CME Group Ownership | Who Owns CME Group?

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CME Group Ownership Summary

CME Group is owned by 55.23% institutional investors, 0.44% insiders, and 44.33% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.98% of CME shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.17% of its assets in CME Group shares.

CME Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	CME Group	55.23%	0.44%	44.33%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	37.05%	15.59%	47.36%
Industry	Financial Data & Stock Exchanges Stocks	52.52%	15.29%	32.19%
Idea	Blockchain Stocks List	30.92%	7.88%	61.20%
Idea	Crypto Stocks List	30.00%	8.63%	61.37%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	35.90M	9.98%	$9.80B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	31.45M	8.74%	$9.29B
Blackrock	25.66M	7.14%	$5.05B
State street	16.06M	4.46%	$4.74B
Jpmorgan chase	12.21M	3.40%	$3.63B
Morgan stanley	9.41M	2.62%	$2.78B
Geode capital management	9.15M	2.54%	$2.70B
Capital world investors	6.94M	1.93%	$2.05B
Norges bank	5.58M	1.55%	$1.52B
Bank of new york mellon	4.83M	1.34%	$1.43B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Vitol b.v.	40.00K	100.00%	$11.90M
Bp	60.00K	100.00%	$17.72M
Alphabet	3.48M	25.63%	$1.03B
Guardcap asset management	925.62K	15.59%	$272.27M
Kepos capital lp	30.00K	14.46%	$8.86M
Prevatt capital	162.00K	12.89%	$47.85M
Capital counsel llc/ny	797.69K	10.02%	$235.60M
Mizuho bank	102.52K	8.19%	$30.28M
Iron financial	58.31K	7.53%	$17.22M
Emmett investment management, lp	32.73K	7.43%	$9.72M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	5.58M	0.16%	5.58M
Alphabet	3.48M	25.63%	3.48M
Strive asset management	2.36M	0.02%	2.36M
Capital research global investors	3.33M	0.15%	2.27M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	2.03M	0.15%	2.03M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	4.81M	0.16%	-2.07M
Gqg partners	2.63M	1.23%	-1.58M
Victory capital management	964.04K	0.18%	-1.09M
Guardcap asset management	925.62K	15.59%	-956.62K
Two sigma advisers, lp	916.20K	0.50%	-925.22K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	5.58M	0.16%	5.58M	$1.52B
Alphabet	3.48M	25.63%	3.48M	$1.03B
Strive asset management	2.36M	0.02%	2.36M	$32.15M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	2.03M	0.15%	2.03M	$599.04M
Vanguard global advisers	789.58K	0.13%	789.58K	$233.20M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Carolina wealth advisors	-1.00
Darwin wealth management	-1.00
Palisade asset management	-1.00
New millennium group	-1.00
Sugar maple asset management	-1.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2026	1,362	-23.35%	198,641,414	-38.60%	55	0.68%	700	-23.75%	453	-23.48%
Dec 31, 2025	1,347	-21.18%	241,969,990	-23.48%	67	0.87%	682	-13.78%	459	-24.13%
Sep 30, 2025	1,636	-4.10%	315,230,031	3.84%	87	1.23%	752	-13.06%	578	6.45%
Jun 30, 2025	1,682	2.94%	320,819,724	0.83%	89	1.14%	851	5.58%	535	-3.95%
Mar 31, 2025	1,609	5.37%	317,394,652	0.02%	88	1.13%	789	0.13%	554	14.23%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	11.41M	3.17%	11.41M
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	11.43M	3.16%	34.90K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	10.25M	2.84%	72.35K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	9.35M	2.59%	167.21K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	4.66M	1.29%	13.65K
Fidelity 500 Index	4.61M	1.27%	16.05K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	4.48M	1.24%	-65.72K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	4.36M	1.21%	-22.90K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	4.35M	1.21%	53.64K
State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	4.29M	1.18%	-4.62K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
May 18, 2026	Piell Hilda Harris	Sr MD & Chief HR Officer	Sell	$1.75M
May 15, 2026	DUFFY TERRENCE A	Chairman and CEO	Sell	$2.70M
May 15, 2026	DUFFY TERRENCE A	Chairman and CEO	Sell	$7.75M
Mar 26, 2026	SHEPARD WILLIAM R	-	Buy	$418.65K
Mar 26, 2026	SHEPARD WILLIAM R	-	Buy	$18.46K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q2	-	3
2026 Q1	2	7
2025 Q4	2	5
2025 Q3	2	5
2025 Q2	2	13

CME Ownership FAQ

Who Owns CME Group?

CME Group shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 55.23%, followed by 0.44% insiders and 44.33% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in CME Group's industry, Financial Data & Stock Exchanges Stocks, is 52.52%, which CME Group exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of CME Group?

CME Group’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (35.9M shares, 9.98%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (31.45M shares, 8.74%), and Blackrock (25.66M shares, 7.14%). Together, they hold 25.87% of CME Group’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own CME Group?

Yes, BlackRock owns 7.14% of CME Group, totaling 25.66M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.11% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 5.05B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 169.44K shares, a 0.66% change.

Who is CME Group’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Vitol b.v is CME Group’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 100.00% of its assets in 40K CME Group shares, valued at 11.9M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of CME Group shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of CME Group shares, with 3.17% of its total shares outstanding invested in 11.41M CME Group shares.

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