Benzinga | Apr 28, 2021 07:54AM EDT

CME Group Q1 EPS $1.79 Beats $1.75 Estimate, Sales $1.25B Miss $1.26B Estimate

CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) reported quarterly earnings of $1.79 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.75 by 2.29 percent. This is a 23.18 percent decrease over earnings of $2.33 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.25 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $1.26 billion by 0.56 percent. This is a 17.67 percent decrease over sales of $1.52 billion the same period last year.