CME Group (CME) Q3 FY2026 earnings: revenue $1.7 billion, up 13.0% on the year

CME Group Inc. (CME) announced its results for Q3 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 September 2026, on 21 October 2026. Revenue was $1.7 billion, up 13.0% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $1.0 billion, up 15.6% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $2.89. The figures are from the company's earnings press release; the 10-Q with the full statements is not filed yet, and this page fills in when it is.

Revenue$1.7 billionup 13.0%

Net income$1.0 billionup 15.6%

Diluted EPS$2.89$2.49 a year earlier

QuarterQ3 FY2026ended 30 September 2026

What management said

Revenue reached third-quarter record: Revenue was $1,737.3 million against $1,537.6 million a year earlier and $1,706.2 million in the second quarter. The company described it as the highest third-quarter revenue on record. Growth was 13.0%, computed from reported figures.
Adjusted diluted EPS rose to $3.02: Adjusted diluted EPS was $3.02 against $2.68 a year earlier. GAAP diluted EPS was $2.89 against $2.49. Adjusted net income was $1,083.9 million against $978.4 million.
Average daily volume hit third-quarter record: ADV was 29.4 million contracts (29,445 thousand), against 25.3 million a year earlier and 29.8 million in the second quarter. Trading days were 64 in both the third quarter of 2025 and 2026.

Read the earnings call summary

The quarter, against the one before and a year earlier

Line	Q3 FY2026	Q2 FY2026	Q3 FY2025	Change on the year
Revenue	1,737	1,706	1,538	+13.0%
Net income	1,037	1,042	897	+15.6%
Diluted EPS	$2.89	$2.88	$2.49	+16.1%

$ million except per share.

Q3 FY2026 is from the company's press release of 21 October 2026; the other columns are from its 10-Q and 10-K filings. A release figure is shown when the release's own figure for an earlier quarter matches the filed one, so the line and its units are read right.

Quarterly results, the last 20 quarters filed

	Q3 FY2021	Q4 FY2021 *	Q1 FY2022	Q2 FY2022	Q3 FY2022	Q4 FY2022 *	Q1 FY2023	Q2 FY2023	Q3 FY2023	Q4 FY2023 *	Q1 FY2024	Q2 FY2024	Q3 FY2024	Q4 FY2024 *	Q1 FY2025	Q2 FY2025	Q3 FY2025	Q4 FY2025 *	Q1 FY2026	Q2 FY2026
Revenue	1,110	1,147	1,347	1,237	1,228	1,208	1,442	1,360	1,338	1,439	1,488	1,532	1,584	1,525	1,642	1,692	1,538	1,649	1,880	1,706
Operating income	614	632	859	750	739	668	914	839	820	863	960	1,001	1,024	947	1,108	1,129	973	1,020	1,310	1,107
Operating margin	55%	55%	64%	61%	60%	55%	63%	62%	61%	60%	64%	65%	65%	62%	67%	67%	63%	62%	70%	65%
Pre-tax income	1,096	799	916	867	880	827	1,157	1,016	974	1,006	1,113	1,154	1,177	1,097	1,245	1,330	1,177	1,578	1,511	1,328
Tax rate	15%	22%	22%	24%	23%	23%	24%	23%	23%	19%	23%	23%	22%	20%	23%	23%	23%	25%	24%	22%
Net income	926	625	711	662	680	638	873	768	741	845	844	872	901	908	944	1,025	897	1,206	1,168	1,042
Net margin	83%	54%	53%	54%	55%	53%	61%	56%	55%	59%	57%	57%	57%	60%	57%	61%	58%	73%	62%	61%
Diluted EPS	$2.58	$1.69	$1.95	$1.82	$1.87	$1.75	$2.43	$2.14	$2.06	$2.24	$2.35	$2.42	$2.50	$2.40	$2.62	$2.81	$2.49	$3.24	$3.18	$2.88
Operating cash flow	632	668	799	618	658	982	902	650	857	1,044	893	777	1,003	1,018	1,117	1,058	968	1,134	1,260	947
Capital expenditure	31.7	27.3	23.4	17.9	24.0	24.4	15.2	20.5	19.9	20.8	19.8	18.2	29.8	26.2	14.2	18.4	18.4	32.5	21.8	23.6
Free cash flow	600	641	776	600	634	957	887	630	837	1,024	873	759	973	992	1,102	1,040	950	1,101	1,238	924
Dividends paid	322	327	1,544	363	363	364	2,036	400	400	400	2,328	418	418	419	2,567	455	455	455	2,698	468
Filing	10-Q	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q	10-K	10-Q	10-Q

Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.

* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Earnings press release for the quarter ended 30 September 2026, filed with the SEC on 21 October 2026 with a Form 8-K: the release.