Ratios in Focus: Analyzing CME Group Inc (CME)’s Price-to-Cash and Price-to-Free Cash Flow

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In the latest session, CME Group Inc (NASDAQ: CME) closed at $222.04 up 0.39% from its previous closing price of $221.17. In other words, the price has increased by $0.39 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.99 million shares were traded. CME stock price reached its highest trading level at $223.0 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $220.41.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of CME Group Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 32.76 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 22.90. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.12 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.09.

On September 27, 2024, RBC Capital Mkts started tracking the stock assigning a Sector Perform rating and target price of $235.

On September 26, 2024, TD Cowen started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $221.TD Cowen initiated its Hold rating on September 26, 2024, with a $221 target price.

Insider Transactions:

Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 04 ’24 when GEPSMAN MARTIN J sold 400 shares for $222.92 per share. The transaction valued at 89,168 led to the insider holds 25,067 shares of the business.

GEPSMAN MARTIN J bought 400 shares of CME for $90,808 on Nov 01 ’24. On Oct 30 ’24, another insider, Cutinho Sunil, who serves as the Chief Information Officer of the company, sold 4,500 shares for $226.64 each. As a result, the insider received 1,019,879 and left with 27,053 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CME now has a Market Capitalization of 79955271680 and an Enterprise Value of 80794173440. As of this moment, CME’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 23.36, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 21.45. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 6.02. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 13.23 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.89. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 13.389 whereas that against EBITDA is 19.195.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, CME has reached a high of $230.36, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $190.70. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.25%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 5.36%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, CME has traded an average of 1.80M shares per day and 1518120 over the past ten days. A total of 359.23M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 358.88M. Insiders hold about 0.34% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 88.11% stake in the company. Shares short for CME as of 1728950400 were 3631078 with a Short Ratio of 2.02, compared to 1726185600 on 3828423. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3631078 and a Short% of Float of 1.01.

Dividends & Splits

According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for CME is 4.55, from 4.55 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.02057241The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.24.

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