Share buyback authorizations are useful indicators to stay aware of. Share buybacks are often thought of as an indirect return of capital to shareholders. When a company buys back its shares, it lowers the number of outstanding shares. All else being equal, this increases earnings per share (EPS), which often leads to higher stock prices. They can also indicate that management has confidence in the state of the company. The company must buy shares in the market. They likely wouldn't do so if they believe th ...

CHICAGO, Dec. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, announced that its Board of Directors approved two initiatives to return capital to shareholders.The Board declared the company's 2024 annual variable dividend, amounting to $5.80 per share. The dividend is payable January 16, 2025, to shareholders of record on December 27, 2024, and totals approximately $2.1 billion.In addition, the Board authorized a share repurchase program of up to $3 billion of CME Group Class ...

CME Group’s (CME) shares have rallied 14% year to date, underperforming its industry’s increase of 16.3%, the sector’s rise of 23.7% and the Zacks S&P 500 composite’s gain of 27% in the same time frame. This company has a market capitalization of $86.8 billion. The average volume of shares traded in the last three months was 1.9 million.CME is the largest futures exchange in the world in terms of trading volume as well as notional value traded. Efforts to expand futures products in emerging markets, diversi ...

LONDON, Dec. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AI-Media, a global leader in live and recorded AI captioning and language technology, is delighted to announce a strategic 5-year agreement with Central European Media Enterprises (CME), its first major Central and Eastern European broadcast customer win. AI-Media will deliver live captioning services via its state-of-the-art LEXI solution, powered by its SDI encoder network, across CME’s six flagship television stations located in Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Roman ...

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CHICAGO and LONDON, Dec. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced it will provide CME Term €STR Reference Rates to meet client demand for a term rate anchored in €STR markets.Published in beta today, the rates are based on CME Group's liquid €STR futures and OTC swap market data. They are published in 1-month, 3-month, 6-month and 12-month tenors."We are introducing €STR term rates in response to client demand for a more robust and transparent term rate ...

All-time record monthly ADV in U.S. Treasury futures and options All-time record monthly international ADV of 9.3 million contracts Record November ADV for interest rate, foreign exchange, agricultural and metals productsCHICAGO, Dec. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported its November 2024 market statistics reached the highest November average daily volume (ADV) of a record 30.2 million contracts, up 7% from November 2023. Market statistics are avail ...

90,000 swaps converted to Banco de México's F-TIIE risk-free rate Shift brings greater liquidity to developing derivatives market CHICAGO, Nov. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that it successfully converted approximately 42 trillion pesos (the equivalent of $2 trillion) in outstanding notional open interest from 28-day TIIE swaps to corresponding F-TIIE overnight index swaps (OIS) on November 22.In alignment with global best practices, the ne ...

Shares of CME Group (NASDAQ: CME ) have proved an excellent investment since the company's its initial public offering in 2002. As shown by the chart below, since then CME shares have delivered a total return of over 5,000%. Comparably, the S&P 500Blue Chip Portfolios is an investment publication company focused on delivering investing insights on single stocks, ETFs, and CEFs. Blue Chip Portfolios is also the publisher of the Blue Chip Portfolio's Newsletter on BeehiivAnalyst’s Disclosure: I/we have a bene ...

Extended sponsorship through 2027 comes as LPGA concludes record-setting 2024 season2024 CME Group Tour Championship winner to receive record $4 million prizeNAPLES, Fla., Nov. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced an extension of the CME Group Tour Championship and the season-long Race to the CME Globe through 2027. Since assuming title sponsorship of the LPGA Tour's season-ending tournament in 20 ...