CME Group Inc. $CME Stock Position Reduced by Canoe Financial LP

Posted by George Bondi on Jun 29th, 2026

Canoe Financial LP lessened its stake in CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME – Free Report) by 8.1% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 496,402 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after selling 43,720 shares during the quarter. CME Group makes up 2.0% of Canoe Financial LP’s holdings, making the stock its 22nd largest position. Canoe Financial LP’s holdings in CME Group were worth $146,612,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. AGH Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of CME Group by 8.3% during the 1st quarter. AGH Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,994 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $589,000 after buying an additional 152 shares during the period. Cornerstone Wealth Group LLC increased its stake in shares of CME Group by 3.3% in the first quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Group LLC now owns 15,780 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $4,488,000 after acquiring an additional 508 shares during the last quarter. Goodman Advisory Group LLC increased its stake in shares of CME Group by 175.0% in the first quarter. Goodman Advisory Group LLC now owns 429 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $127,000 after acquiring an additional 273 shares during the last quarter. Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH increased its stake in shares of CME Group by 1.9% in the first quarter. Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH now owns 6,789 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $2,005,000 after acquiring an additional 125 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Pictet Asset Management Holding SA raised its holdings in shares of CME Group by 37.0% during the first quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA now owns 285,386 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $84,289,000 after acquiring an additional 77,148 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 87.75% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other CME Group news, CEO Terrence A. Duffy sold 35,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $298.51, for a total value of $10,447,850.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 55,630 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $16,606,111.30. The trade was a 38.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Hilda Harris Piell sold 5,753 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $304.63, for a total value of $1,752,536.39. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 27,702 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,438,860.26. This represents a 17.20% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 0.30% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

CME Group Stock Performance

Shares of CME opened at $221.00 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $80.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.47 and a beta of 0.21. The company’s fifty day moving average is $273.13 and its 200-day moving average is $285.85. The company has a quick ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. CME Group Inc. has a 12 month low of $220.73 and a 12 month high of $329.16.

CME Group (NASDAQ:CME – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 22nd. The financial services provider reported $3.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.11 by $0.25. The business had revenue of $1.88 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.77 billion. CME Group had a net margin of 63.19% and a return on equity of 15.42%. CME Group’s quarterly revenue was up 14.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.80 EPS. Equities analysts expect that CME Group Inc. will post 12.28 EPS for the current fiscal year.

CME Group Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 25th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 9th were issued a dividend of $1.30 per share. This represents a $5.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, June 9th. CME Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 44.37%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

CME has been the subject of a number of research reports. Erste Group Bank cut CME Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, June 5th. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their target price on CME Group from $275.00 to $267.00 and set a “sell” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 23rd. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised CME Group from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $305.00 price target for the company in a research note on Thursday, June 18th. UBS Group reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of CME Group in a research note on Monday, June 15th. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn upgraded CME Group from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $316.00 to $323.00 in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Twelve analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, CME Group presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $302.24.

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CME Group Profile

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CME Group Inc is a global markets company that operates some of the world’s largest and most liquid derivatives exchanges, including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and COMEX. The firm offers futures and options contracts across a broad range of asset classes — including interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities and metals — and serves a diverse client base of institutional investors, commercial hedgers, brokers and retail participants.

The company’s core services include electronic trading on the CME Globex platform, central clearing through CME Clearing, and distribution of market data, indexes and analytics.