Positive sentiment towards CME reflected by a fall of -20.0% in short interest

The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. CME Group Inc shares valued at $69,282 were purchased by SHEPARD WILLIAM R on Jun 25 ’25. At $270.53 per share, SHEPARD WILLIAM R acquired 256 shares. The insider’s holdings grew to 258,196 shares worth approximately $71.85 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, SHEPARD WILLIAM R purchased 11 shares, netting a total of over 3,054 in proceeds. Following the buying of shares at $270.53 each, the insider now holds 2,455 shares.

Before that, Carey Charles P had sold 500 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $132,676, the Director traded CME Group Inc shares for $265.35 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 500 shares, worth approximately $1.36 million.

As published in a research note from UBS on July 24, 2025, CME Group Inc [CME] has been rated down from a Buy to a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $305. Analysts at Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock from ‘”an Equal-weight”‘ to ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in early April. As of March 10, 2025, Raymond James has increased its “Mkt perform” rating to a “an Outperform” for CME. Earlier on January 06, 2025, Citigroup downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for CME stock which previously was a “a Buy”.

Analyzing CME Stock Performance

On last trading session, CME Group Inc [NASDAQ: CME] rose 0.19% to $278.28. The stock’s lowest price that day was $276.3, but it reached a high of $280.85 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.40%. Over the course of the year, CME Group Inc shares have jumped approximately 43.37%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $290.79 on 06/02/25 and a 52-week low of $224.62 on 01/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for CME Group Inc (CME)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 275.95, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 273.61. In the upper region, resistance lies at 280.73. The next price resistance is at 283.18. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 54.73 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is CME Group Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of CME Group Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by -0.95 million shares to 4.73 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 5.67 million shares. A decline of -20.0% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.8 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.8.

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In terms of CME Group Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 292.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 5.31% from the previous closing price of $277.74. Analysts anticipate CME Group Inc stock to reach 298 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 287. In spite of this, 11 analysts ranked CME Group Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On October 08, 2024, Redburn Atlantic assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $244.

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