Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. CME Group Inc shares valued at $97,369 were sold by Marcus Jonathan L on Sep 16 ’25. At $258.96 per share, Marcus Jonathan L sold 376 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 8,537 shares worth approximately $2.24 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, McCourt Timothy Francis sold 379 shares, netting a total of over 98,476 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $259.83 each, the insider now holds 9,508 shares.
Before that, JONATHAN MARCUS had added 376 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $97,369, the Officer bought CME Group Inc shares for $258.96 each.
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 0.99% to $262.4. The stock’s lowest price that day was $260.42, but it reached a high of $263.025 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.96%. Over the course of the year, CME Group Inc shares have jumped approximately 23.93%.
Is CME Group Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of CME Group Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-08-29 dropping by -0.91 million shares to 4.52 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 5.42 million shares. A decline of -20.04% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.37 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.37.
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In terms of CME Group Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 291.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 12.19% from the previous closing price of $259.83. Analysts anticipate CME Group Inc stock to reach 298 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 285. 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.
