CME Group Ownership | Who Owns CME Group?

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CME Group Ownership Summary

CME Group is owned by 67.28% institutional investors, 0.44% insiders, and 32.28% 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	67.28%	0.44%	32.28%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	32.19%	15.44%	52.37%
Industry	Financial Data & Stock Exchanges Stocks	42.82%	15.06%	42.12%
Idea	Blockchain Stocks List	36.86%	6.74%	56.40%
Idea	Crypto Stocks List	31.97%	6.90%	61.13%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	35.90M	9.98%	$9.80B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	31.08M	8.64%	$8.49B
Blackrock	25.66M	7.14%	$5.05B
State street	16.09M	4.47%	$4.35B
Jpmorgan chase	11.10M	3.09%	$3.03B
Geode capital management	9.33M	2.59%	$2.54B
Morgan stanley	8.36M	2.33%	$2.28B
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	7.36M	2.05%	$1.99B
Capital world investors	7.28M	2.02%	$1.99B
Norges bank	5.58M	1.55%	$1.52B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Bp	60.00K	100.00%	$17.72M
Vitol b.v.	40.00K	74.69%	$10.81M
Kepos capital lp	30.00K	46.51%	$8.19M
Alphabet	3.48M	25.63%	$1.03B
Guardcap asset management	925.62K	15.59%	$272.27M
Prevatt capital	162.00K	12.89%	$47.85M
Element capital management	30.00K	11.48%	$8.11M
Capital counsel llc/ny	804.34K	8.39%	$219.65M
Emmett investment management, lp	39.41K	7.73%	$10.48M
Iron financial	58.31K	7.53%	$17.22M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	5.58M	0.16%	5.58M
Sanders capital	3.73M	1.24%	3.73M
Alphabet	3.48M	25.63%	3.48M
Strive asset management	2.36M	0.02%	2.36M
Vanguard fiduciary trust	2.03M	0.15%	2.03M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Capital world investors	7.28M	0.27%	-993.12K
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	2.87M	0.49%	-966.63K
Guardcap asset management	925.62K	15.59%	-956.62K
Two sigma advisers, lp	916.20K	0.50%	-925.22K
Millennium management	905.37K	0.10%	-886.95K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	5.58M	0.16%	5.58M	$1.52B
Sanders capital	3.73M	1.24%	3.73M	$1.01T
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

Sold Out

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

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
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%
Dec 31, 2024	1,399	-2.03%	297,062,617	-4.09%	82	1.11%	724	14.56%	450	-18.03%

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	11.39M	3.14%	-12.12K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	10.25M	2.84%	72.35K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	9.18M	2.53%	-93.76K
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
Mar 26, 2026	SHEPARD WILLIAM R	-	Buy	$18.46K
Mar 26, 2026	SHEPARD WILLIAM R	-	Buy	$418.65K
Mar 17, 2026	Marcus Jonathan L	Sr MD General Counsel	Sell	$1.03M
Mar 17, 2026	Marcus Jonathan L	Sr MD General Counsel	Sell	$1.10M
Mar 12, 2026	Vroman Ken	Chief Transformation Officer	Sell	$1.59M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	-	6
2025 Q4	2	5
2025 Q3	2	5
2025 Q2	2	13
2025 Q1	6	7

CME Ownership FAQ

Who Owns CME Group?

CME Group shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 67.28%, followed by 0.44% insiders and 32.28% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in CME Group's industry, Financial Data & Stock Exchanges Stocks, is 42.82%, 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 (31.08M shares, 8.64%), and Blackrock (25.66M shares, 7.14%). Together, they hold 25.77% 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?

Bp is CME Group’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 100.00% of its assets in 60K CME Group shares, valued at 17.72M$.

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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