market data decide how much of it actually drops through.