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CME price to free cash flow CME

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
26.1×
10-year median
25.8×
Against its 10-year history
54th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
17.6× to 42.0×
Peer median
23.8×

CME's price to free cash flow is 26.1× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 25.8×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 17.6× in Oct 2020 to 42.0× in Oct 2021.

The median for 8 financial data and exchange stocks of a similar size is 23.8×.

Price to free cash flow over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far26.1×18.5×27.3×
202524.4×22.8×27.2×
202423.2×20.7×23.8×
202322.9×20.6×25.6×
202222.8×22.8×39.8×
202136.9×25.3×42.0×
202025.3×17.6×34.9×
201932.6×25.1×39.4×
201827.0×24.0×33.2×
201728.3×24.2×29.6×
201626.2×18.9×27.9×
201520.2×20.2×30.7×
201429.4×19.5×30.6×
201324.4×16.3×25.9×
201215.2×12.9×16.8×
201113.5×13.1×18.2×
201018.5×13.8×20.2×

Against its peers

Companies in Financial - Data & Stock Exchanges nearest CME's size, closest first, today.

CompanyPrice to free cash flow
CMECME26.1×
ICEIntercontinental Exchange18.0×
SPGIS&P Global23.8×
MCOMoody's28.2×
NDAQNasdaq29.4×
MSCIMSCI28.0×
COINCoinbase Globaln/m
CBOECboe Global Markets19.0×
TRUTransUnion19.8×
Peer median23.8×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.