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To own CME Group, you generally need to believe in persistent global demand for centralized, regulated derivatives and clearing infrastructure. The new SEC approval for CME Securities Clearing strengthens that core infrastructure story, but it does not appear to change the key near term swing factor: how trading volumes respond to volatility in interest rate and equity markets. The most immediate risk still sits with potential periods of subdued market activity and fee pressure rather than this specific clearing development.
Among recent announcements, the mixed Q3 2025 results are most relevant, as they underline how sensitive CME’s performance remains to clearing and transaction fees even as market data revenue grows. Against that backdrop, expanding into SEC regulated U.S. Treasury and repo clearing fits into a broader effort to deepen CME’s role in core market plumbing, but it also raises questions about competitive intensity and pricing power in a changing market structure.
However, investors should also be aware that prolonged periods of lower volatility could still...
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CME Group's narrative projects $7.3 billion revenue and $4.3 billion earnings by 2028. This requires 4.4% yearly revenue growth and about a $0.6 billion earnings increase from $3.7 billion today.
Uncover how CME Group's forecasts yield a $285.12 fair value, a 5% upside to its current price.
Five members of the Simply Wall St Community now value CME between US$197 and US$285 per share, underscoring how far opinions can diverge. You should weigh those views against the reliance on interest rate and equity futures volumes, which could have broader implications for CME’s earnings profile over time.
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