The cash flow of CME GROUP INC. over the past 10 years
Chart CME GROUP INC.: operating cash flow, capital expenditures, free cash flow, fiscal 2016–2025 Open the chart →In fiscal 2025, the latest fiscal year on file, CME GROUP INC.'s operating cash flow was $4.28B and its capital expenditures $83.5M, leaving free cash flow of $4.19B. Free cash flow was above zero in all 10 years shown. It ranged from $1.64B in fiscal 2016 to $4.19B in fiscal 2025. Capital expenditures were highest in fiscal 2019, at $245.6M.
Year by year
| Fiscal year | Operating cash flow | Capital expenditures | Free cash flow* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025ended Dec 31, 2025 | $4.28B | $83.5M | $4.19B |
| 2024ended Dec 31, 2024 | $3.69B | $94M | $3.6B |
| 2023ended Dec 31, 2023 | $3.45B | $76.4M | $3.38B |
| 2022ended Dec 31, 2022 | $3.06B | $89.7M | $2.97B |
| 2021ended Dec 31, 2021 | $2.4B | $127.2M | $2.28B |
| 2020ended Dec 31, 2020 | $2.72B | $197.5M | $2.52B |
| 2019ended Dec 31, 2019 | $2.67B | $245.6M | $2.43B |
| 2018ended Dec 31, 2018 | $2.44B | $116.7M | $2.32B |
| 2017ended Dec 31, 2017 | $1.75B | $81.9M | $1.67B |
| 2016ended Dec 31, 2016 | $1.73B | $91.8M | $1.64B |
Fiscal years as CME GROUP INC. reports them. * Calculated by us from the company's filed figures; — no figure on file. From SEC filings, updated nightly. How each line is read.
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