CME GROUP INC. (CME)
Every FINRA and SEC series the site collects for CME GROUP INC.: short interest with days to cover, daily short sale volume, fails to deliver and Form 4 insider trades. Listed on Nasdaq, classified by the SEC as security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges & services.
5.6M
Short interest
settlement 2026-08-31
2.8
Days to cover
+8.3% vs prior
52.7%
Short share of volume
2026-09-11
64
Fails to deliver
settlement 2026-08-14
-$4.0M
Insider flow, 90 days
4 buys, 2 sells
As of 2026-09-11.
Short interest
FINRA, twice a month; the last 12 months shown, all 48 settlements in the JSONAs of 31 August 2026, short interest in CME is 5,629,176 shares, down 584,300 shares over the last month. Over the last 48 readings it ranged from 3,631,078 shares (15 October 2024) to 6,213,476 shares (31 July 2026). At the reported average volume of 2.0M shares a day that is 2.8 days to cover.
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| Settlement | Shares short | Change | Avg daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | 5,629,176 | +8.3% | 1,987,880 | 2.83 |
| 2026-08-14 | 5,199,595 | -16.3% | 1,677,148 | 3.10 |
| 2026-07-31 | 6,213,476 | +6.4% | 2,755,420 | 2.26 |
| 2026-07-15 | 5,837,310 | -2.9% | 3,110,735 | 1.88 |
| 2026-06-30 | 6,011,422 | +15.3% | 4,845,209 | 1.24 |
| 2026-06-15 | 5,212,475 | +14.1% | 4,171,632 | 1.25 |
| 2026-05-29 | 4,566,985 | -4.5% | 2,692,253 | 1.70 |
| 2026-05-15 | 4,782,505 | +16.5% | 2,290,264 | 2.09 |
| 2026-04-30 | 4,104,206 | -14.6% | 2,445,719 | 1.68 |
| 2026-04-15 | 4,804,467 | +2.3% | 2,234,378 | 2.15 |
| 2026-03-31 | 4,696,093 | -15.6% | 2,035,239 | 2.31 |
| 2026-03-13 | 5,566,514 | +12.5% | 2,430,984 | 2.29 |
| 2026-02-27 | 4,946,234 | -7.9% | 2,253,891 | 2.19 |
| 2026-02-13 | 5,372,152 | +3.2% | 2,598,006 | 2.07 |
| 2026-01-30 | 5,207,550 | +23.6% | 1,870,040 | 2.78 |
| 2026-01-15 | 4,213,842 | -15.7% | 2,106,738 | 2.00 |
| 2025-12-31 | 4,995,418 | -18.9% | 1,447,462 | 3.45 |
| 2025-12-15 | 6,158,003 | +24.4% | 1,907,748 | 3.23 |
| 2025-11-28 | 4,948,926 | -8.5% | 2,105,335 | 2.35 |
| 2025-11-14 | 5,410,273 | +31.7% | 1,907,310 | 2.84 |
| 2025-10-31 | 4,107,908 | -8.6% | 1,746,714 | 2.35 |
| 2025-10-15 | 4,493,938 | +8.9% | 1,920,990 | 2.34 |
| 2025-09-30 | 4,126,036 | -10.9% | 1,842,257 | 2.24 |
| 2025-09-15 | 4,629,679 | +2.5% | 1,954,656 | 2.37 |
Daily short volume
FINRA Reg SHO, last 60 sessions. JSONAs of 11 September 2026, the short share of CME volume is 52.7%, up 19.5 points over the last five sessions. Over the last 52 readings it ranged from 20.2% (30 June 2026) to 64.6% (17 August 2026). The latest reading is 8.2 points above the 30-session average of 44.5%, on 360K shares reported.
| Date | Short volume | Total volume | Short share | Exempt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | 189K | 360K | 52.7% | 15 |
| 2026-09-10 | 289K | 645K | 44.8% | 1,151 |
| 2026-09-09 | 225K | 592K | 38.0% | 745 |
| 2026-09-08 | 196K | 633K | 30.9% | 1,168 |
| 2026-09-04 | 219K | 482K | 45.5% | 25 |
| 2026-09-03 | 203K | 611K | 33.2% | 113 |
| 2026-09-02 | 378K | 784K | 48.3% | 54 |
| 2026-09-01 | 204K | 523K | 39.0% | 336 |
| 2026-08-31 | 419K | 827K | 50.7% | 0 |
| 2026-08-28 | 377K | 656K | 57.5% | 348 |
| 2026-08-27 | 311K | 542K | 57.4% | 28 |
| 2026-08-26 | 263K | 590K | 44.6% | 1,126 |
| 2026-08-25 | 243K | 477K | 50.8% | 73 |
| 2026-08-24 | 266K | 515K | 51.6% | 102 |
| 2026-08-21 | 247K | 686K | 36.0% | 610 |
| 2026-08-20 | 275K | 619K | 44.4% | 10 |
| 2026-08-19 | 619K | 997K | 62.1% | 38,034 |
| 2026-08-18 | 291K | 672K | 43.3% | 100 |
| 2026-08-17 | 417K | 645K | 64.6% | 3,014 |
| 2026-08-14 | 338K | 589K | 57.3% | 173 |
| 2026-08-13 | 311K | 663K | 46.9% | 246 |
| 2026-08-12 | 230K | 546K | 42.1% | 55 |
| 2026-08-11 | 176K | 522K | 33.7% | 27 |
| 2026-08-10 | 170K | 536K | 31.8% | 147 |
| 2026-08-07 | 139K | 445K | 31.2% | 15 |
| 2026-08-06 | 209K | 603K | 34.6% | 0 |
| 2026-08-05 | 287K | 699K | 41.1% | 345 |
| 2026-08-04 | 343K | 783K | 43.8% | 84 |
| 2026-08-03 | 202K | 542K | 37.2% | 216 |
| 2026-07-31 | 434K | 1.1M | 40.4% | 119 |
Fails to deliver
SEC, by settlement date. JSONAs of 14 August 2026, the fails-to-deliver balance in CME is 64 shares, down 50,614 shares over the last settlement date. Over the last 52 readings it ranged from 1 share (8 December 2025) to 349,360 shares (23 February 2026). The latest reading sits at the bottom of that range.
| Settlement | Shares failed | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | 64 | $267.21 | $17K |
| 2026-08-05 | 50,678 | $262.63 | $13.3M |
| 2026-08-04 | 11,653 | $266.17 | $3.1M |
| 2026-08-03 | 16,987 | $267.79 | $4.5M |
| 2026-07-27 | 395 | $255.31 | $101K |
| 2026-07-21 | 38,895 | $245.11 | $9.5M |
| 2026-07-07 | 14 | $234.76 | $3K |
| 2026-07-01 | 54 | $220.83 | $12K |
| 2026-06-26 | 31 | $225.00 | $7K |
| 2026-06-22 | 6 | $246.38 | $1K |
| 2026-06-16 | 1 | $266.08 | $266 |
| 2026-06-15 | 99 | $269.53 | $27K |
| 2026-06-11 | 23 | $263.80 | $6K |
| 2026-06-08 | 19 | $257.40 | $5K |
| 2026-06-03 | 22 | $250.53 | $6K |
| 2026-06-02 | 472 | $257.76 | $122K |
| 2026-05-20 | 4 | $302.37 | $1K |
| 2026-05-14 | 1 | $297.13 | $297 |
| 2026-05-07 | 2 | $288.34 | $577 |
| 2026-04-29 | 17 | $284.53 | $5K |
| 2026-04-23 | 902 | $285.71 | $258K |
| 2026-04-22 | 2 | $284.40 | $569 |
| 2026-04-21 | 11,480 | $287.45 | $3.3M |
| 2026-04-15 | 11 | $297.03 | $3K |
| 2026-04-07 | 2,510 | $308.57 | $775K |
| 2026-04-06 | 348 | $305.11 | $106K |
| 2026-03-30 | 7,493 | $293.78 | $2.2M |
| 2026-03-25 | 36 | $302.68 | $11K |
| 2026-03-23 | 33 | $307.32 | $10K |
| 2026-03-19 | 3 | $308.90 | $927 |
Insider trades
SEC Form 4, newest first, 50 of 100 shown. JSONOver the last 90 days CME insiders reported 4 open-market buys ($156K) against 2 sells ($4.1M), so the dollar flow leans toward selling. Latest filing: DUFFY TERRENCE A (Chairman and CEO) on 2026-09-10.
| Date | Insider | Title | Type | Shares | Price | Value | Owned after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | DUFFY TERRENCE A | Chairman and CEO | Sell | 628 | $275.03 | $173K | 41K |
| 2026-09-10 | DUFFY TERRENCE A | Chairman and CEO | Sell | 14K | $274.41 | $3.9M | 41K |
| 2026-06-25 | Cook Elizabeth A | Director | Grant | 645 | $225.00 | $145K | 18K |
| 2026-06-25 | Durkin Bryan T | Director | Grant | 645 | $225.00 | $145K | 44K |
| 2026-06-25 | Hobert William W | Director | Grant | 422 | $225.00 | $95K | 108K |
| 2026-06-25 | Hobert William W | Director | Grant | 645 | $225.00 | $145K | 108K |
| 2026-06-25 | Kaye Daniel G | Director | Grant | 645 | $225.00 | $145K | 5K |
| 2026-06-25 | Lockett Phyllis M | Director | Grant | 645 | $225.00 | $145K | 4K |
| 2026-06-25 | Maloney Patrick W | Director | Grant | 645 | $225.00 | $145K | 5K |
| 2026-06-25 | Mulchrone Patrick J | Director | Grant | 645 | $225.00 | $145K | 29K |
| 2026-06-25 | Suskind Dennis | Director | Grant | 645 | $225.00 | $145K | 3K |
| 2026-06-25 | Seifu Rahael | Director | Grant | 645 | $225.00 | $145K | 5K |
| 2026-06-25 | SHEPARD WILLIAM R | Director | Buy | 14 | $230.57 | $3K | 4K |
| 2026-06-25 | SHEPARD WILLIAM R | Director | Buy | 325 | $230.57 | $75K | 260K |
| 2026-06-25 | Tierney Robert J JR | Director | Grant | 645 | $225.00 | $145K | 14K |
| 2026-06-25 | Carey Charles P | n/a | Grant | 422 | $225.00 | $95K | 7K |
| 2026-06-25 | Carey Charles P | n/a | Grant | 645 | $225.00 | $145K | 6K |
| 2026-06-25 | Lucas Deborah J | n/a | Grant | 645 | $225.00 | $145K | 5K |
| 2026-06-25 | SIEGEL HOWARD J | n/a | Grant | 422 | $225.00 | $95K | 49K |
| 2026-06-25 | SIEGEL HOWARD J | n/a | Grant | 645 | $225.00 | $145K | 48K |
| 2026-06-25 | SHEPARD WILLIAM R | n/a | Buy | 325 | $230.57 | $75K | 260K |
| 2026-06-25 | SHEPARD WILLIAM R | n/a | Buy | 14 | $230.57 | $3K | 4K |
| 2026-06-25 | SHEPARD WILLIAM R | n/a | Grant | 422 | $225.00 | $95K | 4K |
| 2026-06-25 | SHEPARD WILLIAM R | n/a | Grant | 645 | $225.00 | $145K | 3K |
| 2026-06-25 | GEPSMAN MARTIN J | n/a | Grant | 645 | $225.00 | $145K | 26K |
| 2026-06-25 | Ford Harold Eugene Jr. | n/a | Grant | 422 | $225.00 | $95K | 2K |
| 2026-06-25 | Ford Harold Eugene Jr. | n/a | Grant | 645 | $225.00 | $145K | 2K |
| 2026-06-25 | Bitsberger Timothy S. | n/a | Grant | 645 | $225.00 | $145K | 12K |
| 2026-06-25 | Benesh Kathryn | n/a | Grant | 645 | $225.00 | $145K | 3K |
| 2026-05-18 | Piell Hilda Harris | Sr MD & Chief HR Officer | Sell | 6K | $304.63 | $1.8M | 28K |
| 2026-05-15 | DUFFY TERRENCE A | Chairman and CEO | Sell | 9K | $299.58 | $2.7M | 56K |
| 2026-05-15 | DUFFY TERRENCE A | Chairman and CEO | Sell | 26K | $298.14 | $7.8M | 65K |
| 2026-05-01 | Hobert William W | Director | J | 20K | n/a | n/a | 107K |
| 2026-03-26 | SHEPARD WILLIAM R | n/a | Buy | 62 | $297.38 | $18K | 3K |
| 2026-03-26 | SHEPARD WILLIAM R | n/a | Buy | 1K | $297.38 | $419K | 260K |
| 2026-03-17 | Marcus Jonathan L | Sr MD General Counsel | Sell | 3K | $313.37 | $1.0M | 7K |
| 2026-03-17 | Marcus Jonathan L | Sr MD General Counsel | Sell | 3K | $333.37 | $1.1M | 7K |
| 2026-03-15 | McCourt Timothy Francis | Sr MD Global Head Equity & FX | Tax withholding | 94 | $311.40 | $29K | 12K |
| 2026-03-15 | McCourt Timothy Francis | Sr MD Global Head Equity & FX | Tax withholding | 3K | $311.40 | $875K | 12K |
| 2026-03-15 | McCourt Timothy Francis | Sr MD Global Head Equity & FX | Grant | 6K | $311.40 | $1.7M | 15K |
| 2026-03-15 | Marcus Jonathan L | Sr MD General Counsel | Tax withholding | 261 | $311.40 | $81K | 10K |
| 2026-03-15 | Marcus Jonathan L | Sr MD General Counsel | Tax withholding | 2K | $311.40 | $740K | 11K |
| 2026-03-15 | Marcus Jonathan L | Sr MD General Counsel | Grant | 5K | $311.40 | $1.6M | 13K |
| 2026-03-15 | Piell Hilda Harris | Sr MD & Chief HR Officer | Tax withholding | 3K | $311.40 | $946K | 33K |
| 2026-03-15 | Piell Hilda Harris | Sr MD & Chief HR Officer | Grant | 7K | $311.40 | $2.2M | 36K |
| 2026-03-15 | Sprague Suzanne | COO & Global Head of Clearing | Tax withholding | 76 | $311.40 | $24K | 14K |
| 2026-03-15 | Sprague Suzanne | COO & Global Head of Clearing | Tax withholding | 2K | $311.40 | $760K | 14K |
| 2026-03-15 | Sprague Suzanne | COO & Global Head of Clearing | Grant | 6K | $311.40 | $1.7M | 16K |
| 2026-03-15 | DUFFY TERRENCE A | Chairman and CEO | Tax withholding | 28K | $311.40 | $8.7M | 91K |
| 2026-03-15 | DUFFY TERRENCE A | Chairman and CEO | Grant | 63K | $311.40 | $19.6M | 118K |
Form 4 filings are due within two business days of the trade. Insiders sell for many reasons that say nothing about the company; open-market buys are the rarer, stronger signal.
Large holders (13D and 13G)
One row per reporting person, newest filing first. JSON2 holders above 5% have filed on CME, all on Schedule 13G (passive). The largest reported stake is Vanguard Capital Management at 7.5% of the class (27,044,709 shares), filed 2026-04-29 for an event on 2026-03-31.
| Filed | Form | Holder | Shares | Of class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | 13G | Vanguard Capital Managementinvestment adviser | 27.0M | 7.5% | 2026-03-31 |
| 2026-03-26 | 13G/Ano. 10 | The Vanguard Groupinvestment adviser | 0 | 0.0% | 2026-03-13 |
| 2026-03-05 | 13G/Ano. 9 | The Vanguard Groupinvestment adviser | 36.2M | 10.1% | 2026-02-27 |
13F holders
Tracked managers holding CME at their latest 13F. JSON11 of the 30 tracked managers held CME at their latest 13F, $2.54B in total at quarter-end prices. Two Sigma Investments is the largest at $534.4M (0.4% of its portfolio) as of 2026-06-30. Over the prior quarter 8 added shares and 1 cut.
| Fund | Quarter | Shares | Value | Of portfolio | Change in shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two Sigma Investments | 2026-06-30 | 2.4M | $534.4M | 0.39% | +1.3M |
| Citadel Advisors | 2026-06-30 | 2.2M | $491.3M | 0.06% | +1.3M |
| AQR Capital Management | 2026-06-30 | 2.0M | $447.7M | 0.16% | +45K |
| D. E. Shaw & Co. | 2026-06-30 | 1.3M | $292.2M | 0.14% | +1.1M |
| Millennium Management | 2026-06-30 | 1.3M | $276.9M | 0.10% | +863K |
| Point72 Asset Management | 2026-06-30 | 775K | $171.1M | 0.19% | +643K |
| Renaissance Technologies | 2026-06-30 | 680K | $150.2M | 0.21% | +645K |
| Baupost Group | 2026-06-30 | 619K | $136.7M | 2.52% | new or n/a |
| Viking Global Investors | 2026-06-30 | 153K | $33.8M | 0.10% | -444K |
| Soros Fund Management | 2026-06-30 | 30K | $6.6M | 0.08% | 0 |
| Fisher Asset Management | 2026-06-30 | 1K | $314K | 0.00% | +240 |
Only the 30 tracked managers on the funds hub; a 13F reports long positions in US listed stock at quarter end, 45 days late, and says nothing about shorts or positions sold since.
Financials
SEC XBRL, as filed. JSONIn Q2 2026 (quarter ended 2026-06-30) CME GROUP INC. reported revenue of $1.71B, up 0.8% from the same quarter a year earlier, and net income of $1.04B (2.88 diluted EPS). In FY 2025 it generated $4.28B of operating cash flow and spent $3.93B on dividends.
- Cash
- $2.14B
- Equity
- $26.52B
- Total assets
- $194.68B
- Shares outstanding
- 66,643,583
Quarterly, last 8 quarters
| Quarter | Period end | Revenue | Net income | Margin | Diluted EPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 2026-06-30 | $1.71B | $1.04B | 61.1% | 2.88 |
| Q1 2026 | 2026-03-31 | $1.88B | n/a | n/a | 3.18 |
| Q4 2025derived | 2025-12-31 | $1.65B | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Q3 2025 | 2025-09-30 | $1.54B | n/a | n/a | 2.49 |
| Q2 2025 | 2025-06-30 | $1.69B | $1.03B | 60.6% | 2.81 |
| Q1 2025 | 2025-03-31 | $1.64B | n/a | n/a | 2.62 |
| Q4 2024derived | 2024-12-31 | $1.53B | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Q3 2024 | 2024-09-30 | $1.58B | n/a | n/a | 2.50 |
Fiscal years, with buybacks and dividends
| Fiscal year | Ends | Revenue | Net income | Operating cash flow | Capex | Buybacks | Dividends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY 2025 | 2025-12-31 | $6.52B | $4.07B | $4.28B | $83.5M | n/a | $3.93B |
| FY 2024 | 2024-12-31 | $6.13B | $3.53B | $3.69B | $94.0M | n/a | $3.58B |
| FY 2023 | 2023-12-31 | $5.58B | $3.23B | $3.45B | $76.4M | n/a | $3.24B |
| FY 2022 | 2022-12-31 | $5.02B | $2.69B | $3.06B | $89.7M | n/a | $2.63B |
| FY 2021 | 2021-12-31 | $4.69B | $2.64B | $2.40B | $127.2M | n/a | $2.19B |
Quarters are the three-month figures the company reports; a fourth quarter marked derived is the fiscal year less the three reported quarters, since companies report it only inside the 10-K. Fiscal years are the annual figures. Buybacks are cash paid to repurchase common stock in the year (XBRL PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock), not authorizations. Balance sheet lines are as of 2026-06-30; shares outstanding as of 2010-02-17 from the cover page.
What this page is
CME GROUP INC. in the regulatory record
Regulators publish company data in separate files that never sit next to each other: FINRA's twice-monthly short interest, its daily short sale volume, the SEC's fails-to-deliver counts, and each insider's Form 4. A company page pulls every series the site collects for one ticker onto one URL, keyed by the SEC's own ticker list, so the short position, the daily flow, the settlement fails and what insiders are doing can be read together.
Each section has its own history table, a summary sentence built from the rows (last value, change, range with dates) and its own JSON and CSV links. Nothing on the page is written by a model; the sentences change only when the data does. A page exists only for companies with data in at least two series, and every section says when its source last updated.
This page follows CME GROUP INC. (CME), SEC CIK 1156375, listed on Nasdaq, classified by the SEC as security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges & services. The cross-market tables live on the short interest and insider transactions hubs.
Source and method
- Short interest
- FINRA consolidated short interestTwice a month, about eight business days after settlement. Latest 2026-08-31.JSON and CSV
- Daily short volume
- FINRA Reg SHO daily filesEvery trading day, loaded the following morning. Latest 2026-09-11.JSON and CSV
- Fails to deliver
- SEC fails-to-deliver dataTwice a month, a few weeks after the half month ends. Latest 2026-08-14.JSON and CSV
- Large holders
- SEC EDGAR Schedule 13D and 13GEDGAR read every 30 minutes; 13D within five business days of crossing 5%, 13G on the passive schedule. Latest 2026-04-29.JSON and CSV
- 13F holders
- SEC EDGAR Form 13F-HRQuarterly, filed within 45 days of quarter end; 30 tracked managers. Latest 2026-06-30.JSON and CSV
- Financials
- SEC XBRL company factsRefreshed weekly from the SEC's structured data; values are as filed in the 10-Q and 10-K. Latest 2026-06-30.JSON and CSV
- Insider trades
- SEC EDGAR Form 4EDGAR read every 30 minutes; filings are due two business days after the trade. Latest 2026-09-10.JSON and CSV
- Company record
- EDGAR filing index for CIK 1156375Ticker, name and exchange from the SEC's company list, refreshed weekly.
- Rate limits
- 30 requests a minute without a key, 120 a minute with a key from a free account.
Data checks. Every dataset is checked against its source once a day. This dataset passed the last run, 14 Sep 05:40 UTC.
How to read it
- Read the position against the flow: rising short interest with a high daily short share is new shorting; rising short interest with a normal short share is old shorts holding on.
- Insider buys next to a crowded short are the combination that has historically preceded squeezes; insider sells next to a crowded short are common and mean little.
- Fails to deliver matter relative to the float, not in absolute shares; a million failed shares in a mega cap is noise.
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