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Cme vs LPL Financial: revenue, profit, margins and growth compared

Cme brought in $6.5B of revenue in fiscal 2025, LPL Financial $17B in fiscal 2025. Revenue changed by +6.4% at Cme and +37.2% at LPL Financial on the year before, so LPL Financial grew faster. Cme kept 62.5% of its revenue as net profit, LPL Financial 5.1%. Free cash flow was $4.2B at Cme and -$981.8M at LPL Financial.

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Side by side, latest fiscal year

CMELPLA
Fiscal year endedFY2025 (December 31, 2025)FY2025 (December 31, 2025)
Revenue$6.5B$17B
Revenue growth+6.4%+37.2%
Net income$4.1B$863M
Net margin62.5%5.1%
Free cash flow$4.2B-$981.8M
Free cash flow margin64.3%-5.8%
Earnings per share (diluted)$11.16$10.92
Cash$4.4B$1B
Debtn/a$7.3B
Price to earnings23.728.8
Market value$95.1B$24.8B
Dividend yield1.89%0.38%
Rank by revenue in sector#84 of 444 · Finance#39 of 444 · Finance

Over the years

Revenue
CME FY2018: $4.3BCME FY2019: $4.9BCME FY2020: $4.9BCME FY2021: $4.7BCME FY2022: $5BCME FY2023: $5.6BCME FY2024: $6.1BCME FY2025: $6.5BLPLA FY2018: $5.2BLPLA FY2019: $5.6BLPLA FY2020: $5.9BLPLA FY2021: $7.7BLPLA FY2022: $8.6BLPLA FY2023: $10.1BLPLA FY2024: $12.4BLPLA FY2025: $17BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
CME $6.5BLPLA $17B
Net income
CME FY2018: $2BCME FY2019: $2.1BCME FY2020: $2.1BCME FY2021: $2.6BCME FY2022: $2.7BCME FY2023: $3.2BCME FY2024: $3.5BCME FY2025: $4.1BLPLA FY2018: $439.5MLPLA FY2019: $559.9MLPLA FY2020: $472.6MLPLA FY2021: $459.9MLPLA FY2022: $845.7MLPLA FY2023: $1.1BLPLA FY2024: $1.1BLPLA FY2025: $863MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
CME $4.1BLPLA $863M
Net margin
CME FY2018: 45.5%CME FY2019: 43.5%CME FY2020: 43.1%CME FY2021: 56.2%CME FY2022: 53.6%CME FY2023: 57.8%CME FY2024: 57.5%CME FY2025: 62.5%LPLA FY2018: 8.5%LPLA FY2019: 10.0%LPLA FY2020: 8.0%LPLA FY2021: 6.0%LPLA FY2022: 9.8%LPLA FY2023: 10.6%LPLA FY2024: 8.5%LPLA FY2025: 5.1%FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
CME 62.5%LPLA 5.1%
Revenue growth
CME FY2019: +13.0%CME FY2020: +0.3%CME FY2021: -4.0%CME FY2022: +7.0%CME FY2023: +11.1%CME FY2024: +9.9%CME FY2025: +6.4%LPLA FY2019: +8.4%LPLA FY2020: +4.4%LPLA FY2021: +31.5%LPLA FY2022: +11.4%LPLA FY2023: +16.9%LPLA FY2024: +23.2%LPLA FY2025: +37.2%FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
CME +6.4%LPLA +37.2%
Free cash flow
CME FY2018: $2.3BCME FY2019: $2.4BCME FY2020: $2.5BCME FY2021: $2.3BCME FY2022: $3BCME FY2023: $3.4BCME FY2024: $3.6BCME FY2025: $4.2BLPLA FY2018: $448.9MLPLA FY2019: $467.5MLPLA FY2020: $634.4MLPLA FY2021: $237.1MLPLA FY2022: $1.6BLPLA FY2023: $109.3MLPLA FY2024: -$284.9MLPLA FY2025: -$981.8MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
CME $4.2BLPLA -$981.8M

Fiscal years as each company reports them; the two may end in different months.

Questions about Cme and LPL Financial

Which is bigger by revenue, Cme or LPL Financial?

LPL Financial is bigger by revenue: $17B in fiscal 2025, against $6.5B for Cme in fiscal 2025.

Which keeps more of its revenue as profit, Cme or LPL Financial?

Cme had a net margin of 62.5% in fiscal 2025; LPL Financial had 5.1% in fiscal 2025.

Which grew revenue faster, Cme or LPL Financial?

In their latest fiscal years revenue changed by +6.4% at Cme and +37.2% at LPL Financial.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the annual reports each company files with the SEC (10-K, or 20-F and 40-F for foreign companies), read from their XBRL data. Margins and growth are simple arithmetic on those figures. Nothing here is a recommendation.

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