CME Group Dividend yield

CME Group is part of Financial Services business, which is part of Financials industry. CME Group is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

CME Group paid a total dividend of 1,289 million USD last year, for a market value of 73,319 millions (Market Cap 72,360 millions). Dividend per share of CME Group is 3.59 USD, and his stock market price 204.23 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, CME Group has a dividend yield of 1.76%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Financials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare CME Group dividend yield with other Financial Services companies or firms from USA.

CME Group Dividend Payout

About the ability of CME Group to maintain his current dividend of USD 3.59 per share, an amount that accounts for 1.76%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). CME Group payout on ernings is currently 53.26%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Financials industry, which are 38.16% and 41.40% respectively. Both figures show that CME Group can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of CME Group is USD 7.56 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 3.59, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of CME Group, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Financials industry and Financial Services sector companies.

CME Group Dividend History

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	1.76%	3.59	53.26%	359
2020	4.61%	8.39	123.93%	359
2019	1.49%	2.99	51.11%	358
2018	1.49%	2.80	64.22%	357
2017	4.20%	6.13	127.71%	340
2016	4.69%	5.30	132.50%	336
2015	4.10%	4.00	109.29%	336

*In millions

CME Group Stock performance

Finally, last moth CME Group showed a return of 2.30% compared to a worldwide 4.25% average, and a 4.06% of Financials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 18.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 53.42%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Financial Services firms.