CME Group Financing Cash Flow decreased by 78.6% to $2.12B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 89.0%, from $19.21B to $2.12B. Over 3 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Financing Cash Flow shows a downward trend with a -6.8% CAGR.
A large negative value typically indicates a company is returning capital to shareholders or paying down debt, while a positive value suggests the company is raising external capital to fund operations or acquisitions.
This metric represents the net flow of cash between a company and its capital providers, including shareholders and lend...
Large-cap peers like Microsoft or Alphabet similarly show large negative financing outflows due to aggressive share repurchase programs and dividend distributions.
cf_net_cash_from_financing| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | -$321.10M | -$342.10M | $71.81B | $8.22B | -$29.67B | $1.16B | -$5.09B | -$9.20B | -$15.26B | -$26.47B | $0.00 | $1.94B | -$9.22B | $13.35B | $19.21B | $21.00B | $6.40B | $9.90B | $2.12B |
| QoQ Change | — | -6.5% | >999% | -88.6% | -460.9% | +103.9% | -538.7% | -80.7% | -65.9% | -73.4% | +100.0% | — | -576.3% | +244.7% | +43.9% | +9.3% | -69.5% | +54.7% | -78.6% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | <-999% | +439.3% | -107.1% | -211.9% | +48.6% | <-999% | +100.0% | +121.1% | +39.6% | +150.4% | +892.1% | +327.7% | -52.1% | — | -89.0% |