CME Group Inc. hasn't performed well enough financially over the last 5 years.
We noticed something that, in our opinion, makes CME Group Inc. a poor choice right now at any price.
🛑 Cannot operate for a year without new income, which is below our comfort level.
🛑 Cannot operate for a year without new income, which is below our comfort level.
🛑 More than a year's worth of inventory is being held.
🛑 More than a year's worth of inventory is being held.
🛑 Paying out too little of the expendable income to shareholders.
🛑 Shareholders' earnings are coming from somewhere other than operations.
🛑 Shareholders' earnings are coming from somewhere other than operations.
✅ Comfortably covering its day-to-day costs and bills.
✅ Comfortably covering its day-to-day costs and bills.
✅ Has a strong financial cushion for the long term.
✅ Has a strong financial cushion for the long term.
✅ Paying out a healthy portion of expendable income to shareholders.
🛑 Income actually returned to each shareholder is unreliable.
🛑 Income actually returned to each shareholder is unreliable.
🛑 Shareholders earn less than 8% per year on their shares.
✅ Income after taxes and debts is stable and growing.
✅ Income after taxes and debts is stable and growing.
✅ Expendable income per shareholder is stable and growing.
✅ Expendable income per shareholder is stable and growing.
✅ Shareholders earn over 8% per year on their shares.