CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC., 10-K filed on 2/20/2026
Annual Report
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Cover Page - USD ($)
$ in Billions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Feb. 13, 2026
Jun. 30, 2025
Cover [Abstract]      
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Entity File Number 001-34774    
Entity Registrant Name Cboe Global Markets, Inc.    
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code DE    
Entity Tax Identification Number 20-5446972    
Entity Address, Address Line One 433 West Van Buren Street    
Entity Address, City or Town Chicago    
Entity Address, State or Province IL    
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code 60607    
City Area Code 312    
Local Phone Number 786-5600    
Title of 12(b) Security Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share    
Trading Symbol CBOE    
Security Exchange Name CboeBZX    
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer Yes    
Entity Voluntary Filers No    
Entity Current Reporting Status Yes    
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Entity Public Float     $ 24.4
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding   104,667,696  
Documents Incorporated by Reference
Portions of Cboe Global Markets' Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be filed no later than 120 days after December 31, 2025, are incorporated by reference in Part III.
   
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Audit Information
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Audit Information [Abstract]  
Auditor Name KPMG LLP
Auditor Location Kansas City, Missouri
Auditor Firm ID 185
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Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Current assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,216.5 $ 920.3
Financial investments 36.1 110.3
Accounts receivable, net of $6.8 allowance for credit losses at December 31, 2025 and $6.6 at December 31, 2024 391.4 444.6
Margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds 1,618.2 845.5
Income taxes receivable 67.9 73.8
Other current assets (includes restricted cash of $34.1 at December 31, 2025 and $— at December 31, 2024) 91.3 84.6
Total current assets 4,421.4 2,479.1
Investments 32.4 383.7
Property and equipment, net 133.1 118.0
Operating lease right of use assets 111.0 124.5
Goodwill 3,150.5 3,124.2
Intangible assets, net 1,297.2 1,376.9
Other assets, net 159.7 182.7
Total assets 9,305.3 7,789.1
Current liabilities:    
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 686.9 359.7
Section 31 fees payable 0.2 182.0
Deferred revenue 6.9 6.4
Margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds 1,618.2 845.5
Income taxes payable 50.1 1.6
Total current liabilities 2,362.3 1,395.2
Long-term debt 1,442.9 1,441.0
Non-current unrecognized tax benefits 15.8 305.0
Deferred income taxes 185.3 186.8
Non-current operating lease liabilities 120.9 138.4
Other non-current liabilities 39.8 43.1
Total liabilities 4,167.0 3,509.5
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity:    
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value: 20,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 0.0 0.0
Common stock, $0.01 par value: 325,000,000 shares authorized, 104,654,764 and 104,647,739 shares issued and outstanding, respectively at December 31, 2025 and 104,693,373 and 104,686,478 shares issued and outstanding, respectively at December 31, 2024 1.0 1.0
Common stock in treasury, at cost, 7,025 shares at December 31, 2025 and 6,895 shares at December 31, 2024 (1.5) (1.4)
Additional paid-in capital 1,565.1 1,512.5
Retained earnings 3,543.6 2,815.9
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net 30.1 (48.4)
Total stockholders’ equity 5,138.3 4,279.6
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 9,305.3 $ 7,789.1
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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]    
Accounts receivable, allowance for credit loss, current $ 6.8 $ 6.6
Restricted cash, current $ 34.1 $ 0.0
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share) $ 0.01 $ 0.01
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares) 20,000,000 20,000,000
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares) 0 0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares) 0 0
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) $ 0.01 $ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares) 325,000,000 325,000,000
Common stock, shares issued (in shares) 104,654,764 104,693,373
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares) 104,647,739 104,686,478
Common stock held in treasury (in shares) 7,025 6,895
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Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($)
shares in Millions, $ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Revenues:      
Total revenues $ 4,714.2 $ 4,094.5 $ 3,773.5
Cost of revenues:      
Total cost of revenues 2,285.1 2,022.1 1,855.5
Revenues less cost of revenues 2,429.1 2,072.4 1,918.0
Operating expenses:      
Compensation and benefits 500.8 462.4 425.8
Depreciation and amortization 122.4 133.0 158.0
Technology support services 107.6 102.8 99.7
Professional fees and outside services 91.5 94.8 92.0
Travel and promotional expenses 42.1 45.8 37.6
Facilities costs 26.2 24.6 25.7
Acquisition-related costs 0.3 1.3 7.4
Impairment of assets 46.7 81.0 0.0
Other expenses 24.4 28.3 13.9
Total operating expenses 962.0 974.0 860.1
Operating income 1,467.1 1,098.4 1,057.9
Non-operating (expenses) income:      
Interest expense (52.3) (51.5) (62.4)
Interest income 49.4 27.3 12.0
Earnings on investments, net 92.8 29.0 39.5
Other income (expense), net 9.6 (19.4) 0.6
Income before income tax provision 1,566.6 1,083.8 1,047.6
Income tax provision 466.6 318.9 286.2
Net income 1,100.0 764.9 761.4
Net income allocated to participating securities (5.2) (3.9) (3.9)
Net income allocated to common stockholders 1,094.8 761.0 757.5
Net income allocated to common stockholders $ 1,094.8 $ 761.0 $ 757.5
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share) $ 10.46 $ 7.24 $ 7.16
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share) $ 10.42 $ 7.21 $ 7.13
Basic weighted average shares outstanding (in shares) 104.7 105.1 105.8
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding (in shares) 105.1 105.5 106.2
Cash and spot markets      
Revenues:      
Total revenues $ 1,834.8 $ 1,670.0 $ 1,445.1
Data Vantage      
Revenues:      
Total revenues 635.5 576.6 539.2
Derivatives markets      
Revenues:      
Total revenues 2,243.9 1,847.9 1,789.2
Liquidity payments      
Cost of revenues:      
Total cost of revenues 1,709.7 1,329.1 1,385.8
Routing and clearing      
Cost of revenues:      
Total cost of revenues 80.4 68.3 79.1
Regulatory fees cost of revenues      
Revenues:      
Total revenues 285.4 426.3 223.7
Cost of revenues:      
Total cost of revenues 238.7 391.4 185.7
Royalty fees and other cost of revenues      
Cost of revenues:      
Total cost of revenues $ 256.3 $ 233.3 $ 204.9
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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]      
Net income $ 1,100.0 $ 764.9 $ 761.4
Other comprehensive income (loss):      
Foreign currency translation adjustments 78.3 (43.0) 24.6
Unrealized holding gains (losses) on financial investments 0.0 5.0 (2.8)
Post-retirement benefit obligations, net of income tax 0.2 0.3 (0.2)
Realized gains on available-for-sale financial investments 0.0 (1.3) 0.0
Comprehensive income 1,178.5 725.9 783.0
Net income allocated to participating securities (5.2) (3.9) (3.9)
Comprehensive income allocated to common stockholders, net of income tax $ 1,173.3 $ 722.0 $ 779.1
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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Total
Preferred Stock
Common Stock
Treasury Stock
Additional paid-in capital
Retained earnings
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, net
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2022 $ 3,465.3 $ 0.0 $ 1.1 $ (131.0) $ 1,455.1 $ 2,171.1 $ (31.0)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity              
Cash dividends on common stock (223.5)         (223.5)  
Stock-based compensation 41.3       41.3    
Repurchases of common stock from employee stock plans (13.9)     (13.9)      
Purchase of common stock (83.9)     (83.9)      
Retirement of treasury stock 0.0     218.3 (34.5) (183.8)  
Shares issued under employee stock purchase plan 16.7       16.7    
Net income 761.4         761.4  
Other comprehensive (loss) income 21.6           21.6
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2023 3,985.0 0.0 1.1 (10.5) 1,478.6 2,525.2 (9.4)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity              
Cash dividends on common stock (249.4)         (249.4)  
Stock-based compensation 41.8       41.8    
Repurchases of common stock from employee stock plans (29.5)     (29.5)      
Purchase of common stock (205.6)     (205.6)      
Retirement of treasury stock 0.0   (0.1) 244.2 (19.3) (224.8)  
Shares issued under employee stock purchase plan 11.4       11.4    
Net income 764.9         764.9  
Other comprehensive (loss) income (39.0)           (39.0)
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2024 4,279.6 0.0 1.0 (1.4) 1,512.5 2,815.9 (48.4)
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity              
Cash dividends on common stock (284.3)         (284.3)  
Stock-based compensation 50.4       50.0 0.4  
Repurchases of common stock from employee stock plans (29.8)     (29.8)      
Purchase of common stock (65.3)     (65.3)      
Retirement of treasury stock 0.0     95.0 (6.6) (88.4)  
Shares issued under employee stock purchase plan 9.2       9.2    
Net income 1,100.0         1,100.0  
Other comprehensive (loss) income 78.5           78.5
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2025 $ 5,138.3 $ 0.0 $ 1.0 $ (1.5) $ 1,565.1 $ 3,543.6 $ 30.1
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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity (Parenthetical) - $ / shares
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Statement of Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]      
Dividends (in dollars per share) $ 2.70 $ 2.36 $ 2.10
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Cash flows from operating activities:      
Net income $ 1,100.0 $ 764.9 $ 761.4
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:      
Depreciation and amortization 122.4 133.0 158.0
Impairment of assets 46.7 81.0 0.0
Stock-based compensation expense 50.4 41.8 41.3
(Gain) impairment of minority investments (5.1) 31.6 1.8
Change in contingent consideration 0.0 2.0 (14.4)
Equity earnings on investments (84.2) (26.5) (36.9)
Benefit for deferred income taxes (8.4) (23.6) (15.2)
Other loss (gain) adjustments, net 2.2 (0.7) 4.0
Changes in assets and liabilities:      
Accounts receivable 79.4 (124.3) 39.4
Restricted cash and cash equivalents and customer bank deposits (included in margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds) 528.5 76.0 282.6
Income taxes receivable 6.1 0.5 (26.3)
Other current assets 17.1 (26.0) (17.4)
Other assets 24.8 17.3 (26.7)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 6.5 (36.4) (19.1)
Section 31 fees payable (181.8) 130.1 (95.2)
Deferred revenue 0.5 0.5 (5.8)
Income taxes payable 48.5 0.8 (2.8)
Unrecognized tax benefits 0.0 61.2 47.7
Other liabilities (1.0) (2.6) (0.8)
Net cash flows provided by operating activities 1,752.6 1,100.6 1,075.6
Cash flows from investing activities:      
Proceeds from investments 441.8 0.0 0.0
Contributions to investments (2.5) (40.2) (57.1)
Purchases of available-for-sale financial investments (174.8) (115.6) (89.8)
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale financial investments 248.1 67.9 135.7
Proceeds from sale of intangible assets 1.6 0.1 0.8
Proceeds from sale of property held for sale 0.0 3.3 0.0
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment 0.0 0.7 0.0
Proceeds from notes receivable 7.0 2.8 0.0
Proceeds from insurance 0.0 0.1 0.3
Purchases of property and equipment and leasehold improvements, net (71.0) (60.9) (45.0)
Net cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities 450.2 (141.8) (55.1)
Cash flows from financing activities:      
Principal payments of current portion of long-term debt 0.0 0.0 (305.0)
Cash dividends on common stock (284.3) (249.4) (223.5)
Repurchases of common stock from employee stock plans (29.8) (29.5) (13.9)
Shares issued under employee stock purchase plan 9.2 8.6 (16.7)
Payments of contingent consideration related to acquisitions 0.0 (13.9) (13.1)
Payments for Cboe Digital non-recourse notes and warrants wind down 0.0 (6.0) 0.0
Purchase of common stock, including commissions and excise taxes (66.7) (204.8) (83.9)
Net cash flows used in financing activities (371.6) (495.0) (656.1)
Effect of foreign currency exchange rates on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash and cash equivalents 271.8 (95.1) 52.8
Increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash and cash equivalents 2,103.0 368.7 417.2
Beginning of period 1,765.8 1,397.1 979.9
End of period 3,868.8 1,765.8 1,397.1
Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash and cash equivalents:      
Cash and cash equivalents 2,216.5 915.3 543.2
Restricted cash and cash equivalents (included in margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds) 1,617.0 841.4 834.8
Restricted cash and cash equivalents (included in cash and cash equivalents) 0.0 5.0 0.0
Restricted cash and cash equivalents (included in other current assets) 34.1 0.0 5.1
Customer bank deposits (included in margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds) 1.2 4.1 14.0
Total 3,868.8 1,765.8 1,397.1
Supplemental disclosure of cash transactions:      
Cash paid for income taxes, net 391.6 362.4 286.4
Cash paid for interest 91.7 100.1 56.7
Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing activities:      
Intangible assets earned or acquired 0.0 1.2 0.0
Note receivable from property held for sale 0.0 6.4 0.0
Supplemental disclosure of noncash financing activities:      
Excise tax on purchases of common stock 0.0 1.3 0.0
Cboe Digital investor member revenue asset 0.0 16.2 (3.2)
Cboe Digital non-recourse notes and warrants $ 0.0 $ (16.2) $ 3.2
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NATURE OF OPERATIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
NATURE OF OPERATIONS NATURE OF OPERATIONS
Cboe Global Markets, Inc., the world's leading derivatives and securities exchange network, delivers cutting-edge trading, clearing, and investment solutions to people around the world. Cboe provides trading solutions and products in multiple asset classes, including equities, derivatives, and FX, across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Above all, the Company is committed to building a trusted, inclusive global marketplace that enables people to pursue a sustainable financial future.
Cboe’s subsidiaries include the largest options exchange and the third largest equities exchange operator in the U.S. In addition, the Company operates Cboe Europe Equities (Cboe Europe and Cboe NL equities exchanges), one of the largest equities exchanges by value traded in Europe, and owns Cboe Clear Europe, a leading pan-European equities and derivatives clearinghouse, BIDS Holdings, which owns a leading block-trading ATS by volume in the U.S., and provides block-trading services with Cboe market operators in Europe and Canada, Cboe Australia, an operator of a regulated stock exchange in Australia, Cboe Clear U.S., an operator of a regulated clearinghouse, and Cboe Canada, a recognized Canadian securities exchange. Cboe subsidiaries also serve collectively as a leading market globally for exchange-traded products (“ETPs”) listings and trading.
In 2025, following a comprehensive strategic review of its global business operations, Cboe initiated the wind down of its Japanese equities business, including the cessation of operations of its Cboe Japan proprietary trading system and Cboe BIDS Japan block trading platform, initiated a sales process for its Cboe Australia and Cboe Canada businesses, discontinued its U.S. and European Corporate Listings efforts, and reduced costs associated with its U.S. and European ETP Listings businesses, Cboe Europe Derivatives ("CEDX"), and several of Cboe’s smaller Risk and Market Analytics businesses. Subsequent to December 31, 2025, after further review of its global business operations, Cboe initiated the wind down of CEDX.
The Company is headquartered in Chicago with offices in Amsterdam, Belfast, Hong Kong, Kansas City, London, Manila, New York, San Francisco, Sarasota Springs, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, and Toronto.
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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
(a)   Principles of Accounting
These consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) as established by FASB.
(b)   Basis of Presentation
The accompanying financial statements are presented on a consolidated basis to include the accounts and transactions of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. and its majority owned subsidiaries and all significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities, and reported amounts of revenues and expenses. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates based upon historical experience, observance of trends, information available from outside sources and various other assumptions that management believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different conditions or assumptions.
In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation of financial position, results of operations, and cash flows at the dates and for the periods presented have been included.
Segment Information
The Company previously operated six reportable business segments as of December 31, 2024. As of January 1, 2025, the Company operates five reportable business segments: Options, North American Equities, Europe and Asia Pacific, Futures, and Global FX, which are further described below and are reflective of how the Company's Chief Operating Decision Maker ("CODM") reviews and operates the business. See Note 16 ("Segment Reporting") for more information.
(c)   Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as well as disclosure of the amounts of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change in the near term include the valuation of goodwill, indefinite-lived intangible assets, and unrecognized tax benefits.
(d)   Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company’s cash and cash equivalents are exposed to concentrations of credit risk. The Company maintains cash at various regulated financial institutions and brokerage firms which, at times, may be in excess of the depository insurance limits. The Company’s management regularly monitors these institutions and believes that the potential for future loss is remote. The Company considers liquid investments, including certain short-term repurchase agreements and U.S. and UK Treasury securities, with original or acquired maturities of three months or less, and money market funds, to be cash equivalents.
(e)   Financial Investments
Financial investments are classified as trading or available-for-sale.
Trading financial investments represent financial investments held by Cboe Trading that retain the industry-specific accounting classification required for broker-dealers, and marketable securities held in a rabbi trust for the Company’s non-qualified retirement and benefit plans. The investments held by the broker-dealer subsidiary are recorded at fair value with changes in unrealized gains and losses reflected within interest income or interest expense in the consolidated statements of income. The investments held in a trust are recorded at fair value with changes in unrealized gains or losses recorded within other income (expense), net and the equal and offsetting charges in the related liability are recorded in compensation and benefits expense in the consolidated statements of income as it relates to employee compensation plans and recorded in professional fees and outside services expense in the consolidated statements of income as it relates to non-employee director compensation plans.
Available-for-sale financial investments are comprised of the financial investments not held by Cboe Trading, including highly liquid U.S. Treasury securities.
Interest on financial investments, including amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts, is recognized as income when earned. Realized gains and losses on financial investments are calculated using the specific identification method and are included in interest income and interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of income.
(f)   Accounts Receivable, Net
Accounts receivable are concentrated with the Company’s member firms and market data distributors and are carried at amortized cost. The Company nets transaction fees and liquidity payments for each member firm on a monthly basis and recognizes the total owed from a member firm as accounts receivable, net and the total owed to a member firm as accounts payable and accrued liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. On a periodic basis, management evaluates the Company’s accounts receivable and records an allowance for expected credit losses using an aging schedule. The aging schedule applies loss rates based on historical loss information and, as deemed necessary, is adjusted for differences in the nature of the receivables that exist at the reporting date from the historical period. Due to the short-term nature of the accounts receivable, changes in future economic conditions are not expected to have a significant impact on the expected credit losses.
The accounts receivable are presented net of allowance for credit losses on the consolidated balance sheets and the associated losses are presented in other operating expenses on the consolidated statements of income.
(g)   Property and Equipment, Net
Property and equipment, net is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated lives of the assets, generally ranging from three to seven years. Expenditures for repairs and maintenance are charged to expense as incurred. Depreciation of leasehold improvements is calculated using the straight-line method over the shorter of the related lease term or the estimated useful life of the assets.
Long-lived assets to be held and used are reviewed to determine whether any events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying values of the assets may not be recoverable. The Company bases this evaluation on such impairment indicators as the nature of the assets, the future economic benefit of the assets, any historical or future profitability measurements, as well as other external market conditions or factors that may be present. If such impairment
indicators are present that would indicate that the carrying value of any asset may not be recoverable, the Company determines whether an impairment has occurred through the use of an undiscounted cash flow analysis of the asset at the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows exist. In the event of impairment, the Company recognizes a loss for the difference between the carrying value and the estimated value of the asset as measured using quoted market prices or, in the absence of quoted market prices, a discounted cash flow analysis. Impairment charges concerning long-lived assets were made during the periods presented. See Note 9 ("Other Assets, Net") for additional information.
The Company expenses software development costs as incurred during the preliminary project stage, while capitalizing costs incurred during the application development stage, which includes design, coding, installation, and testing activities.
(h)   Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Net
Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the value assigned to the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets of a business acquired. Goodwill is allocated to the Company’s reporting units based on the assignment of the fair values of each reporting unit of the acquired company. The Company tests goodwill for impairment at the reporting unit level annually, or in interim periods if certain events occur indicating that the carrying value may be impaired.
Intangible assets, net, primarily include acquired trademarks and trade names, customer relationships, strategic alliance agreements, licenses and registrations, and non-compete agreements. Intangible assets with finite lives are amortized based on the discounted cash flow method applied over the estimated useful lives of the intangible assets and are tested for impairment if certain events occur indicating that the carrying value may be impaired.
Intangible assets deemed to have indefinite useful lives are not amortized, but instead are tested for impairment at least annually, usually concurrently with goodwill. Impairment exists if the fair value of the asset is less than the carrying value, and in that case, an impairment loss is recorded.
Impairment charges concerning intangible assets were made during the periods presented. See Note 10 ("Goodwill, Intangible Assets, Net and Digital Assets Held") for additional information.
(i)   Treasury Stock
The Company accounts for the purchase of treasury stock under the cost method with the shares of stock repurchased, plus any direct costs and excise taxes, reflected as a reduction to Cboe stockholders’ equity and included in common stock in treasury, at cost in the consolidated balance sheets. Shares repurchased under the Company’s share repurchase program are either available to be redistributed or they are retired. The Company accounts for the retirement of treasury stock by deducting its par value from common stock and reflecting any excess of cost over par value as a deduction from additional paid-in-capital or retained earnings on the consolidated balance sheets.
(j)   Foreign Currency
The financial statements of foreign subsidiaries where the functional currency is not the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars using the exchange rate in effect as of each balance sheet date. Statements of income and cash flow amounts are translated using the average exchange rate during the period. The cumulative effects of translating the balance sheet accounts from the functional currency into the U.S. dollar at the applicable exchange rates are included in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Foreign currency gains and losses are recorded as other (expense) income, net in the consolidated statements of income. The Company’s operations in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, and Hong Kong are recorded in Pounds sterling, Euros, Canadian dollars, Australian dollars, Japanese yen, Singapore dollars, Philippine pesos, and Hong Kong dollars, respectively.
(k)   Income Taxes
Deferred taxes are recorded on a liability method whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards, and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases. Deferred tax assets are reduced by valuation allowances when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.
The Company recognizes the tax benefit from an unrecognized tax benefit only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based upon the technical merits of the position. The tax benefit recognized in the consolidated financial statements from such a position is measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. Also, interest and penalties expense is recognized on the full amount of deferred benefits for unrecognized tax benefits. The Company’s policy is to include interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in the income tax provision within the consolidated statements of income.
The Company has elected to account for net controlled foreign corporation tested income ("NCTI"), formerly global intangible low-taxed income ("GILTI"), in the period in which it is incurred, and therefore has not provided any deferred tax impacts of NCTI in the consolidated financial statements.
(l)   Revenue Recognition
For further discussion related to revenue recognition of fees, such as transaction and clearing fees and liquidity payments, access and capacity fees, market data fees, and regulatory transaction and Section 31 fees, see Note 4 ("Revenue Recognition").
Concentrations of Revenue
For each of the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, one customer accounted for approximately 10% of the Company’s total revenue. The revenues associated with this customer are included in the Options, North American Equities, Europe and Asia Pacific, Global FX and Futures segments and totaled $480.0 million, $403.1 million, and $389.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
No customer is contractually or otherwise obligated to continue to use the Company’s services. The loss of, or a significant reduction of, participation by these customers may have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations, and cash flows. The three largest clearing members clear approximately 71% of the market-maker sides of transactions at all of the Company’s U.S. options exchanges. If any of these clearing members were to withdraw from the business of market-maker clearing and market-makers were unable to transfer to another clearing member, this could create significant disruption to the U.S. options markets, including Cboe’s.
(m)  Earnings Per Share
The computation of basic earnings per share is calculated by reducing net income for the period by dividends paid or declared and undistributed net income for the period that are allocated to participating securities to arrive at net income allocated to common stockholders. Net income allocated to common stockholders is divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period to determine net income per share allocated to common stockholders.
The computation of diluted earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income allocated to common stockholders by the sum of the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus all additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the potentially dilutive common shares had been issued. The dilutive effect is calculated using the more dilutive of the two-class or treasury stock method.
(n)   Stock-Based Compensation
The Company grants stock-based compensation to its employees and directors through restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and performance-based restricted stock units (“PSUs”). The Company records stock-based compensation expense for all stock-based compensation granted based on the grant-date fair value. The Company recognizes stock-based compensation expense related to stock-based compensation awards with graded vesting that have a service condition on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the entire award.
For RSUs, the amount of stock-based compensation expense is based on the fair value of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. common stock at the date of grant. The fair value is based on a current market-based transaction of the Company’s common stock. For PSUs, the Company uses a Monte Carlo valuation model to estimate the fair value of awards tied to total shareholder return applying a grant-date fair value approach, contingent on the achievement of performance conditions. See Note 19 ("Stock-Based Compensation") for additional information.
(o)   Business Combinations
The Company records identifiable assets, liabilities and goodwill acquired in a business combination at fair value at the acquisition date. Additionally, transaction-related costs are expensed in the period incurred.
(p)   Debt Issuance Costs
All costs incurred to issue debt are capitalized as a contra-liability and amortized over the life of the debt using the interest method.
(q)   Investments
The Company generally accounts for investments using the measurement alternative when it owns less than 20% of the outstanding voting stock of a company, there is an absence of readily determinable fair value for the respective investment,
and the Company has an inability to exercise significant influence over the investment based upon the respective ownership interests held. The Company recognizes dividend income when declared.
In general, the equity method of accounting is used when the Company owns 20% to 50% of the outstanding voting stock of a company and when it is able to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of a company. For equity method investments, the Company records the pro rata share of earnings or losses each period and records any dividends received as a reduction in the investment balance. The equity method investment is inclusive of other-than-temporary declines in value, recognized by the investee, who considers a variety of factors such as the earnings capacity of the investment and the fair value of the investment compared to its carrying value. If the estimated fair value of the investment is less than the carrying value and the decline in value is considered to be other than temporary, the excess of the carrying value over the estimated fair value is recognized in the financial statements as an impairment.
The Company’s investment in 7Ridge Investments 3 LP ("7Ridge Fund") represents a nonconsolidated variable interest entity (“VIE”) and is accounted for under the equity method of accounting. The Company has determined that consolidation of the VIE is not required as the Company is not the primary beneficiary of the 7Ridge Fund, as it does not have controlling financial interest and lacks the ability to unilaterally remove the general partner, 7Ridge Investments 3 GP Limited, direct material strategic decisions, or dissolve the entity (i.e. the Company does not have unilateral substantive “kick-out” or “liquidation” rights). See Note 6 ("Investments") for additional information.
(r)   Leases
The Company determines if an arrangement contains a lease at inception. For arrangements where the Company is the lessee, operating leases are included in operating lease right of use (“ROU”) assets, accrued liabilities, and non-current operating lease liabilities on the balance sheet as of December 31, 2025. The Company does not have any finance leases as of December 31, 2025.
ROU assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the future lease payments over the lease term at commencement date. ROU assets also include any initial direct costs incurred and any lease payments made at or before the lease commencement date, less lease incentives received. The Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the lease liabilities, as the rate implicit in the Company’s leases is generally not reasonably determinable. Lease terms may include options to extend or terminate when the Company is reasonably certain that the option will be exercised. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
The Company also has lease arrangements with lease and non-lease components. The Company elected the practical expedient not to separate non-lease components from lease components for the Company’s leases. The Company elected to apply the short-term lease measurement and recognition exemption in which ROU assets and lease liabilities are not recognized for short-term leases. For short-term operating leases, lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the consolidated balance sheets and the Company recognizes lease expense in facilities costs within the consolidated statements of income for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Certain leases include one or more options to renew, with renewal terms that can extend the lease term from one to five years or more, and some of which include the Company’s option to terminate the leases within one year. When the implicit rate in the Company’s lease is not reasonably determinable, the Company applies an incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments.
(s)   Margin Deposits, Clearing Funds, and Interoperability Funds
Margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds in the form of cash contributions by Cboe Clear Europe’s clearing members where title has transferred to Cboe Clear Europe are included as current assets with equal and offsetting current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. Changes in margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds, are presented net in the “restricted cash and cash equivalents and customer bank deposits (included in margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds)” line in the operating section of the consolidated statement of cash flows. Similarly, cash flows associated with related investment agreements as well as interest income earned on such investments will be classified as cash flows from operating activities in the consolidated statement of cash flows. Both activities are part of Cboe Clear Europe’s principal operating activities and are presented within the operating section of the consolidated statement of cash flows.
When investments are made in accordance with its investment policy, Cboe Clear Europe receives the amount of investment earnings and pays clearing members those earnings minus a set basis point cost of collateral. Related interest income and interest expense are presented gross in the consolidated statement of income in other revenue and other cost of revenue, respectively, as it relates to a core operating activity of Cboe Clear Europe.
Cboe Clear U.S. holds cash on behalf of its customers for the purposes of supporting clearing transactions. Customer cash may be invested in approved investments and any interest or gain received, or loss incurred on invested funds is recorded in the consolidated statements of income. The Company includes customer cash related to the clearing activity on the consolidated balance sheets in margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds, with a corresponding liability.
Restricted cash within other current assets represents cash not available for general corporate purposes and either i) outside of the sole control of the Company or ii) legally restricted as to its use and is included in other current assets in the consolidated balance sheets. See Note 14 ("Clearing Operations") for more information.
(t)   Digital Assets Held
The Company determined that digital assets held should be accounted for under ASC 350 – Intangibles – Goodwill and Other, and included on the consolidated balance sheets within intangibles, net. As there is no inherent limit imposed on the useful life of the digital assets, they are classified as indefinite-lived intangible assets and are not subject to amortization. Instead, they are tested for impairment annually or more frequently if events or circumstances change that indicate it is more likely than not that the asset is impaired (i.e., if an impairment indicator exists). The Company will not record any increases in value during the period the digital assets are held; the only gains that are recorded are upon disposition (if the proceeds exceed the carrying value at the time of the disposition).
v3.25.4
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Accounting Changes and Error Corrections [Abstract]  
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
Recent Accounting Pronouncements – Adopted
On January 23, 2025, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin 122 (“SAB 122”), which rescinds the interpretive guidance included in the Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 (“SAB 121”). SAB 121, issued March 31, 2022, provided interpretive guidance from the SEC regarding the accounting for obligations to safeguard digital assets that an entity holds on behalf of customers. For public entities, SAB 122 is effective on a fully retrospective basis in annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. Additionally, SAB 122 was codified by the FASB in March 2025, under Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2025-02, Liabilities (405): Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 122. The Company adopted the guidance for the consolidated financial statements issued for the year ended December 31, 2025 and, therefore, no longer discloses safeguarded digital assets within Note 8 (“Goodwill, Intangible Assets, Net, and Digital Assets Held”), Note 13 (“Fair Value Measurement”), and the consolidated balance sheets. The adoption had no material impact on the previously reported condensed consolidated financial statements as the Company liquidated all digital assets held on behalf of customers in the third quarter of 2024.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-08, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Crypto Assets (Subtopic 350-60): Accounting for and Disclosure of Crypto Assets. This ASU addresses the accounting and disclosure requirements for certain crypto assets and requires entities to subsequently measure certain crypto assets at fair value, with changes in fair value recorded in earnings in each reporting period. In addition, entities are required to provide additional disclosures about the holdings of certain crypto assets. For public entities, the update is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company adopted the update for the consolidated financial statements issued for the year ended December 31, 2025, and it does not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements as the Company does not hold a material amount of crypto assets at December 31, 2025.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. This ASU addresses investor requests for more transparency about income tax information through improvements to income tax disclosures primarily related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. For public entities, the update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company adopted the update for the consolidated financial statements issued for the year ending December 31, 2025. The Company elected to apply the standard retrospectively to enhance comparability across periods. The required disclosures, as applicable, are included in Note 21 ("Income Taxes"), and reflect the extent of the impact of the adoption of ASU 2023-09 on the consolidated financial statement disclosures.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements – Issued, not yet Adopted
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06 – Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software. ASU 2025-06 eliminates the traditional stages for internal use software (preliminary, development, post-implementation) used to determine when to capitalize costs. Instead, capitalization begins when both management has authorized and committed funding for the project and it is probable the project will be completed and the software will be used as intended. The amendments will be effective for all entities for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an annual reporting period. The Company expects to adopt the update for the annual financial statements issued for the year ending December 31, 2027, and is currently reviewing the impact that the adoption of ASU 2025-06 may have on the consolidated financial statement disclosures.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. This ASU requires disaggregated disclosure of certain income statement expenses for public entities. For public entities, the update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. The Company expects to adopt the update for the annual financial statements issued for the year ending December 31, 2027, and is currently reviewing the impact that the adoption of ASU 2024-03 may have on the consolidated financial statement disclosures.
On March 6, 2024, the SEC adopted new Climate Disclosure Rules, which require companies to publish information that describes the climate-related risks that are reasonably likely to have a material impact on a company’s business or consolidated financial statements. The final rules would require companies to disclose material climate-related risks, activities to mitigate or adapt to such risks, information about the companies’ board of directors’ oversight of climate-related risks and management’s role in managing climate-related risks, and information on any climate-related targets or goals that are material to the companies’ business, results of operations or financial condition. On March 15, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted an administrative stay of the SEC’s final Climate Disclosure Rules, in response to legal challenges unaffiliated with the Company. On February 11, 2025, the acting Chairman of the SEC directed the SEC staff to notify the court of changed circumstances and requested that the Court not schedule the case for argument. On March 27, 2025, the SEC voted to end its defense of its Climate Disclosure Rules. On April 24, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (the “Court”) granted an order to hold in abeyance the cases regarding the validity of the SEC's final Climate Disclosure Rules. On July 23, 2025, the SEC replied to the Court’s request for a status report. The SEC informed the Court that it does not intend to review or reconsider the Climate Disclosure Rules at this time and requests that the Court decide the case as briefed. On September 12, 2025, the Court issued an order continuing the abeyance until the SEC reconsiders the Climate Disclosure Rules via notice-and-comment or renews its defense of the Climate Disclosure Rules. The Company will continue to monitor updates to the Climate Disclosure Rules and potential impacts on the consolidated financial statements.
There were no other recent applicable material accounting pronouncements that have been issued, but not yet adopted as of December 31, 2025.
v3.25.4
REVENUE RECOGNITION
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]  
REVENUE RECOGNITION REVENUE RECOGNITION
The Company presents three financial statement revenue captions within its consolidated statements of income that reflect the Company’s diversified products, expansive geographical reach, and overall business strategy. Below is a summary of the Company’s financial statement revenue captions:
Revenues
Cash and spot markets – includes associated transaction and clearing fees, the portion of market data fees relating to associated U.S. tape plan market data fees, associated regulatory fees, and associated other revenue from Cboe’s North American Equities, Europe and Asia Pacific, and Global FX segments.
Data Vantage – includes access and capacity fees, proprietary market data fees, and associated other revenue across Cboe’s five segments.
Derivatives markets – includes associated transaction and clearing fees, the portion of market data fees relating to associated U.S. tape plan market data fees, associated regulatory fees, and associated other revenue from Cboe’s Options, Futures, and Europe and Asia Pacific segments.
The Company’s main types of revenue contracts consist of the following, which are disaggregated from the consolidated statements of income.
Transaction and clearing fees – Transaction fees represent fees charged by the Company for meeting the point-in-time performance obligation of executing a trade on its markets. These fees can be variable based on trade volume tiered discounts; however, as all tiered discounts are calculated monthly, the actual discount is recorded on a monthly basis. Transaction fees are recognized across all segments. Clearing fees, which include settlement fees, represent fees charged by the Company for meeting the point-in-time performance obligation for transactions cleared and settled by Cboe Clear Europe and Cboe Clear U.S. Clearing fees can be variable based on trade volume tiered discounts; however, as all tiered discounts are calculated monthly, the actual discount is recorded on a monthly basis. Clearing fees attributable to Cboe Clear Europe are recognized in the Europe and Asia Pacific segment, and clearing fees attributable to Cboe Clear U.S. are recognized in the Futures segment. Transaction and clearing fees, as well as any tiered volume discounts, are calculated and billed monthly in accordance with the Company’s published fee schedules.
Access and capacity fees Access and capacity fees represent fees assessed for the opportunity to trade, including fees for trading-related functionality across all segments, terminal and other equipment rights, maintenance services, trading floor space, and telecommunications services. Facilities, systems services, and
other fees are generally monthly fee-based. These fees are billed monthly in accordance with the Company’s published fee schedules and recognized on a monthly basis when the performance obligations are met. All access and capacity fees associated with the trading floor are recognized over time in the Options segment, as the performance obligations are met.
Market data fees Market data fees represent the fees received by the Company from the U.S. tape plans and fees charged to customers for proprietary market data. Fees from the U.S. tape plans are recognized monthly based on published fee schedules and distributed quarterly to the Exchanges based on a known formula. A contract for proprietary market data is entered into and charged on a monthly basis in accordance with the Company’s published fee schedules as the service is provided. Proprietary market data also includes revenue from various licensing agreements. Both types of market data are satisfied over time, and revenue is recognized on a monthly basis as the customer receives and consumes the benefit as the Company provides the data to meet its performance obligation. U.S. tape plan market data is recognized in the North American Equities and Options segments. Proprietary market data fees are recognized across all segments.
Regulatory fees There are two types of regulatory fees that the Company recognizes. The first type represents fees collected by the Company to cover the Section 31 fees charged to the Exchanges by the SEC for meeting the point-in-time performance obligation of executing a trade on its markets. The fees charged to customers are based on the fee set by the SEC per notional value of U.S. Equities exchange transactions and per round turn of Options transactions executed on the Company’s U.S. securities markets. These fees are calculated and billed monthly and are recognized in the North American Equities and Options segments. As the Exchanges are responsible for the ultimate payment to the SEC, the Exchanges are considered the principal in these transactions. Regulatory fees also include the options regulatory fee (“ORF”), which supports the Company’s regulatory oversight function in the Options segment, along with other miscellaneous regulatory fees, and neither can be used for non-regulatory purposes. The ORF and miscellaneous fees are recognized when the performance obligation is fulfilled.
Other revenue Other revenue primarily includes interest income from investments (including from investments of margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability fund deposits) from clearing operations, all fees related to the trade reporting facility operated in the Europe and Asia Pacific segment, and listing fees.
All revenue recognized in the consolidated statements of income is considered to be revenue from contracts with customers, with the exception of interest income from clearing operations. The following table depicts the disaggregated revenue contract types listed above within each respective financial statement caption in the consolidated statements of income (in millions):
Cash and Spot
Markets
Data VantageDerivatives
Markets
Total
Year Ended December 31, 2025
Transaction and clearing fees$1,483.1 $— $2,114.5 $3,597.6 
Access and capacity fees— 408.7 — 408.7 
Market data fees66.2 223.9 36.5 326.6 
Regulatory fees196.0 — 89.4 285.4 
Other revenue89.5 2.9 3.5 95.9 
$1,834.8 $635.5 $2,243.9 $4,714.2 
Cash and Spot
Markets
Data VantageDerivatives
Markets
Total
Year Ended December 31, 2024
Transaction and clearing fees$1,196.3 $— $1,708.3 $2,904.6 
Access and capacity fees— 369.8 — 369.8 
Market data fees60.4 203.9 30.5 294.8 
Regulatory fees320.2 — 106.1 426.3 
Other revenue93.1 2.9 3.0 99.0 
$1,670.0 $576.6 $1,847.9 $4,094.5 
Cash and Spot
Markets
Data VantageDerivatives
Markets
Total
Year Ended December 31, 2023
Transaction and clearing fees$1,149.7 $— $1,681.6 $2,831.3 
Access and capacity fees— 347.5 — 347.5 
Market data fees71.3 188.7 33.7 293.7 
Regulatory fees153.8 — 69.9 223.7 
Other revenue70.3 3.0 4.0 77.3 
$1,445.1 $539.2 $1,789.2 $3,773.5 
The following table depicts the disaggregation of revenue according to segment (in millions):
OptionsNorth
American
Equities
Europe
and Asia
Pacific
FuturesGlobal FXDigital (1)Total
Year Ended December 31, 2025
Transaction and clearing fees$2,011.5 $1,193.3 $209.9 $103.0 $79.9 $— $3,597.6 
Access and capacity fees184.8 144.4 45.8 22.6 11.1 — 408.7 
Market data fees142.2 129.7 43.0 10.0 1.7 — 326.6 
Regulatory fees89.3 196.0 — 0.1 — — 285.4 
Other revenue5.8 8.9 79.9 0.2 1.1 — 95.9 
$2,433.6 $1,672.3 $378.6 $135.9 $93.8 $— $4,714.2 
Timing of revenue recognition
Services transferred at a point in time$2,106.6 $1,398.2 $289.8 $103.3 $81.0 $— $3,978.9 
Services transferred over time327.0 274.1 88.8 32.6 12.8 — 735.3 
$2,433.6 $1,672.3 $378.6 $135.9 $93.8 $— $4,714.2 
Year Ended December 31, 2024
Transaction and clearing fees$1,599.0 $970.5 $159.6 $109.2 $66.6 $(0.3)$2,904.6 
Access and capacity fees168.4 127.7 40.3 22.4 11.0 — 369.8 
Market data fees123.8 120.8 39.4 9.3 1.5 — 294.8 
Regulatory fees105.9 320.2 — 0.2 — — 426.3 
Other revenue5.5 7.6 84.9 — 0.8 0.2 99.0 
$2,002.6 $1,546.8 $324.2 $141.1 $79.9 $(0.1)$4,094.5 
Timing of revenue recognition
Services transferred at a point in time$1,710.4 $1,298.3 $244.5 $109.4 $67.4 $(0.1)$3,429.9 
Services transferred over time292.2 248.5 79.7 31.7 12.5 — 664.6 
$2,002.6 $1,546.8 $324.2 $141.1 $79.9 $(0.1)$4,094.5 
Year Ended December 31, 2023
Transaction and clearing fees$1,583.7 $946.3 $145.6 $98.0 $62.2 $(4.5)$2,831.3 
Access and capacity fees161.0 117.1 36.3 22.0 10.7 0.4 347.5 
Market data fees118.8 128.3 36.7 8.5 1.4 — 293.7 
Regulatory fees69.6 153.8 — 0.3 — — 223.7 
Other revenue6.4 7.5 62.6 0.2 0.6 — 77.3 
$1,939.5 $1,353.0 $281.2 $129.0 $74.9 $(4.1)$3,773.5 
Timing of revenue recognition
Services transferred at a point in time$1,659.7 $1,107.6 $208.2 $98.5 $62.8 $(4.5)$3,132.3 
Services transferred over time279.8 245.4 73.0 30.5 12.1 0.4 641.2 
$1,939.5 $1,353.0 $281.2 $129.0 $74.9 $(4.1)$3,773.5 
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(1)The Digital segment results are prospectively included in the Futures segment beginning in the first quarter of 2025. Digital results from 2024 and 2023 have been retained in the former Digital segment for comparative purposes. See Note 16 (“Segment Reporting”) for additional information.
Contract liabilities as of December 31, 2025 primarily represent prepayments of transaction fees and certain access and capacity and market data fees to the Exchanges. The revenue recognized from contract liabilities and the remaining balance is shown below (in millions):
Balance at
December 31, 2024
Cash
Additions
Revenue
Recognized
Balance at
December 31, 2025
Liquidity provider sliding scale (1)$2.4 $7.2 $(7.2)$2.4 
Other, net (2)4.2 17.0 (16.7)4.5 
Total deferred revenue$6.6 $24.2 $(23.9)$6.9 
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(1)Liquidity providers are eligible to participate in the sliding scale program, which involves prepayment of transaction fees, and to receive reduced fees based on the achievement of certain volume thresholds within a calendar month. These transaction fees are amortized and recorded ratably as the transactions occur over the period.
(2)Other, net deferred revenue represents cash received for unsatisfied performance obligations of liability classified contract liabilities that have yet to be recognized as revenue in the consolidated statements of income, which include but are not limited to: licensing fees, listing fees, adjustments related to ORF, membership fees, and data subscription fees.
v3.25.4
ACQUISITIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Business Combination, Asset Acquisition, Transaction between Entities under Common Control, and Joint Venture Formation [Abstract]  
ACQUISITIONS ACQUISITIONS
Acquisition-related costs relate to acquisitions and other strategic opportunities. The Company expensed $0.3 million of acquisition-related costs during the year ended December 31, 2025, all of which related to compensation, professional fees, and other expenses. These acquisition-related expenses are included in acquisition-related costs in the consolidated statements of income.
The Company expensed $1.3 million of acquisition-related costs during the year ended December 31, 2024, all of which related to compensation, professional fees, and other expenses. These acquisition-related expenses are included in acquisition-related costs in the consolidated statements of income.
The Company expensed $7.4 million of acquisition-related costs during the year ended December 31, 2023, all of which related to professional fees and other expenses. These acquisition-related expenses are included in acquisition-related costs in the consolidated statements of income.
v3.25.4
INVESTMENTS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
INVESTMENTS INVESTMENTS
As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company's investments were comprised of the following (in millions):
December 31,
2025
December 31,
2024
Equity method investments:
Investment in 7Ridge Investments 3 LP$1.5 $321.3 
Total equity method investments1.5 321.3 
Other equity investments:
Investment in Japannext Co., Ltd.— 36.5 
Investment in Eris Innovations Holdings, LLC9.5 9.5 
Investment in CSD BR10.3 5.9 
Investment in Talos Global, Inc.5.0 4.4 
Investment in Vest Group Inc.2.9 2.9 
Investment in OCC0.3 0.3 
Other equity investments2.9 2.9 
Total other equity investments30.9 62.4 
Total investments$32.4 $383.7 
Equity Method Investments
The Company’s investment in 7Ridge Investments 3 LP ("7Ridge Fund"), as a limited partner, represents a nonconsolidated variable interest entity (“VIE”). The Company has determined that consolidation of the VIE is not required as the Company is not the primary beneficiary of the 7Ridge Fund, as it does not have controlling financial interest and lacks the ability to unilaterally remove the general partner, 7Ridge Investments 3 GP Limited, direct material strategic decisions, or dissolve the entity (i.e., the Company does not have unilateral substantive “kick-out” or “liquidation” rights).
The Company’s interest in the 7Ridge Fund is equal to the carrying value of the investment as of December 31, 2025, or $1.5 million, inclusive of the Company’s share of 7Ridge Fund’s profit or loss. The carrying value of the investment is included in investments within the consolidated balance sheets. The Company’s maximum loss exposure, in the unlikely event that all of the VIE’s assets become worthless, is limited to the carrying value of the Company’s investment.
On July 30, 2025, Trading Technologies International Inc. ("Trading Technologies"), which was wholly-owned by the 7Ridge Fund, announced an investment transaction that would result in its sale to a third-party. The investment transaction closed in November 2025 and Cboe received $406.6 million in proceeds from its investment in the 7Ridge Fund, resulting in an $84.2 million gain recorded to earnings on investments, net on the consolidated statements of income for the year ended December 31, 2025. The remaining interest in the 7Ridge Fund is intended to cover closing proceedings and we expect a full liquidation from the fund in 2026.
Other Equity Investments
The carrying value of other equity investments is included in investments in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company accounts for these investments using the measurement alternative given the absence of readily determinable fair values for the respective investments and due to the Company’s inability to exercise significant influence over the investments based upon the respective ownership interests held.
In the fourth quarter of 2024, the Company invested $36.5 million in Japannext Co., Ltd. ("Japannext"), a Japanese PTS and alternative trading venue. On December 12, 2025, the Company sold its minority investment in Japannext for its original investment amount.
Additionally, in the fourth quarter of 2024, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $11.1 million on its minority investments in Eris Innovations Holdings, LLC and Coin Metrics, Inc., based on management's assessment of the fair value of the investments. The loss was recorded in other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of income.
In the third quarter of 2025, the Company recorded a gain of $5.0 million related to the Company's investments in CSD BR and Talos Global, Inc. (following Talos Global's acquisition of Coin Metrics, Inc.). The gain was recorded based on management's assessment of the fair value of the investments due to observable transactions. The gain was recorded to earnings on investments, net on the consolidated statements of income.
v3.25.4
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
Property and equipment, net consisted of the following as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):
December 31,
2025
December 31,
2024
Construction in progress$1.6 $3.3 
Furniture, equipment, and leasehold improvements347.9 306.3 
Total property and equipment349.5 309.6 
Less accumulated depreciation(216.4)(191.6)
Property and equipment, net$133.1 $118.0 
Depreciation expense using the straight-line method was $42.0 million, $34.0 million, and $33.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
On July 23, 2025, the Company announced its decision to wind down Cboe's Japanese equities business, including the operations of its Cboe Japan proprietary trading system and Cboe BIDS Japan block trading platform. The Company suspended operations for these businesses on August 29, 2025, and expects to formally close the businesses, subject to consultation with regulators. As a result, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $1.8 million related to fixed assets in the consolidated statements of income for the year ended December 31, 2025.
v3.25.4
CREDIT LOSSES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Credit Loss [Abstract]  
CREDIT LOSSES CREDIT LOSSES
Current expected credit losses are estimated for accounts receivable and certain notes receivable.
Accounts receivable represent amounts due from the Company’s member firms. The allowance for accounts receivable credit losses is calculated using an aging schedule.
The allowance for notes receivable credit losses is associated with notes receivable included within other assets, net on the consolidated balance sheets and relates to promissory notes to fund the implementation and operation of the CAT, a portion of which notes are expected to be repaid by Consolidated Audit Trail, LLC (“CATLLC”). CAT involves the creation, implementation, and maintenance of an audit trail that is required by Rule 613 under the Exchange Act (“Rule 613”), and it
strives to enhance regulators’ ability to monitor trading activity in the U.S. national securities markets. CATLLC is a national market system (“NMS”) plan that was created by self-regulatory organizations that include the Cboe U.S. national securities exchanges, the other U.S. national securities exchanges, and FINRA (who collectively are referred to as the “Plan Participants”) to implement and operate the CAT.
On September 6, 2023, the SEC issued an order approving an amendment to the CAT Plan to implement a revised funding model (“CAT Funding Model”) for CATLLC to fund the CAT. The CAT Funding Model contemplated two categories of CAT fees calculated based on the “executed equivalent shares” of transactions in eligible securities: (i) CAT fees assessed by CATLLC to Industry Members who are CAT Executing Brokers (the brokers responsible for executing each side of the transaction) to recover a portion of historical CAT costs previously funded by monies loaned to CATLLC by the Plan Participants; and (ii) CAT fees assessed by CATLLC to CAT Executing Brokers and Plan Participants to fund prospective CAT costs. On October 17, 2023, Citadel Securities, LLC, and the American Securities Association filed a petition for review of the CAT Funding Model in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ("11th Circuit"). The 11th Circuit vacated the CAT Funding Model order in July 2025. After the CAT Funding Model order was vacated and the 11th Circuit's order became effective at the end of November 2025, CATLLC could no longer collect the fees that it previously collected. There is currently no funding model in place for CATLLC to fund the CAT. However, on September 5, 2025, CATLLC filed with the SEC a proposed amendment to the CAT Plan to implement a revised funding model for CATLLC to fund the CAT, which proposal is currently pending with the SEC. If the SEC does not approve this proposal for a revised funding model, or any other funding mechanism for CATLLC, the Plan Participants may continue to incur additional significant costs related to the historical, current, and future funding of the implementation and operation of the CAT, and/or it may result in them not being able to collect on the promissory notes related to the funding of the implementation and operation of the CAT. The Company plans to continue to explore potential applicable avenues to recoup historical and potential future CAT costs if the SEC does not approve the pending proposed funding model or other funding mechanism, and to reduce the costs of operating the CAT while maintaining core regulatory functionality.
The allowance for notes receivable credit losses associated with the CAT is calculated using a methodology that is primarily based on the structure of the notes and various potential outcomes under the CAT Funding Model. See Note 23 ("Commitments, Contingencies, and Guarantees") for more information.
The following represents the changes in allowance for credit losses during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):
Allowance for
notes receivable
credit losses
Allowance for
accounts receivable
credit losses
Total
allowance for
credit losses
Balance at December 31, 2023$30.1 $4.5 $34.6 
Current period provision for expected credit losses— 3.1 3.1 
Write-offs charged against the allowance— (0.7)(0.7)
Recoveries collected— (0.3)(0.3)
Balance at December 31, 2024$30.1 $6.6 $36.7 
Current period provision for expected credit losses— 0.8 0.8 
Write-offs charged against the allowance— (0.7)(0.7)
Recoveries collected— — — 
Foreign currency translation— 0.1 0.1 
Balance at December 31, 2025$30.1 $6.8 $36.9 
v3.25.4
OTHER ASSETS, NET
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
OTHER ASSETS, NET OTHER ASSETS, NET
Other assets, net consisted of the following as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):
December 31,
2025
December 31,
2024
Software development work in progress$12.0 $18.7 
Data processing software137.0 126.4 
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization(101.9)(98.3)
Data processing software, net47.1 46.8 
Long-term notes receivable, net (1)
102.1 124.2 
Other assets (2)
10.5 11.7 
Other assets, net$159.7 $182.7 
________________________________________________________
(1)This balance primarily consists of the long-term notes receivable related to the CAT, net of allowance. See Note 8 ("Credit Losses") for more information.
(2)The balance consists primarily of deferred tax assets and long-term prepaid assets.
Amortization expense related to data processing software was $10.2 million, $10.3 million, and $8.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
On July 23, 2025, the Company announced its decision to wind down Cboe's Japanese equities business, including the operations of its Cboe Japan proprietary trading system and Cboe BIDS Japan block trading platform. The Company suspended operations for these businesses on August 29, 2025, and expects to formally close the businesses subject to consultation with regulators. As a result, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $2.7 million related to data processing software in the consolidated statements of income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025.
Subsequent to December 31, 2025, Cboe initiated the wind down of CEDX following a comprehensive strategic review of its global operations. As a result, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $5.6 million related to data processing software and prepaid expenses in the consolidated statements of income for the year ended December 31, 2025.
v3.25.4
GOODWILL, INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET, AND DIGITAL ASSETS HELD
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
GOODWILL, INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET, AND DIGITAL ASSETS HELD GOODWILL, INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET, AND DIGITAL ASSETS HELD
The following table presents the details of goodwill by segment (in millions):
OptionsNorth American
Equities
Europe and
Asia Pacific
Global FXTotal
Balance as of December 31, 2023$305.8 $2,004.4 $563.2 $267.2 $3,140.6 
Adjustments0.2 (0.8)0.4 0.2 — 
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates— (12.8)(3.6)— (16.4)
Balance as of December 31, 2024$306.0 $1,990.8 $560.0 $267.4 $3,124.2 
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates— 7.3 19.0 — 26.3 
Balance as of December 31, 2025$306.0 $1,998.1 $579.0 $267.4 $3,150.5 
Goodwill has been allocated to specific reporting units for purposes of impairment testing - Options, North American Equities, Europe and Asia Pacific, and Global FX. No goodwill has been allocated to the Futures segment. Goodwill impairment testing is performed annually in the fiscal fourth quarter or more frequently if conditions exist that indicate that the asset may be impaired.
The following table presents the details of the intangible assets by segment (in millions):
OptionsNorth American
Equities
Europe and
Asia Pacific
Global FXDigitalTotal
Balance as of December 31, 2023$134.1 $935.3 $352.5 $56.2 $83.4 $1,561.5 
Additions— 1.2 — — — 1.2 
Sales— — — — (0.1)(0.1)
Amortization(7.7)(50.6)(16.1)(12.0)(2.3)(88.7)
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates— (6.3)(9.7)— — (16.0)
Impairment— — — — (81.0)(81.0)
Balance as of December 31, 2024$126.4 $879.6 $326.7 $44.2 $— $1,376.9 
Sales— (0.7)— — — (0.7)
Amortization(6.5)(39.9)(14.2)(9.6)— (70.2)
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates— 3.3 24.5 — — 27.8 
Impairment— (17.7)(18.9)— — (36.6)
Balance as of December 31, 2025$119.9 $824.6 $318.1 $34.6 $— $1,297.2 
Following the April 2024 announcement of the Cboe Digital spot market wind down and unwinding of the minority ownership structure in the holding company parent of the Cboe Digital entities, the Company performed an interim impairment test for the intangible assets recognized in the Digital reporting unit as the announcement was considered a potential indication of impairment. The Company concluded that the carrying value of the trading registrations and licenses and technology exceeded their estimated fair value, as their projected future cash flows, subsequent to the decision to wind down the business, did not support their valuation, and recorded an impairment charge of $81.0 million in the consolidated statements of income during the three months ended June 30, 2024.
In the second quarter of 2025, Cboe Japan experienced declines in its market share as a result of increased market competition. The decline in market share was evaluated as a potential indication of impairment and the Company performed an interim impairment test for the long-lived intangible assets recognized in the Europe and Asia Pacific reporting unit. The Company concluded that the carrying value of Cboe Japan’s customer relationships long-lived intangible assets exceeded their estimated fair value, as their projected future cash flows did not support their valuation, and recorded an impairment charge of $17.1 million in the consolidated statements of income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025. The Company also evaluated the indefinite-lived intangible assets and goodwill of the Europe and Asia Pacific reporting unit and, based on the results of the assessments, determined there was no additional impairment required at that time.
On July 23, 2025, the Company announced its decision to wind down Cboe’s Japanese equities business, including the operations of its Cboe Japan proprietary trading system and Cboe BIDS Japan block trading platform. The Company suspended operations for these businesses on August 29, 2025, and expects to formally close the businesses, subject to consultation with regulators. As a result, the Company recorded an additional impairment charge of $1.8 million related to indefinite-lived intangible assets for the three months ended September 30, 2025. The Company recorded impairment charges totaling $18.9 million related to intangible assets in the Europe and Asia Pacific reporting unit for the year ended December 31, 2025.
In the fourth quarter of 2025, the Company recorded a $17.7 million impairment charge related to Cboe Canada's intangible assets in the North American Equities reporting unit.
For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, amortization expense was $70.2 million, $88.7 million, and $116.6 million, respectively. The estimated future amortization expense is $62.7 million for 2026, $55.9 million for 2027, $50.3 million for 2028, $45.7 million for 2029, and $40.5 million for 2030.
Intangible assets have been allocated to specific reporting units for purposes of impairment testing - Options, North American Equities, Europe and Asia Pacific, and Global FX. No intangible assets have been allocated to the Futures segment. Indefinite-lived intangibles impairment testing is performed annually in the fiscal fourth quarter or more frequently if conditions exist that indicate that the asset may be impaired. The following tables present the categories of intangible assets by segment as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions, except as stated):
December 31, 2025Weighted
Average
Amortization
Period (in years)
OptionsNorth American
Equities
Europe and
Asia Pacific
Global FX
Trading registrations and licenses$95.5 $586.9 $219.4 $— Indefinite
Customer relationships46.6 412.1 204.7 140.0 13
Market data customer relationships53.6 322.0 65.1 64.4 6
Technology27.9 55.5 35.7 22.5 6
Trademarks and tradenames12.9 8.2 2.5 1.2 4
Digital assets held— 0.7 — — Indefinite
Accumulated amortization(116.6)(560.8)(209.3)(193.5)
$119.9 $824.6 $318.1 $34.6 
December 31, 2024Weighted
Average
Amortization
Period (in years)
OptionsNorth American
Equities
Europe and
Asia Pacific
Global FX
Trading registrations and licenses$95.5 $603.4 $205.2 $— Indefinite
Customer relationships46.6 409.7 209.2 140.0 14
Market data customer relationships53.6 322.0 60.8 64.4 7
Technology28.1 55.5 33.6 22.5 7
Trademarks and tradenames12.9 8.1 2.3 1.2 5
Digital assets held— 1.2 — — Indefinite
Accumulated amortization(110.3)(520.3)(184.4)(183.9)
$126.4 $879.6 $326.7 $44.2 
In October 2022, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Cboe Netherlands Services Company B.V., entered into a Data Provider Agreement with Pyth Data Association (“Pyth”) to create a data feed and begin publishing limited derived equities market data for certain symbols from EDGA on the Pyth Network, a decentralized financial market data distribution platform for aggregated data. In exchange, Pyth granted Cboe Netherlands Services Company B.V. 16,666,666 restricted PYTH tokens which unlock annually over a four-year period in equal tranches; the first and second 25% tranches of PYTH tokens unlocked in May 2024 and 2025, respectively. The PYTH tokens, which are included within intangible assets, net in the consolidated balance sheets and digital assets held within the categories of intangible assets by segment
tables above, are carried at their historical value of $0.06 per token and are reviewed each reporting period for potential impairment. In May 2024, the Company recorded $1.0 million in market data fees revenue on the consolidated statements of income, which represents the historical value of the grant of 16,666,666 restricted PYTH tokens earned for satisfying the performance obligations outlined in the Data Provider Agreement. The Company has earned additional PYTH tokens by continuing to provide data to the Pyth Network through various Pyth Reward Programs that have run since May 2023. During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company sold 8.7 million PYTH tokens and recognized a $0.9 million gain within earnings on investments, net on the consolidated statements of income. Through December 31, 2025, the Company earned approximately 990,000 additional PYTH tokens via the Pyth Reward Programs. The Company recorded additional intangible assets and immaterial revenue based on the token's fair value when earned.
v3.25.4
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Payables and Accruals [Abstract]  
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities consisted of the following as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):
December 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Compensation and benefit-related liabilities$109.7 $89.8 
Royalties59.0 44.4 
Accrued liabilities56.6 74.4 
Current operating lease liabilities26.9 19.9 
Rebates payable85.2 93.5 
Marketing fee payable16.1 19.7 
Current unrecognized tax benefits317.3 0.1 
Accounts payable16.1 17.9 
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities$686.9 $359.7 
v3.25.4
DEBT
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
DEBT DEBT
The Company’s debt consisted of the following as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):
December 31, 2025December 31, 2024
$650 million fixed rate Senior Notes due January 2027, stated rate of 3.650%
$649.3 $648.6 
$500 million fixed rate Senior Notes due December 2030, stated rate of 1.625%
496.3 495.5 
$300 million fixed rate Senior Notes due March 2032, stated rate of 3.000%
297.3 296.9 
Revolving Credit Agreement— — 
Cboe Clear Europe Credit Facility— — 
Total debt$1,442.9 $1,441.0 
Senior Notes
On January 12, 2017, the Company entered into an indenture (the “Indenture”), by and between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association), as trustee, in connection with the issuance of $650 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.650% Senior Notes due 2027 (“3.650% Senior Notes”). The form and terms of the 3.650% Senior Notes were established pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, dated as of January 12, 2017, supplementing the Indenture. The Company used a portion of the net proceeds from the 3.650% Senior Notes to fund, in part, the Merger, including the payment of related fees and expenses and the repayment of Bats’ existing indebtedness, and the remainder for general corporate purposes. The 3.650% Senior Notes mature on January 12, 2027 and bear interest at the rate of 3.650% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on January 12 and July 12 of each year, commencing July 12, 2017.
On December 15, 2020, the Company issued $500 million aggregate principal amount of 1.625% Senior Notes due 2030 ("1.625% Senior Notes"). The form and terms of the 1.625% Senior Notes were established pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, dated as of December 15, 2020, supplementing the Indenture. The Company used the net proceeds from the 1.625% Senior Notes to finance the acquisition of BIDS Trading, repay a portion of amounts outstanding under the term loan facility and all outstanding indebtedness under the revolving credit facility and the remainder for general corporate purposes, which may include the financing of future acquisitions or the repayment of other outstanding indebtedness. The 1.625% Senior Notes mature on December 15, 2030 and bear interest at the rate of 1.625% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing June 15, 2021.
On March 16, 2022, the Company issued $300 million aggregate principal amount of 3.000% Senior Notes due 2032 (“3.000% Senior Notes” and, together with the 1.625% Senior Notes and the 3.650% Senior Notes, the “Senior Notes”). The form and terms of the 3.000% Senior Notes were established pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, dated as of March 16, 2022, supplementing the Indenture. The Company used the net proceeds from the 3.000% Senior Notes, together with cash on hand, and the proceeds of additional borrowings, to partially fund its acquisition of Cboe Digital. The 3.000% Senior Notes mature on March 16, 2032 and bear interest at the rate of 3.000% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on March 16 and September 16 of each year, commencing September 16, 2022.
The Senior Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company and rank equally with all of the Company’s other existing and future unsecured, senior indebtedness, but are effectively junior to the Company’s secured indebtedness, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness, and will be structurally subordinated to the secured and unsecured indebtedness of the Company’s subsidiaries.
The Company has the option to redeem some or all of the Senior Notes, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, at the redemption prices set forth in the applicable Officer’s Certificate. The Company may also be required to offer to repurchase the Senior Notes upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event (as such term is defined in the applicable Officer’s Certificate) at a repurchase price equal to 101 percent of the aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes to be repurchased.
Indenture
Under the Indenture, the Company may issue debt securities, which includes the Senior Notes, at any time and from time to time, in one or more series without limitation on the aggregate principal amount. The Indenture governing the Senior Notes contains customary restrictions, including a limitation that restricts the Company’s ability and the ability of certain of the Company’s subsidiaries to create or incur secured debt. Such Indenture also limits certain sale and leaseback transactions and contains customary events of default. At December 31, 2025, the Company was in compliance with these covenants.
Revolving Credit Agreement
On February 25, 2022, the Company entered into a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Revolving Credit Agreement”), which amended and restated the prior revolving credit agreement.
The Revolving Credit Agreement provides for a senior unsecured $400 million five-year revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) that includes a $25 million swing line sub-facility. The Company may also, subject to the agreement of the applicable lenders, increase the commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility by up to $200 million, for a total of $600 million. Subject to specified conditions, the Company may designate one or more of its subsidiaries as additional borrowers under the Revolving Credit Agreement provided that the Company guarantees all borrowings and other obligations of any such subsidiaries under the Revolving Credit Agreement. As of December 31, 2025, no subsidiaries were designated as additional borrowers.
Funds borrowed under the Revolving Credit Agreement may be used to fund working capital and for other general corporate purposes, including the making of any acquisitions the Company may pursue in the ordinary course of its business. As of December 31, 2025, no borrowings were outstanding under the Revolving Credit Agreement. Accordingly, at December 31, 2025, $400 million of borrowing capacity was available for the purposes permitted by the Revolving Credit Agreement.
Loans under the Revolving Credit Agreement will bear interest, at the Company’s option, at either (i) the Relevant Rate (defined herein) plus a margin (based on the Company’s public debt ratings) ranging from 0.75 percent per annum to 1.25 percent per annum or (ii) a daily fluctuating rate based on the administrative agent’s prime rate (subject to certain minimums based upon the federal funds effective rate or Term SOFR), which is subject to a 1 percent floor, plus a margin (based on the Company’s public debt ratings) ranging from zero percent per annum to 0.25 percent per annum. “Relevant Rate” means with respect to any committed borrowing or swingline borrowing denominated in (a) Dollars, Term SOFR plus a spread adjustment of 0.10 percent per annum, (b) Sterling, SONIA plus a spread adjustment of 0.0326 percent per annum and (c) Euros, EURIBOR, as applicable, provided that each Relevant Rate is subject to a zero percent floor.
Subject to certain conditions stated in the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Company and any subsidiaries designated as additional borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow amounts under the Revolving Credit Facility at any time during the term of the Revolving Credit Agreement. The Revolving Credit Agreement will terminate and all amounts owing thereunder will be due and payable on February 25, 2027, unless the commitments are terminated earlier, either at the request of the Company or, if an event of default occurs, by the lenders (or automatically in the case of certain bankruptcy-related events). The Revolving Credit Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, and affirmative and negative covenants for facilities of its type, including financial covenants, events of default and indemnification provisions in favor of the lenders. The negative covenants include restrictions regarding the incurrence of liens, the incurrence of indebtedness by the Company’s subsidiaries, and fundamental changes, subject to certain exceptions in each case. The financial covenants require the Company to meet a quarterly financial test with respect to a minimum consolidated interest
coverage ratio of not less than 4.00 to 1.00 and a maximum consolidated leverage ratio of not greater than 3.50 to 1.00; provided that the consolidated leverage ratio may, subject to certain triggering events set forth in the Revolving Credit Agreement, be increased to 4.25 to 1.00 on one occasion and 4.00 to 1.00 on another occasion, in each case, for four consecutive fiscal quarters; provided that, prior to the exercise of the second such financial covenant step-up, the maximum consolidated leverage ratio shall have returned to a level of 3.50 to 1.00 for at least two consecutive fiscal quarters. At December 31, 2025, the Company was in compliance with these covenants and did not exercise financial covenant step-up.
Cboe Clear Europe Credit Facility
On July 1, 2020, Cboe Clear Europe, as borrower, and the Company, as guarantor, entered into a Facility Agreement (as subsequently amended and restated, the “Facility” or “Cboe Clear Europe Credit Facility”) with Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Designated Activity Company, as coordinator, facility agent, lender, sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner, Citibank N.A., as security agent, and certain other lenders named therein. The Facility was amended and restated on July 1, 2021, June 30, 2022, June 29, 2023, June 25, 2024 (effective as of June 28, 2024), and June 24, 2025 (effective as of June 27, 2025), as described below.
The Facility provides for a €1.2 billion committed syndicated multicurrency revolving and swingline credit facility (i) that is available to be drawn by Cboe Clear Europe towards (a) financing unsettled amounts in connection with the settlement of transactions in securities and other items processed through Cboe Clear Europe’s clearing system and (b) financing any other liability or liquidity requirement that Cboe Clear Europe incurred in the operation of its clearing system and (ii) under which the scheduled interest and fees on borrowings (but not the principal amount of any borrowings) are guaranteed by the Company. Subject to certain conditions, Cboe Clear Europe is able to increase the commitments under the Facility by up to €500 million, to a total of €1.70 billion.
Borrowings under the Facility are secured by cash, eligible government bonds and eligible equity assets deposited by Cboe Clear Europe into secured accounts. In addition, Cboe Clear Europe must ensure that at all times the aggregate of (a) each clearing member’s contribution to the relevant clearing fund, (b) each clearing member’s margin amount and (c) any cash equities purchased using the proceeds of the assets described in (a) and (b), less the amount of any such clearing member contribution, margin amount or cash equities which have been transferred to (or secured in favor of) any provider of settlement or custody services to Cboe Clear Europe, is not less than €500 million.
Borrowings under the Facility’s revolving loans and non-U.S. dollar swingline loans bear interest at the relevant floating base rate plus a margin of 1.60 percent per annum and (subject to certain conditions) borrowings under the Facility’s U.S. dollar swingline loans bear interest at the higher of the relevant agent’s prime commercial lending rate for U.S. dollars and 0.5 percent per annum over the federal funds effective rate. A commitment fee of 0.35 percent per annum is payable on the unused and uncalled amount of the Facility during the availability period.
Subject to certain conditions stated in the Facility, Cboe Clear Europe may borrow, prepay, and reborrow amounts under the Facility at any time during the term of the Facility. The Facility will terminate and all amounts owing thereunder will be due and payable on June 26, 2026, unless the commitments are terminated earlier, either at the request of Cboe Clear Europe or, if an event of default occurs, by the Lenders (or automatically in the case of certain bankruptcy-related events).
The Facility contains customary representations, warranties, and covenants for facilities of its type, including events of default of the Company and Cboe Clear Europe and indemnification provisions in favor of the Lenders. In particular, the covenants include restrictions regarding the incurrence of liens by Cboe Clear Europe and its subsidiaries, and an event of default will be triggered if Cboe Clear Europe ceases its business, subject to certain exceptions in each case. There is also a requirement for the net worth of (a) the Company (on a consolidated basis) to be no less than $1.75 billion on the date of each drawdown and delivery of compliance certificates and (b) Cboe Clear Europe to be the higher of €30 million and any such amount required for Cboe Clear Europe to meet minimum liquidity regulations under applicable regulation at all times.
As of December 31, 2025, no borrowings were outstanding under the Facility. Accordingly, at December 31, 2025, €1.2 billion of borrowing capacity was available for the purposes permitted by the Facility. At December 31, 2025, the Company and Cboe Clear Europe were in compliance with applicable covenants.
Notes Payments and Contractual Interest
The future expected repayments related to the Senior Notes as of December 31, 2025 are as follows (in millions):
2026$— 
2027650.0 
2028— 
2029— 
Thereafter800.0 
Principal amounts repayable1,450.0 
Debt issuance costs(4.2)
Unamortized discounts on notes(2.9)
Total debt outstanding$1,442.9 
Interest, commitment, and other relevant fees, subject to the specific terms of the debt obligation, are recognized as incurred in interest expense in the consolidated statements of income.
Components of interest expense, net recognized in the consolidated statements of income for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 are as follows (in millions):
Year Ended
December 31,
2025
Year Ended
December 31,
2024
Year Ended
December 31,
2023
Components of interest expense:
Contractual interest$49.9 $49.2 $59.8 
Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs2.4 2.3 2.6 
Interest expense$52.3 $51.5 $62.4 
Interest income(49.4)(27.3)(12.0)
Interest expense, net$2.9 $24.2 $50.4 
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ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME, NET
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Equity [Abstract]  
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME, NET ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME, NET
The following represents the changes in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, net by component (in millions):
Foreign Currency
Translation
Adjustment
Available-for-sale
Financial
Investments
Post-Retirement
Benefits, Net
Total Accumulated
Other Comprehensive
(Loss) Income, Net
Balance at December 31, 2023$(5.6)$(3.7)$(0.1)$(9.4)
Other comprehensive (loss) income (43.0)3.7 0.3 (39.0)
Balance at December 31, 2024$(48.6)$— $0.2 $(48.4)
Other comprehensive income78.3 — 0.2 78.5 
Balance at December 31, 2025$29.7 $— $0.4 $30.1 
v3.25.4
CLEARING OPERATIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Broker-Dealer [Abstract]  
CLEARING OPERATIONS CLEARING OPERATIONS
Cboe operates two clearinghouses, Cboe Clear Europe and Cboe Clear U.S., each of which acts as a central counterparty that provides clearing and settlement services.
Cboe Clear Europe
Cboe Clear Europe is a European equities central counterparty that provides post-trade services to stock exchanges, MTFs, over-the-counter (“OTC”) equities trades and an equity derivatives exchange. Cboe Clear Europe clears equities from nineteen European markets, as well as Depositary Receipts, ETFs, and equity-like instruments. In addition, Cboe Clear Europe clears equity derivatives in twelve European markets, including on index futures, index options, and single stock options.
In November 2024, Cboe Clear Europe received regulatory approval to offer access to its market participants to engage in SFT clearing. Cboe Clear Europe introduced a service for European SFT in cash equities and ETFs, which includes central clearing, settlement, and post-trade lifecycle management. This service aims to enhance the current bilateral SFT process between securities lenders and borrowers into a centrally cleared model, with Cboe Clear Europe acting as the counterparty to both sides of each SFT. In March 2025, the first SFT was processed on the Cboe Clear Europe platform.
Cboe Clear Europe only assumes the guarantor role if it has an equal and offsetting claim against a clearing member. Cboe Clear Europe, with respect to SFT services, utilizes The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and J.P. Morgan as Tri-Party Collateral Agents for non-cash collateral, central, and correspondent banks for the exchange of cash collateral, while Pirum serves as the transmitter of transactions and post-trade lifecycle events on behalf of our mutual clients. For the period ended December 31, 2025, there have been no events of default for which a liability is required to be recognized in accordance with GAAP.
Cboe Clear Europe Clearing Member Deposits
Cboe Clear Europe generally requires all clearing members to deposit collateral to help mitigate Cboe Clear Europe’s exposure to credit risk in the event that a clearing member fails to meet a financial or contractual obligation.
Margin Deposits
Margin deposits, which are predominantly in the form of cash and cash equivalents, are deposits made by each clearing member to Cboe Clear Europe to cover the credit risk of its failure to fulfill its obligations in the trade. Cboe Clear Europe maintains and manages all cash deposits related to margin deposits. Substantially all risks and rewards of cash and cash equivalents margin deposit ownership, including net interest income, belong to Cboe Clear Europe and are recorded in cash and spot markets on the consolidated statements of income. In the event of a default, Cboe Clear Europe can access the defaulting participant’s margin deposits to cover the defaulting participant’s losses. For more information, see “Default and Liquidity Waterfalls” below.
Clearing Funds
The clearing fund mutualizes the risk of default among all clearing members. Depending on their membership, clearing members contribute to the cash-equity and/or derivatives segment of the clearing fund. Although the entire clearing fund is available to cover potential losses in the event that the margin deposits and the clearing fund deposits of a defaulting clearing member are inadequate to fulfill that clearing member’s outstanding financial obligations, the clearing fund first uses the product class segment of the Clearing Fund in which the defaulting participants were active (see “Default and Liquidity Waterfalls” below). In the event of a default, Cboe Clear Europe is generally required to liquidate the defaulting clearing member’s open positions. To the extent that the positions remain open, Cboe Clear Europe is required to assume the defaulting clearing member’s obligations related to the open positions. Clearing members are required to make contributions to the clearing fund that are proportional to their risk exposure in the form of cash or non-cash contributions, which generally consist of highly liquid securities.
Interoperability Fund
For the cash equity business line, Cboe Clear Europe has entered interoperable arrangements with two other central counterparties (“CCPs”). Under these arrangements, margin is pledged to and from interoperable CCPs. The interoperability fund consists of collateral provided by clearing members that is pledged by Cboe Clear Europe to the other interoperable CCPs, to cover margin calls Cboe Clear Europe receives from such interoperable CCPs.
Cboe Clear Europe is able to invest the cash collateral received in the form of interoperability fund deposits from clearing members in certain investments, typically securities issued by pre-approved sovereign issuers and reverse repurchase agreements with overnight maturities. When investments are made in accordance with Cboe Clear Europe’s investment policy, Cboe Clear Europe receives the amount of investment earnings and pays clearing members those earnings minus a set basis point cost of collateral. As Cboe Clear Europe is able to direct the investment of the cash interoperability fund deposits received from the clearing members within the program parameters and receives an economic benefit from those investments; these amounts are included in the margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds captions in the consolidated balance sheets and the related interest income and expense is recorded in other revenue and other cost of revenue, respectively, on the consolidated statements of income.
Cboe Clear Europe Default and Liquidity Waterfalls
The default waterfall is the priority order in which the capital resources are expected to be utilized in the event of a default where the defaulting clearing member’s collateral would not be sufficient to cover the cost to liquidate its portfolio. If a
default occurs and the defaulting clearing member’s collateral, including margin deposits and clearing fund deposits, are depleted, then additional capital is utilized in the following order:
Cboe Clear Europe's dedicated own resources: The Cboe Clear Europe default waterfall first utilizes its dedicated own resources in two forms and totaling 35%-50% of Cboe Clear Europe capital requirements; the ‘first skin in the game’, equal to 25% of Cboe Clear Europe capital requirements before the use of clearing fund contributions described below and the ‘second skin in the game’, an amount between 10-25% of capital requirements as discussed in Note 18 ("Regulatory Capital").
Clearing fund: Second, the Cboe Clear Europe default waterfall utilizes traditional CCP risk mutualization, in the event that default losses fully exhaust Cboe Clear Europe’s dedicated own resources amount, whereby contributions applicable to a particular product class are applied first to any loss attributable to that product class.
Pro rata contributions: Third, if the default losses caused cannot be covered by the first two layers, the non-defaulting clearing members shall on demand make additional payments to Cboe Clear Europe on a pro rata basis in proportion to the amount of their clearing fund contributions to cover any such remaining losses, which is limited to an amount equal to twice their clearing fund contribution as established under Cboe Clear Europe’s rules and regulations. In this scenario, contributions applicable to a particular product class are first applied to any losses attributable to that product class.
In addition to the default waterfall, the liquidity waterfall is the priority order in which the liquidity resources are expected to be utilized for Cboe Clear Europe’s ordinary course business operations and in situations when additional liquidity resources and liquidity measures may be activated in case of a potential liquidity shortfall. Liquidity, intraday or overnight, is mainly required for securities settlement. In ordinary course business circumstances, liquidity resources include the collateral directly deposited with Cboe Clear Europe, FX swap arrangements, and reverse repurchase agreements, as well as the use of the Facility.
Cboe Clear U.S.
Cboe Clear U.S. is a derivatives clearinghouse and central counterparty that provides clearing and settlement of digital asset derivatives trades, such as cash-settled Bitcoin and Ether futures contracts that are available for trading on CFE (and were formerly available for trading on Cboe Digital Exchange). Cboe Clear U.S. is registered as a Derivatives Clearing Organization (“DCO”) regulated by the CFTC. As of March 10, 2025, Cboe Clear U.S. surrendered all of its previously held state licenses for operating the Cboe Digital spot market, which is now closed. Cboe Clear U.S.’s registration with the U.S. Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) as a money services business (“MSB”) expired on July 12, 2025.
Cboe Clear U.S. performs a guarantee function whereby Cboe Clear U.S. helps to ensure that the obligations of the transactions it clears are fulfilled. Cboe Clear U.S. attempts to mitigate this risk by performing internal compliance and due diligence procedures as well as implementing internal risk controls. Cboe Clear U.S.'s due diligence procedures include, among other things: review of the corporate information, financial position of clearing members, and risk management reviews, including monitoring of Cboe Clear U.S.'s risk exposure thresholds. A clearing member is required to deposit collateral, which is in the form of cash, for futures products to cover the credit risk in the case of a failure to fulfill its obligations. As of December 31, 2025, Cboe Clear U.S. held $25.0 million as a clearinghouse contribution to default financial resources, to be utilized in the event a clearing member is declared in default. The clearinghouse corporate contribution is considered restricted cash and is included in other current assets on the consolidated balance sheet. As of December 31, 2025, Cboe Clear U.S. does not expect a material loss concerning credit risk on any clearing member.
Cboe Clear U.S. Clearing Member Deposits
Customer Bank Deposits
Cboe Clear U.S. holds cash on behalf of its customers for the purposes of supporting clearing transactions. Customer cash may be invested in approved investments in accordance with its investment policy. Related interest income and expense is recorded in other revenue and other cost of revenue, respectively, on the consolidated statements of income. The Company includes customer cash related to the clearing activity in margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds, with a corresponding liability, on the consolidated balance sheets. Cboe Clear U.S. maintains its own operating funds in separate bank accounts from its customer funds.
Margin Deposits, Clearing Funds, and Interoperability Funds
The details of margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, are as follows (in millions):
December 31, 2025
Margin DepositsClearing FundsInteroperability FundsTotal
Cboe Clear Europe central bank account$755.3 $146.8 $254.4 $1,156.5 
Cboe Clear Europe reverse repurchase and other (1)137.1 135.2 188.2 460.5 
Cboe Clear U.S. customer bank deposits1.2 — — 1.2 
Total cash margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds$893.6 $282.0 $442.6 $1,618.2 
December 31, 2025
Margin DepositsClearing FundsInteroperability FundsTotal
Cboe Clear Europe non-cash contributions (2)$601.3 $70.1 $277.6 $949.0 
December 31, 2024
Margin DepositsClearing FundsInteroperability FundsTotal
Cboe Clear Europe central bank account$378.4 $173.7 $289.3 $841.4 
Cboe Clear U.S. customer bank deposits4.1 — — 4.1 
Total cash margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds$382.5 $173.7 $289.3 $845.5 
December 31, 2024
Margin DepositsClearing FundsInteroperability FundsTotal
Cboe Clear Europe non-cash contributions (2)$691.4 $80.1 $225.9 $997.4 
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(1)These amounts consist of reverse repurchase transactions with overnight maturities. Reverse repurchase transactions are valued daily and are subject to collateral provisions based on which the counterparty must provide additional collateral if the underlying securities decrease in value, in an amount sufficient to maintain collateralization of at least 102%. Collateral received from the respective counterparties consists of sovereign bonds, consistent with Cboe Clear Europe's investment policy.
(2)These amounts are not reflected in the consolidated balance sheets, as Cboe Clear Europe does not have the ability to sell or repledge the amounts absent a clearing member default.
v3.25.4
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]  
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT
Fair value is the price that would be received upon the sale of an asset or paid upon the transfer of a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date and in the principal or most advantageous market for that asset or liability. The fair value should be calculated based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, not on assumptions specific to the entity. In addition, the fair value of liabilities should include consideration of non-performance risk, including the Company’s own credit risk.
The Company applied FASB Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 820 — Fair Value Measurement, which provides guidance for using fair value to measure assets and liabilities by defining fair value and establishing the framework for measuring fair value. ASC 820 applies to financial and nonfinancial instruments that are measured and reported on a fair value basis. The three-level hierarchy of fair value measurements is based on whether the inputs to those measurements are observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s market assumptions.
The fair value hierarchy requires the use of observable market data when available and consists of the following levels:
Level 1—Unadjusted inputs based on quoted markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2—Observable inputs, either direct or indirect, not including Level 1 measurements, corroborated by market data or based upon quoted prices in non-active markets.
Level 3—Unobservable inputs that reflect management’s best assumptions of what market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability.
The Company has included a tabular disclosure for financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis in the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
The following tables present the Company’s fair value hierarchy for those assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):
December 31, 2025
TotalLevel 1Level 2Level 3
Assets:
U.S. and UK Treasury securities (1)$1,294.1 $1,294.1 $— $— 
Money market funds (1)248.1 248.1 — — 
U.S. Treasury securities (2)0.3 0.3 — — 
Marketable securities (2):
Mutual funds28.5 28.5 — — 
Money market funds7.3 7.3 — — 
Total assets$1,578.3 $1,578.3 $— $— 
December 31, 2024
TotalLevel 1Level 2Level 3
Assets:
U.S. Treasury securities (2)$70.0 $70.0 $— $— 
Marketable securities (2):
Mutual funds23.8 23.8 — — 
Money market funds16.5 16.5 — — 
Note receivable - building sale (3)6.2 — — 6.2 
Total assets$116.5 $110.3 $— $6.2 
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(1)These amounts are reflected within cash and cash equivalents in the consolidated balance sheets.
(2)These amounts are reflected within financial investments in the consolidated balance sheets.
(3)This amount is reflected within other assets, net in the consolidated balance sheets.
The following is a description of the Company’s valuation methodologies used for instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
Cash Equivalents
Cash equivalents consist of cash investments of highly liquid U.S. and UK Treasury securities and money market funds. These securities are valued by obtaining feeds from a number of live data sources, including active market makers and inter-dealer brokers, and therefore categorized as Level 1.
Financial Investments
Financial investments consist of highly liquid U.S. Treasury securities and marketable securities held in a trust for the Company’s non-qualified retirement and benefit plans, also referred to as deferred compensation plan assets. The deferred compensation plan assets have an equal and offsetting deferred compensation plan liability based on the value of the deferred compensation plan assets. These securities are valued by obtaining feeds from a number of live data sources, including active market makers and inter-dealer brokers, and therefore categorized as Level 1. No material adjustments were made to the carrying value of financial investments for the period ended December 31, 2025. See Note 17 ("Employee Benefit Plans") for more information.
Note Receivable – Building Sale
The sale of the Company's former headquarters, including associated land, building, and certain furniture and equipment of the former headquarters location (the “Property”), was completed on June 28, 2024. In connection with the sale, the Company provided seller financing to the purchaser of the Property (the “Purchaser”) in the form of a secured promissory note for a portion of the purchase price of the Property. The total purchase price of the Property was $12.0 million and was comprised of $5.0 million cash and $7.0 million of seller financing. The $7.0 million in seller financing was in the form of a secured promissory note receivable to be repaid with an interest rate of 4.0% per annum, payable quarterly in arrears. The Company accrued interest income monthly based on the agreed upon principal amount and interest rate. The Company elected the fair value option available under ASC 825 – Financial Instruments for this note. The initial
adjustment in fair value was recognized in other income (expense), net and subsequent changes in fair value were reported in interest income on the consolidated statements of income. The fair value was calculated using the initial projected amortization schedule, credit risk assumptions, and implied interest rates for similar instruments. These inputs were considered Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. The note was included within other assets, net on the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024 and was zero as of December 31, 2025. In October 2025, the total principal of $7.0 million was repaid to the Company by the Purchaser, resulting from the Purchaser selling the property to a third-party who was not related to the Purchaser. The fair value option was not elected for other notes receivable described in Note 9 (“Other Assets, Net”) due to uncertain payment terms and credit and legal risks as described in Note 8 (“Credit Losses”).
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Nonrecurring Basis
Certain assets, such as goodwill and intangible assets, are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis. For goodwill, the process involves using a market approach and income approach (using discounted estimated cash flows) to determine the fair value of each reporting unit on a stand-alone basis. That fair value is compared to the carrying value of the reporting unit, including its recorded goodwill. In connection with the annual impairment evaluation of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangibles, impairment is considered to have occurred if the fair value of the reporting unit is lower than the carrying value of the reporting unit. For equity method investments and intangible assets, other than digital assets held, the process also involves using a discounted cash flow method to determine the fair value of each asset. Impairment is considered to have occurred if the fair value of the asset is lower than its carrying value. These measurements are considered Level 3 and these assets are recognized at fair value if they are deemed to be impaired.
Equity investments without readily determinable fair values that are valued using the measurement alternative are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis. No observable transactions or impairments impacted the measurements of the investments accounted for as other equity investments, other than those described in Note 6 (“Investments”). These measurements are considered Level 3 and these assets are recognized at fair value.
Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities
The following tables present the Company’s fair value hierarchy for certain assets and liabilities held by the Company as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):
December 31, 2025
TotalLevel 1Level 2Level 3
Assets:
U.S. and UK Treasury securities (1)$1,294.1 $1,294.1 $— $— 
Money market funds (1)248.1 248.1 — — 
U.S. Treasury securities (2)0.3 0.3 — — 
Deferred compensation plan assets (2)35.8 35.8 — — 
Total assets$1,578.3 $1,578.3 $— $— 
Liabilities:
Deferred compensation plan liabilities (4)$35.8 $35.8 $— $— 
Debt (5)1,371.8 — 1,371.8 — 
Total liabilities$1,407.6 $35.8 $1,371.8 $— 
December 31, 2024
TotalLevel 1Level 2Level 3
Assets:
U.S. Treasury securities (2)$70.0 $70.0 $— $— 
Deferred compensation plan assets (2)40.3 40.3 — — 
Note receivable - building sale (3)6.2 — — 6.2 
Total assets$116.5 $110.3 $— $6.2 
Liabilities:
Deferred compensation plan liabilities (4)$40.3 $40.3 $— $— 
Debt (5)1,317.0 — 1,317.0 — 
Total liabilities$1,357.3 $40.3 $1,317.0 $— 
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(1)These amounts are reflected within cash and cash equivalents in the consolidated balance sheets.
(2)These amounts are reflected within financial investments in the consolidated balance sheets.
(3)This amount is reflected within other assets, net in the consolidated balance sheets.
(4)These amounts are reflected within other non-current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.
(5)These balances are presented at fair value in this table, but are carried at their historical value within the consolidated balance sheets.
Certain financial assets and liabilities, including cash and cash equivalents, income tax receivable, margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds, other assets, Section 31 fees payable, and notes receivable are not measured at fair value on a recurring basis, but the carrying values approximate fair value due to their liquid or short-term nature.
Debt
The debt balance consists of fixed rate Senior Notes. The fair values of the Senior Notes are classified as Level 2 under the fair value hierarchy and are estimated using prevailing market quotes.
At December 31, 2025 and 2024, the fair values of the Company’s debt obligations were as follows (in millions):
December 31, 2025December 31, 2024
3.650% Senior Notes
$648.9 $638.4 
1.625% Senior Notes
444.6 416.2 
3.000% Senior Notes
278.3 262.4 
Information on Level 3 Financial Assets and Liabilities
The following table sets forth a summary of changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial assets and liabilities during the year ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):
Level 3 Financial Assets and Liabilities for the Year Ended December 31, 2025
Balance at
Beginning of
Period
(Losses) Gains
during Period
AdjustmentsAdditionsSettlementsForeign
Currency
Translation
Balance at
End of Period
Assets:
Note receivable - building sale$6.2 $0.8 $— $— $(7.0)$— $— 
Total assets$6.2 $0.8 $— $— $(7.0)$— $— 
Level 3 Financial Assets and Liabilities for the Year Ended December 31, 2024
Balance at
Beginning of
Period
(Losses) Gains
during Period
AdjustmentsAdditionsSettlementsForeign
Currency
Translation
Balance at
End of Period
Assets:
Note receivable - building sale$— $(0.8)$— $7.0 $— $— $6.2 
Total assets$— $(0.8)$— $7.0 $— $— $6.2 
Balance at
Beginning of
Period
Losses (Gains)
during Period
AdjustmentsAdditionsSettlementsForeign
Currency
Translation
Balance at
End of Period
Liabilities:
Contingent consideration liabilities$11.8 $2.0 $— $— $(13.9)$0.1 $— 
Cboe Digital restricted common units liability18.7 (1.0)(12.1)— (5.6)— — 
Cboe Digital warrant liability5.9 (1.4)(4.1)— (0.4)— — 
Total liabilities$36.4 $(0.4)$(16.2)$— $(19.9)$0.1 $— 
v3.25.4
SEGMENT REPORTING
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
SEGMENT REPORTING SEGMENT REPORTING
The Company previously operated six reportable business segments as of December 31, 2024. As of January 1, 2025, the Company operates five reportable business segments: Options, North American Equities, Europe and Asia Pacific, Futures, and Global FX, which are further described below and is reflective of how the Company's CODM reviews and
operates the business, as discussed in Note 1 (“Nature of Operations”). The Company's reportable business segments represent strategic business units that offer different products and services across different geographic areas. The Company's CODM is the chief executive officer. The CODM function is supported by business segment management and leadership personnel who lead the day-to-day operations of each reportable business segment.
The accounting policies of the reportable business segments are the same as those described in Note 2 ("Summary of Significant Accounting Policies").
Segment performance is primarily evaluated on operating income (loss). The CODM uses segment operating income (loss) to allocate resources (which includes, but is not limited to: employees, financial, or capital resources). The Company's CODM does not assess assets or income and expenses below operating income (loss) at the segment-level as key performance metrics. The Company has aggregated all of its corporate costs, as well as other business ventures, within the Corporate Items and Eliminations totals based on the decision that those activities should not be used to evaluate the operating performance of the segments; however, operating expenses that relate to activities of a specific segment have been allocated to that segment. The Company's CODM primarily reviews operating expenses at the consolidated level for purposes of evaluating actual results versus budgets.
The tables below represent the primary measure of segment performance evaluated by the CODM, as well as additional measures that are regularly provided to the CODM on a segment-level.
Options. The Options segment includes options on market indices (“index options”), as well as on the stocks of individual corporations (“equity options”) and on ETPs such as exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and exchange-traded notes (“ETNs”), which are “multi-listed” options and listed on a non-exclusive basis. These options are eligible to trade, as applicable, on Cboe Options, C2, BZX, EDGX, and/or other U.S. national security exchanges. Cboe Options is the Company’s primary options market and offers trading in listed options through a single system that integrates electronic trading and traditional open outcry trading on the Cboe Options trading floor in Chicago. C2 Options, BZX Options, and EDGX Options are all-electronic options exchanges, and typically operate with different market models and fee structures than Cboe Options. The Options segment also includes applicable market data fees revenues generated from the consolidated tape plans, the licensing of proprietary options market data, index licensing, routing services, and access and capacity services.
North American Equities. The North American Equities segment includes U.S. equities and ETP transaction services that occur on fully electronic exchanges owned and operated by BZX, BYX, EDGX, and EDGA, equities transactions that occur on the BIDS Trading platform in the U.S. and the Cboe BIDS Canada platform, and Canadian equities and other transaction services that occur on or through Cboe Canada’s order books. The North American Equities segment also includes corporate listing services on Cboe Canada, ETP listings on BZX, the Cboe Global Markets, Inc. common stock listing, and applicable market data fees revenues generated from the consolidated tape plans, the licensing of proprietary equities market data, routing services, and access and capacity services.
Europe and Asia Pacific. The Europe and Asia Pacific segment includes the pan-European derivatives transaction services, ETPs, including exchange traded funds, exchange traded notes, and exchange traded commodities, and international depository receipts that are hosted on MTFs operated by Cboe Europe Equities (Cboe Europe and Cboe NL equities exchanges) and CEDX. It also includes the ETP listings business on RMs and clearing activities of Cboe Clear Europe, as well as the equities services of Cboe Australia, an operator of a trading venue in Australia. Cboe Europe operates lit and dark books, a periodic auctions book, a closing cross book, and two BIDS order books; a Large-in-Scale (“LIS”) trading negotiation facility and a volume-weighted average price (“VWAP”) trajectory crossing facility. Cboe NL, based in Amsterdam, operates similar business functionality to that offered by Cboe Europe (with the exception of Trajectory Crossing), and provides for trading only in European Economic Area (“EEA”) symbols. Subsequent to December 31, 2025, Cboe initiated the wind down of CEDX, its pan-European derivatives platform that offered futures and options based on Cboe Europe equity indices, FLEX options, and single stock options. Prior to the wind down, CEDX contributed derivatives transaction services and market data revenues to this segment. Cboe Clear Europe offers the clearing of equity and equity-like instruments for Cboe-operated and other regulated trading venues and clearing SFTs. Prior to the CEDX wind down, Cboe Clear Europe also provided clearing services for derivative transactions executed on CEDX. This segment also includes Cboe Europe, Cboe NL, and Cboe Australia revenue generated from the licensing of proprietary market data and from access and capacity services.
Futures. The Futures segment includes transaction services provided by CFE, a fully electronic futures exchange, which includes offerings for trading of VIX futures and other futures products, the licensing of proprietary market data, as well as access and capacity services. As of January 1, 2025, the Futures segment prospectively includes all Digital operating activity, which includes Cboe Digital Exchange, a regulated futures exchange, and Cboe Clear U.S., a regulated clearinghouse, as well as revenue generated from the licensing of proprietary market data and from access and capacity services. On June 9, 2025, Cboe successfully completed the migration of cash-settled Bitcoin and Ether futures contracts from Cboe Digital Exchange to CFE. There are no products currently listed for trading on the Cboe Digital Exchange.
Comparative-period results for the Digital segment have been presented for historical purposes but have not been recast as the historical results of the Digital segment were not material, nor do they materially impact the financial results,
trends, or forecasts of the Futures segment. As a result, for the year ended December 31, 2025, operating results included within the Digital operating segment are presented within the Futures reporting segment.
Global FX. The Global FX segment includes institutional FX trading services that occur on the Cboe FX fully electronic trading platform, non-deliverable forward FX transactions (“NDFs”) offered for execution on Cboe SEF, as well as revenue generated from the licensing of proprietary market data and from access and capacity services. The segment also includes transaction services for U.S. government securities executed on the Cboe Fixed Income fully electronic trading platform.
Summarized financial data of reportable segments were as follows (in millions):
Year Ended December 31,
2025
OptionsNorth American EquitiesEurope and Asia PacificFuturesGlobal FXDigital (e)Corporate Items and EliminationsTotal
Revenues$2,433.6 $1,672.3 $378.6 $135.9 $93.8 $— $— $4,714.2 
Cost of revenues902.5 1,265.1 105.1 9.7 2.7 — — 2,285.1 
Revenues less cost of revenues1,531.1 407.2 273.5 126.2 91.1 — — 2,429.1 
Depreciation and amortization29.3 47.0 32.4 2.3 11.2 — 0.2 122.4 
Other segment operating expenses (a)388.5 172.1 187.2 50.0 33.9 — 7.9 839.6 
Operating income (loss)$1,113.3 $188.1 $53.9 $73.9 $46.0 $— $(8.1)$1,467.1 
Non-operating income (expenses):
Interest expense (b)$— $— $(8.6)$— $— $— $(43.7)$(52.3)
Interest income (b)1.1 3.3 4.3 2.4 0.1 — 38.2 49.4 
Earnings on investments, net (b)— 0.9 — — — — 91.9 92.8 
Other (expense) income, net (b)(1.4)(1.2)1.7 — 0.2 — 10.3 9.6 
Income before income tax provision (benefit)1,113.0 191.1 51.3 76.3 46.3 — 88.6 1,566.6 
Income tax provision (benefit) (c)373.7 27.2 18.7 12.9 (0.1)— 34.2 466.6 
Net income (d)$739.3 $163.9 $32.6 $63.4 $46.4 $— $54.4 $1,100.0 
Year Ended December 31,
2024
OptionsNorth American EquitiesEurope and Asia PacificFuturesGlobal FXDigital (e)Corporate Items and EliminationsTotal
Revenues$2,002.6 $1,546.8 $324.2 $141.1 $79.9 $(0.1)$— $4,094.5 
Cost of revenues743.3 1,163.0 104.0 7.6 2.3 1.9 — 2,022.1 
Revenues less cost of revenues1,259.3 383.8 220.2 133.5 77.6 (2.0)— 2,072.4 
Depreciation and amortization27.0 58.2 29.3 2.3 13.5 2.8 (0.1)133.0 
Other segment operating expenses (a)353.9 157.0 149.2 32.3 30.9 107.6 10.1 841.0 
Operating income (loss)$878.4 $168.6 $41.7 $98.9 $33.2 $(112.4)$(10.0)$1,098.4 
Non-operating (expenses) income:
Interest expense (b)$0.1 $— $(7.8)$— $— $— $(43.8)$(51.5)
Interest income (b)0.5 2.4 4.1 — 0.1 3.7 16.5 27.3 
Earnings on investments, net (b)— — — — — — 29.0 29.0 
Other income (expense), net (b)0.8 0.7 (0.1)— — 1.5 (22.3)(19.4)
Income (loss) before income tax provision (benefit)879.8 171.7 37.9 98.9 33.3 (107.2)(30.6)1,083.8 
Income tax provision (benefit) (c)299.1 23.1 13.3 28.4 0.1 (28.6)(16.5)318.9 
Net income (loss) (d)$580.7 $148.6 $24.6 $70.5 $33.2 $(78.6)$(14.1)$764.9 
Summarized financial data of reportable segments were as follows (in millions) (continued from previous page):
Year Ended December 31,
2023
OptionsNorth American EquitiesEurope and Asia PacificFuturesGlobal FXDigital (e)Corporate Items and EliminationsTotal
Revenues$1,939.5 $1,353.0 $281.2 $129.0 $74.9 $(4.1)$— $3,773.5 
Cost of revenues770.3 987.7 91.0 3.9 1.4 1.2 — 1,855.5 
Revenues less cost of revenues1,169.2 365.3 190.2 125.1 73.5 (5.3)— 1,918.0 
Depreciation and amortization30.1 69.4 30.7 2.0 18.4 7.4 — 158.0 
Other segment operating expenses (a)287.8 177.9 126.8 37.0 30.4 34.0 8.2 702.1 
Operating income (loss)$851.3 $118.0 $32.7 $86.1 $24.7 $(46.7)$(8.2)$1,057.9 
Non-operating (expenses) income:
Interest expense (b)$0.2 $— $(7.8)$— $— $— $(54.8)$(62.4)
Interest income (b)(0.1)1.4 3.0 — — 2.0 5.7 12.0 
Earnings on investments, net (b)— — — — — — 39.5 39.5 
Other (expense) income, net (b)(0.1)— (0.6)— (0.2)— 1.5 0.6 
Income (loss) before income tax provision (benefit)851.3 119.4 27.3 86.1 24.5 (44.7)(16.3)1,047.6 
Income tax provision (benefit) (c)275.7 14.8 6.8 33.4 0.5 (10.4)(34.6)286.2 
Net income (loss) (d)$575.6 $104.6 $20.5 $52.7 $24.0 $(34.3)$18.3 $761.4 
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(a) Other segment operating expenses include compensation and benefits, technology support services, professional fees and outside services, travel and promotional expenses, facilities costs, acquisition-related costs, impairment of assets, and other expenses. The disaggregation of expenses is not regularly provided to the CODM at the segment-level.
(b) Non-operating income (expenses) at the segment-level is not regularly provided to the CODM, however non-operating income (expenses) is a component of a measure that is regularly provided to the CODM, and therefore has been disclosed separately.
(c) Income tax provision (benefit) at the segment-level is not regularly provided to the CODM, however income tax provision (benefit) is a component of a measure that is regularly provided to the CODM, and therefore has been disclosed separately.
(d) Net income (loss) at the segment-level is not regularly provided to the CODM, however net income (loss) is a component of a measure that is regularly provided to the CODM, and therefore has been disclosed separately.
(e) The Digital segment results are prospectively included in the Futures segment beginning in the first quarter of 2025. Digital results from 2024 and 2023 have been retained in the former Digital segment for comparative purposes.
Geographical Information
The following summarizes revenues less cost of revenues based on primary jurisdiction (in millions):
United StatesNon-U.S.Total
Revenues less cost of revenues:
Year ended December 31, 2025$2,119.3$309.8$2,429.1
Year ended December 31, 20241,817.6254.82,072.4
Year ended December 31, 20231,681.8236.21,918.0
Long-lived assets by geographic area represent property and equipment, net, and operating lease right of use assets by geographic area, respectively. The following summarizes long-lived assets by geographic area (in millions):
Year Ended December 31,
20252024
United States$184.5 $182.7 
United Kingdom30.0 23.8 
Other29.6 36.0 
Total long-lived assets by geographic area$244.1 $242.5 
v3.25.4
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
Eligible U.S. employees are eligible to participate in the Cboe Options SMART Plan (“SMART Plan”). The SMART Plan is a defined contribution plan, which is qualified under Internal Revenue Code Section 401(k). In addition, eligible employees may participate in the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan and the Deferred Compensation Plan, which are defined contribution plans that are non-qualified under the Internal Revenue Code. Directors may contribute a percentage of their cash and equity compensation to cash and equity deferred compensation plans that are maintained by the Company and defer income taxes thereon. The non-qualified plans' assets, held in a trust, are subject to the claims of general creditors of the Company and totaled $35.8 million at December 31, 2025. Although the value of the plans is recorded in financial
investments, there is an equal and offsetting liability in other non-current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets, respectively. The investment results of the non-qualified plans have no impact on net income as the investment results are recorded in equal amounts to both compensation and benefits expense and other (expense) income, net in the consolidated statements of income. The Company matches a portion of employee contributions made to the SMART Plan and Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan. The Company contributed $16.8 million, $15.9 million, and $15.0 million to the defined contribution plans for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
Eligible employees outside of the U.S., which includes employees of Cboe Europe, Cboe NL, Cboe Clear Europe, BIDS, Cboe Asia Pacific, and Cboe Canada are eligible to participate in various employee-selected stakeholder contribution plans or plans covered by local jurisdictions or by applicable laws. The Company’s contribution to these plans amounted to $5.6 million, $4.8 million, and $4.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. This expense is included in compensation and benefits in the consolidated statements of income.
v3.25.4
REGULATORY CAPITAL
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Broker-Dealer [Abstract]  
REGULATORY CAPITAL REGULATORY CAPITAL
As broker-dealers registered with the SEC, Cboe Trading, BIDS Trading, and Cboe Fixed Income are subject to the SEC’s Uniform Net Capital Rule (“Rule 15c3-1”), which requires the maintenance of minimum net capital, as defined therein. The SEC’s requirement also provides that equity capital may not be withdrawn or a cash dividend paid if certain minimum net capital requirements are not met. Cboe Trading, BIDS Trading, and Cboe Fixed Income compute the net capital requirements under the basic method provided for in Rule 15c3-1. As of December 31, 2025, Cboe Trading and BIDS Trading were required to maintain net capital equal to the greater of 6.67% of aggregate indebtedness items, as defined, or $0.1 million. Cboe Fixed Income was required to maintain net capital equal to the greater of 6.67% of aggregate indebtedness items, as defined, or $5.0 thousand.
As entities regulated by the FCA, Cboe Europe is subject to the Financial Resource Requirement (“FRR”) and Cboe Chi-X Europe is subject to the Capital Resources Requirement (“CRR”). As a RIE, Cboe Europe computes its FRR in accordance with its Financial Risk Assessment, as agreed by the FCA. In accordance with the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive of the FCA requirements, Cboe Chi-X Europe computes its CRR as the greater of the base requirement of $0.1 million as of December 31, 2025, or the summation of the credit risk, market risk, and fixed overhead requirements, as defined.
Cboe NL has approval from the Dutch Ministry of Finance to operate an RM, an MTF, and an approved publication arrangement in the Netherlands. As an RM, Cboe NL is subject to minimum capital requirements, as established by the Dutch Ministry of Finance in the license dated March 8, 2019.
Cboe Clear Europe was granted authorization under European Market Infrastructure Regulation (“EMIR”) by the National Competent Authority, De Nederlandsche Bank (“DNB”). Cboe Clear Europe is required by the EMIR to maintain a minimum amount of capital to reflect an estimate of the capital required to wind down or restructure the activities of the clearinghouse, cover operational, legal, and business risks and to reserve capital to meet credit, counterparty, and market risks not covered by the clearing members’ collateral and clearing funds.
As a designated contract market regulated by the CFTC, CFE is required to meet two capital adequacy tests: (i) its financial resources must be equal to at least twelve months of its projected operating costs and (ii) its unencumbered, liquid financial assets, which may include a line of credit, must be equal to at least six months of its projected operating costs. The amounts presented below represent the greater of the two capital adequacy requirements.
As a swap execution facility regulated by the CFTC, Cboe SEF is required to meet two capital adequacy tests: (i) its financial resources must exceed at least twelve months of its projected operating costs and (ii) its unencumbered, liquid financial assets must be equal to the greater of: (a) three months of projected operating costs or (b) its projected wind down costs. The amounts presented below represent the greater of the two capital adequacy requirements.
As of December 31, 2025, Cboe Digital Exchange is subject to regulatory capital requirements. As a designated contract market regulated by the CFTC, Cboe Digital Exchange is required to meet two capital adequacy tests: (i) its financial resources must be equal to at least twelve months of its projected operating costs and (ii) its unencumbered, liquid financial assets, which may include a line of credit, must be equal to at least six months of its projected operating costs. The amounts presented below represent the greater of the two capital adequacy requirements.
As a derivatives clearing organization regulated by the CFTC, Cboe Clear U.S. is required to meet two capital adequacy tests: (i) its financial resources must be equal to at least twelve months of its projected operating costs and (ii) its unencumbered, liquid financial assets, which may include a line of credit, must be equal to at least six months of its projected operating costs. The amounts presented below represent the greater of the two capital adequacy requirements.
Cboe Canada is regulated by the Ontario Securities Commission ("OSC"). Cboe Canada is required to maintain sufficient financial resources for the proper performance of its functions and to meet its responsibilities, but it has no prescribed minimum capital requirement. Cboe Canada must calculate the following financial ratios monthly: (i) current ratio,
(ii) a debt to cash flow ratio, and (iii) a financial leverage ratio. Cboe Canada must report the monthly calculations to the OSC on a quarterly basis.
Cboe Australia is regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (“ASIC”). Cboe Australia is required to maintain sufficient financial resources to operate the market properly in accordance with Section 794A(d) of the Corporations Act, which Cboe Australia satisfies by maintaining a prudent cash reserve, which must be equal to at least six months of its projected operating expenses.
As of December 31, 2025, Cboe Japan is subject to regulatory capital requirements, but any capital requirements are expected to cease when formal closure with regulators is complete. Cboe Japan is regulated by the Japanese Financial Services Agency (“JFSA”) and the Japan Securities Dealers Association (“JSDA”). Cboe Japan is required to maintain a minimum level of regulatory capital ratio of 120% in accordance with such requirements prescribed by the JFSA and JSDA.
The following table presents the Company’s subsidiaries with regulatory capital requirements discussed above, as well as the actual and minimum regulatory capital requirements of the subsidiary as of December 31, 2025 (in millions):
SubsidiaryRegulatory AuthorityActualMinimum
Requirement
Cboe TradingFINRA/SEC$16.9 $0.8 
BIDS TradingFINRA/SEC11.7 0.2 
Cboe Fixed IncomeFINRA/SEC2.4 0.1 
Cboe EuropeFCA71.2 36.6 
Cboe Chi-X EuropeFCA0.1 0.1 
Cboe NLDutch Authority for Financial Markets21.1 10.3 
Cboe Clear EuropeDNB128.1 76.0 
CFECFTC104.5 40.3 
Cboe SEFCFTC10.8 2.5 
Cboe Digital ExchangeCFTC21.6 — 
Cboe Clear U.S.CFTC35.1 12.1 
Cboe AustraliaASIC17.9 5.9 
Cboe JapanJFSA6.8 4.6 
v3.25.4
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
Stock-based compensation is based on the fair value of the award on the date of grant, which is recognized over the related service period, net of actual forfeitures. The service period is the period over which the related service is performed, which is generally the same as the vesting period. Vesting of certain awards may be accelerated for certain officers and employees as a result of attaining certain age and service-based requirements in the Company’s long-term incentive plan and award agreements.
Stock-based compensation expense relating to employee awards is included in compensation and benefits and acquisition-related costs in the consolidated statements of income. The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to employee awards of $45.2 million, $40.2 million, and $33.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. Stock-based compensation expense relating to non-employee director awards is included in professional fees and outside services in the consolidated statements of income. The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to non-employee director awards of $2.0 million, $1.8 million, and $1.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
On May 28, 2025, the Company announced that Dave Howson, Executive Vice President and Global President, resigned from the Company, with his employment terminating at the end of the day on August 1, 2025. In connection with his resignation, Mr. Howson was allowed to (i) retain a pro rata portion of certain of his outstanding time-based restricted stock units that would vest in February 2026 based on the number of days worked through and including August 1, 2025 and forfeited the remainder and other outstanding time-based restricted stock units and (ii) retain a pro rata portion of the outstanding performance-based restricted stock units that would vest in February 2026 based on the number of days worked through and including August 1, 2025, which was paid out based on target performance through the end of the applicable performance period for each award, and forfeited the remainder and other outstanding performance-based restricted stock units.
The activity in the Company's restricted stock, consisting of RSUs and PSUs, was as follows:
RSUs
The following table summarizes RSU activity during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023:
Number of
shares
Weighted
average grant
date fair value
Nonvested stock at January 1, 2023556,062 $112.07
Granted401,685 132.58
Vested(237,315)108.25
Forfeited(82,251)121.02
Nonvested stock at December 31, 2023638,181 $125.25
Granted226,061 183.27
Vested(298,023)117.28
Forfeited(43,484)145.53
Nonvested stock at December 31, 2024522,735 $153.20
Granted282,381 212.46
Vested(267,636)141.67
Forfeited(78,671)188.27
Nonvested stock at December 31, 2025458,809 $190.38
RSUs entitle the holder to one share of common stock upon vesting, with the exception of certain jurisdictions where the RSUs are settled in cash, typically vest over a three-year period, and vesting accelerates upon death, disability, or the occurrence of a qualified termination following a change in control. Where applicable and permitted, vesting will also accelerate upon a qualified retirement. Where applicable and permitted, qualified retirement eligibility generally occurs once achieving 55 years of age and 10 years of service, although service requirements vary. Starting in 2024, the award agreements provide that in the event of a participant’s retirement, all unvested outstanding RSUs and a pro rata portion of unvested outstanding PSUs will continue to vest and be distributed in accordance with the award’s original vesting and settlement schedule, even after the applicable retirement date. Retirement eligibility will require, in addition to attaining the age and service requirements, submission of 6 months' advance written notice of retirement, as applicable, and submission, approval, and satisfactory completion of a transition plan. Unvested RSUs will be forfeited if the officer or employee leaves the Company prior to the applicable vesting date, except in limited circumstances.
RSUs granted to non-employee members of the Board of Directors have a one-year vesting period and vesting accelerates upon the occurrence of a change in control of the Company. Unvested portions of the RSUs will be forfeited if the director leaves the Board of Directors prior to the applicable vesting date.
The RSUs have no voting rights but entitle the holder to receive dividend equivalents.
In the year ended December 31, 2025, to satisfy employees’ tax obligations upon the vesting of restricted stock units, the Company purchased 102,061 shares of common stock totaling $22.3 million as the result of the vesting of 260,506 shares of restricted stock.
PSUs
The following table summarizes restricted stock units contingent upon achievement of performance conditions, also known as PSUs, activity during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023:
Number of
Shares
Weighted
average grant
date fair value
Nonvested stock at January 1, 2023166,702 $125.08 
Granted87,146 144.35 
Vested(55,399)130.05 
Forfeited(63,965)141.49 
Nonvested stock at December 31, 2023134,484 $127.72 
Granted86,996 145.21 
Vested(110,376)100.50 
Forfeited— — 
Nonvested stock at December 31, 2024111,104 $168.45 
Granted93,599 232.82 
Vested(85,901)143.95 
Forfeited(29,842)234.29 
Nonvested stock at December 31, 202588,960 $237.75 
PSUs include awards related to earnings per share during the performance period as well as awards related to total shareholder return during the performance period. The Company used the Monte Carlo valuation model method to estimate the fair value of the total shareholder return PSUs which incorporated the following assumptions for awards granted in 2025: risk-free interest rate (3.52 to 4.25%), volatility (20.53 to 21.11%) and a 2.25-2.86-year correlation with S&P 500 Index (-0.14 to 0.19). Each of these performance shares has a performance condition under which the number of units ultimately awarded will vary from 0% to 200% of the original grant, with each unit representing the contingent right to receive one share of the Company’s common stock. The performance period for the PSUs contingent on the achievement of performance conditions is three years. For each of the performance awards, the PSUs will be settled in shares of the Company’s common stock following vesting of the PSU assuming that the participant has been continuously employed during the vesting period, subject to acceleration upon death, disability, or the occurrence of a qualified termination following a change in control. Participants have no voting rights with respect to the PSUs until the issuance of the shares of common stock. Dividend equivalents are accrued by the Company and will be paid once the PSUs, contingent on the achievement of performance conditions, vest.
In the year ended December 31, 2025, to satisfy employees’ tax obligations upon the vesting of performance stock, the Company purchased 35,067 shares of common stock totaling $7.5 million as the result of the vesting of 85,901 shares of performance stock.
As of December 31, 2025, there were $62.7 million in total unrecognized compensation costs related to restricted stock, restricted stock units, and performance stock units. These costs are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.8 years.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
In May 2018, the Company’s stockholders approved an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”), under which a total of 750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock will be made available for purchase to employees. The ESPP is a broad-based plan that permits employees to contribute up to 10% of wages and base salary to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at a discount, subject to applicable annual Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) limitations. Under the ESPP, a participant may not purchase more than a maximum of 312 shares of the Company’s common stock during any single offering period. No participant may accrue options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at a rate that exceeds $25,000 in fair market value of the Company’s common stock (determined at the time such options are granted) for each calendar year in which such rights are outstanding at any time. The exercise price per share of common stock shall be 85% (for eligible U.S. and international employees) of the lesser of the fair value of the stock on the first day of the applicable offering period or the applicable exercise date.
The Company records stock-based compensation expense over the offering period related to the discount that is given to employees, which totaled $2.4 million, $2.8 million, and $2.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. This expense is included in compensation and benefits in the consolidated statements of income. As of December 31, 2025, 441,140 shares were reserved for future issuance under the ESPP.
v3.25.4
EQUITY
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]  
EQUITY EQUITY
Common Stock
The Company’s common stock is listed on Cboe BZX under the trading symbol CBOE.
As of December 31, 2025, 325,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock were authorized, $0.01 par value, and 104,654,764 and 104,647,739 shares were issued and outstanding, respectively. The holders of common stock are entitled to one vote per share.
Common Stock in Treasury, at Cost
The Company accounts for the purchase of treasury stock under the cost method with the shares of stock repurchased reflected as a reduction to Cboe stockholders’ equity and included in common stock in treasury, at cost in the consolidated balance sheets. Shares repurchased under the Company’s share repurchase program are retired or they are available to be redistributed. When treasury shares are redistributed, they are recorded at the average cost of the treasury shares acquired. When treasury shares are retired, they are removed from the common stock in treasury balance. The Company held 7,025 and 6,895 shares of common stock in treasury as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
On December 16, 2025, the Board of Directors approved the retirement of 442,315 shares of treasury stock. These shares represent shares that were repurchased as part of the Company's share repurchase program since October 2024, and shares purchased from employees to cover payroll withholding taxes in connection with the vesting of RSUs and PSUs. The retirement was recorded as a decrease to treasury stock, common stock, retained earnings, and additional paid-in capital on the consolidated balance sheets.
Share Repurchase Program
In 2011, the Board of Directors approved an initial authorization for the Company to repurchase shares of its outstanding common stock of $100 million and subsequently approved additional authorizations for a total authorization of $2.3 billion as of December 31, 2025. The Company expects to fund repurchases primarily through the use of existing cash balances. The program permits the Company to purchase shares, through a variety of methods, including in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions, in accordance with applicable securities laws. It does not obligate the Company to make any repurchases at any specific time or situation.
Under the program, for the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company has repurchased 305,317 shares of common stock at an average cost per share, excluding commissions and excise taxes, of $213.74, totaling $65.3 million. Since inception of the program through December 31, 2025, the Company has repurchased 21,063,700 shares of common stock at an average cost per share, excluding commissions and excise taxes, of $80.02, totaling $1.7 billion. As a result of these repurchases, certain direct costs and excise taxes are incurred but do not impact our cost per share or availability. See Note 2 ("Summary of Significant Accounting Policies") for more information.
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had $614.5 million of availability remaining under its existing share repurchase authorizations.
The table below shows the repurchased shares of common stock under the Company’s share repurchase program during the periods presented as follows:
Shares RepurchasedAverage Repurchase
Price Per Share
Amount of Repurchases
(in millions)
2025
Fourth quarter$$
Third quarter
Second quarter160,564219.7735.3
First quarter144,753207.0430.0
Total open market common stock repurchases305,317$65.3
2024
Fourth quarter$$
Third quarter144,370170.4524.6
Second quarter514,239175.7690.4
First quarter489,686182.2689.3
Total open market common stock repurchases1,148,295$204.3
2023
Fourth quarter33,507$173.59$5.8
Third quarter
Second quarter61,141132.458.1
First quarter567,073123.4270.0
Total open market common stock repurchases661,721$83.9
Purchase of Common Stock from Employees
The Company purchased 137,128 and 157,228 shares that were not part of the publicly announced share repurchase authorization from employees for an average price paid per share of $217.04 and $187.07 during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. These shares consisted of shares retained to cover payroll withholding taxes or costs in connection with the vesting of restricted stock units and performance share awards.
Preferred Stock
The Company has authorized the issuance of 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, issuable from time to time in one or more series. For the years ended December 31, 2025, and 2024, the Company had no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.
Dividends
During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company declared and paid cash dividends per share of $2.70, for an aggregate payout of $284.3 million. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company declared and paid cash dividends per share of $2.36, for an aggregate payout of $249.4 million.
Each share of common stock, including RSUs and PSUs, is entitled to receive dividends and dividend equivalents, respectively, if, as, and when declared by the Board of Directors of the Company. The Company’s expectation is to continue to pay dividends. The decision to pay a dividend, however, remains within the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors and may be affected by various factors, including earnings, financial condition, capital requirements, level of indebtedness, and other considerations the Board of Directors deems relevant. Future debt obligations and statutory provisions, among other things, may limit, or in some cases, prohibit, the Company’s ability to pay dividends.
As a holding company, the Company’s ability to declare and continue to pay dividends in the future with respect to its common stock will also be dependent upon the ability of its subsidiaries to pay dividends to it under applicable corporate law.
v3.25.4
INCOME TAXES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES INCOME TAXES
Net deferred tax assets and liabilities consist of the following as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):
As of December 31,
20252024
Deferred tax assets:
Accrued compensation and benefits$23.3 $20.2 
Property, equipment and technology, net7.3 14.6 
Operating leases40.3 40.4 
Other99.9 88.7 
Subtotal170.8 163.9 
Valuation allowances(23.1)(17.0)
Total deferred tax assets147.7 146.9 
Deferred tax liabilities:
Intangibles(256.4)(240.2)
Property, equipment and technology, net(30.9)(19.0)
Investments(4.7)(33.8)
Prepaid expenses or assets(5.1)(4.5)
Operating leases(30.4)(31.9)
Total deferred tax liabilities(327.5)(329.4)
Net deferred tax liabilities$(179.8)$(182.5)
The Company provides a valuation allowance against deferred tax assets if, based on management’s assessment of historical and projected future operating results and other available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. A valuation allowance of $23.1 million and $17.0 million was recorded against gross deferred tax assets for certain investments and net operating losses as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
As of December 31, 2025, the Company no longer has capital loss carryforwards as amounts either expired in 2025 or were utilized against capital gains generated in the current year. The Company has net operating loss carryforwards of $15.6 million, most of which have an indefinite carryforward period.
The Company considers its non-U.S. earnings to be indefinitely reinvested outside of the U.S. to the extent these earnings are not subject to U.S. income tax under an anti-deferral tax regime. As of December 31, 2025, the cumulative amount of undistributed earnings in these subsidiaries is $163.4 million. Given our intent to reinvest these earnings for an indefinite period of time, the Company has not accrued a deferred tax liability on these earnings. A determination of an unrecognized deferred tax liability related to these earnings is not practicable.
For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, income before taxes consists of the following (in millions):
Year Ended December 31,
202520242023
U.S. operations$1,520.4 $1,060.2 $1,010.5 
Foreign operations46.2 23.6 37.1 
Total$1,566.6 $1,083.8 $1,047.6 
The provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 consists of the following (in millions):
Year Ended December 31,
202520242023
Current tax expense:
Federal$287.6 $208.8 $188.1 
State162.9 117.7 97.8 
Foreign24.5 16.0 15.5 
Total current tax expense475.0 342.5 301.4 
Deferred income tax (benefit) expense:
Federal(7.9)(19.5)(3.4)
State8.4 (2.4)1.5 
Foreign(8.9)(1.7)(13.3)
Total deferred income tax benefit(8.4)(23.6)(15.2)
Total$466.6 $318.9 $286.2 
Cash paid for income taxes, net for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 were as follows (in millions):
Year Ended December 31,
202520242023
Federal$284.1 $276.4 $211.0 
State81.2 72.8 60.5 
Foreign26.3 13.2 14.9 
Total cash paid for income taxes, net$391.6 $362.4 $286.4 
Cash paid for state and foreign income taxes, net for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 are disaggregated by jurisdiction as follows (in millions):
Year Ended December 31,
202520242023
State
Illinois$45.0 $40.9 $36.1 
Foreign
United Kingdom$23.7 **
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* Jurisdiction is immaterial for the period presented
A reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to the effective income tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 is as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
202520242023
Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate$329.0 21.0 %$227.6 21.0 %$220.0 21.0 %
Impact of federal, state, and local tax law and rate changes, net (a)105.6 6.7 %48.7 4.5 %45.2 4.3 %
Foreign tax effects0.2 — %1.2 0.1 %— — %
Effect of changes in tax laws or rates12.6 0.8 %1.0 0.1 %— — %
Effect of cross-border tax laws(6.9)(0.4)%(4.9)(0.4)%(4.7)(0.4)%
Tax credits(1.1)(0.1)%(1.0)(0.1)%(1.6)(0.2)%
Valuation allowances5.1 0.3 %4.8 0.4 %(5.1)(0.5)%
Nontaxable or nondeductible items7.6 0.5 %8.1 0.7 %0.9 0.1 %
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits21.1 1.3 %42.4 3.9 %30.8 2.9 %
Other adjustments(6.6)(0.3)%(9.0)(0.8)%0.7 0.1 %
Effective tax rate$466.6 29.8 %$318.9 29.4 %$286.2 27.3 %
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(a) State taxes in Illinois, New York State, and New York City made up the majority of the tax effect of this category.
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties, is as follows (in millions):
202520242023
Balance as of January 1$219.1 $237.5 $212.1 
Gross increases related to prior year tax positions13.5 0.2 — 
Gross decreases related to prior year tax positions(12.4)(3.1)(1.5)
Gross increases related to current year tax positions1.7 34.4 31.1 
Settlements(0.6)(49.9)(2.5)
Lapse of statute of limitations— — (1.7)
Balance as of December 31$221.3 $219.1 $237.5 
As of December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, the Company had $174.9 million, $173.1 million, and $196.6 million, respectively, of unrecognized tax benefits, net of federal benefit, which, if recognized in the future, would affect the effective income tax rate. No reductions to unrecognized tax benefits, other than those classified as current liabilities as discussed below, from the lapse of the applicable statutes of limitations and potential audit settlements are expected during the next twelve months.
Estimated interest costs (income) and penalties (benefits) are classified as part of the provision for income taxes in the Company's consolidated statements of income and were $25.8 million, $(2.5) million, and $14.3 million, for the periods ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively. Accrued interest and penalties were $111.8 million, $86.0 million, and $88.5 million as of December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
The following table summarizes the tax years that are either currently under audit or remain open and subject to examination by the tax authorities in the most significant jurisdictions in which Cboe operates:
U.S. Federal
2022-2025
California
2017-2025
Illinois
2022-2025
New York
2015-2025
New York City
2015-2025
Pennsylvania
2021-2024
United Kingdom
2022-2025
Netherlands
2019-2025
The Company is currently undergoing audit examinations by various taxing jurisdictions in the ordinary course. It is reasonably possible that these audits will be concluded with agreed upon adjustments which would result in additional tax payments for prior periods within the next twelve months. The Company believes that sufficient reserves have been established to cover any adjustments arising from tax examinations. However, the outcomes of these examinations remain uncertain. The Company has classified a portion of these amounts as accounts payable and accrued liabilities on its consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2025. This classification and the associated amount may change over the next twelve months, depending on when the Company finalizes agreements.
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law “An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14,” commonly referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”). The OBBBA extends many of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions beyond 2025. The corporate provisions impacting the Company include repealing the phase out of bonus depreciation and reverting to 100% expensing of fixed asset additions, making the 33.34% deduction against foreign-derived eligible income permanent and repealing the requirement to capitalize and amortize U.S. research and development costs. The legislation has several effective dates, with some provisions taking effect in 2025 and others being implemented by 2027. These changes resulted in current year cash tax savings while having no significant impact to the effective tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2025.
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EARNINGS PER SHARE
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]  
EARNINGS PER SHARE EARNINGS PER SHARE
The computation of basic net income per common share is calculated by reducing net income for the period by dividends paid or declared and undistributed net income for the period that are allocated to participating securities to arrive at net income allocated to common stockholders. Net income allocated to common stockholders is divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period to determine net income per share allocated to common stockholders.
The computation of diluted net income per share is calculated by dividing net income allocated to common stockholders by the sum of the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus all additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the potentially dilutive common shares had been issued. The dilutive effect is calculated using the more dilutive of the two-class or treasury stock method.
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 (in millions, except per share data):
Year Ended December 31,
202520242023
Basic earnings per share numerator:   
Net income$1,100.0 $764.9 $761.4 
Net income allocated to participating securities(5.2)(3.9)(3.9)
Net income allocated to common stockholders$1,094.8 $761.0 $757.5 
Basic earnings per share denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding104.7 105.1 105.8 
Basic earnings per share$10.46 $7.24 $7.16 
Diluted earnings per share numerator:
Net income$1,100.0 $764.9 $761.4 
Net income allocated to participating securities(5.2)(3.9)(3.9)
Net income allocated to common stockholders$1,094.8 $761.0 $757.5 
Diluted earnings per share denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding104.7 105.1 105.8 
Dilutive common shares issued under stock program0.4 0.4 0.4 
Total dilutive weighted average shares105.1 105.5 106.2 
Diluted earnings per share$10.42 $7.21 $7.13 
For the periods presented, the Company did not have shares of stock-based compensation that would have an anti-dilutive effect on the computation of diluted earnings per share.
v3.25.4
COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES, AND GUARANTEES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES, AND GUARANTEES COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES, AND GUARANTEES
Legal Proceedings
As of December 31, 2025, the Company was subject to the various legal proceedings and claims discussed below, as well as certain other legal proceedings and claims that have not been fully resolved and that have arisen in the ordinary course of business.
The Company reviews its legal proceedings and claims, regulatory reviews and inspections, and other legal proceedings on an ongoing basis and follows appropriate accounting guidance when making accrual and disclosure decisions. The Company establishes accruals for those contingencies where the incurrence of a loss is probable and can be reasonably estimated, and the Company discloses the amount accrued and the amount of a reasonably possible loss in excess of the amount accrued, if such disclosure is necessary for the consolidated financial statements to not be misleading. The Company does not record liabilities when the likelihood of the liability being incurred is probable, but the amount cannot be reasonably estimated, or when the liability is believed to be only reasonably possible or remote. The Company’s assessment of whether a loss is remote, reasonably possible, or probable is based on its assessment of the ultimate outcome of the matter following all appeals.
As of December 31, 2025, the Company does not believe that there is a reasonable possibility that any material loss exceeding the amounts already recognized for these legal proceedings and claims, regulatory reviews, inspections, or other legal proceedings, if any, has been incurred. While the consequences of certain unresolved proceedings are not presently determinable, the outcome of any proceeding is inherently uncertain and an adverse outcome from certain matters could have a material effect on the financial position, results of operations, or cash flows of the Company in any given reporting period.
CAT Putative Class Action
A putative class action was filed on April 16, 2024 captioned Erik A. Davidson, John Restivo and National Center for Public Policy Research vs. Gary Gensler, SEC and CATLLC. Cboe and the Plan Participants are not parties to this litigation. The complaint alleges, among other things, that the SEC engaged in unlawful agency action and violated multiple provisions
of the U.S. Constitution when it promulgated Rule 613 in 2012 mandating the creation and funding of the CAT. Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction and stay was denied. On July 7, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas ("Texas Federal District Court") granted the SEC's opposed motion to hold the case in abeyance and stay all deadlines until January 15, 2026. On January 15, 2026, the SEC filed a status report and an opposed Motion to Continue the Abeyance for an additional six months. On January 23, 2026, Plaintiffs filed a motion for class certification. On January 30, 2026, Plaintiffs filed a Renewed Motion for a Preliminary Injunction. On February 4, 2026, the Texas Federal District Court granted the SEC's opposed Motion to Continue the Abeyance until July 15, 2026. This challenge or any other challenge to the constitutionality of the CAT may delay CATLLC’s assessment of CAT fees to recover a portion of CAT costs. As a result, the Plan Participants may continue to incur additional significant costs, and/or it may result in them not being able to collect on the promissory notes related to the funding of the implementation and operation of the CAT.
Citadel Petition for Review of SEC Temporary Conditional Exemptive Order
On July 17, 2024, Citadel filed a Petition for Review (“PFR”) of the SEC’s May 20, 2024 Order Granting A Temporary Conditional Exemption Pursuant to Section 36(a)(1) of the Exchange Act and Rule 608(e) of Regulation NMS Under the Exchange Act, Relating to the Reporting of Responses to Requests for Quotes and Other Solicitation Responses Provided in a Standard Electronic Format, as Required by Section 6.4(d) of the NMS Plan Governing the CAT (“CAT RFQ Exemptive Order”) in the 11th Circuit. The PFR does not identify any requested relief. On August 1, 2024, the 11th Circuit granted Citadel's July 19, 2024 unopposed motion to stay the PFR until a decision is issued in the CAT Funding Model Order litigation, which was also before the 11th Circuit. On September 11, 2024, the 11th Circuit granted motions filed by the Cboe U.S. national securities exchanges, the Nasdaq U.S. national securities exchanges, and CATLLC to intervene on behalf of the SEC. On July 25, 2025, the 11th Circuit issued an opinion in the CAT Funding Model Order litigation. The case has been removed from the 11th Circuit's mediation program and the parties are free to continue the litigation. This challenge or any other challenge to SEC Orders concerning the CAT may delay the CATLLC’s assessment of CAT fees to recover a portion of CAT costs. As a result, the Plan Participants may continue to incur additional significant costs, and/or it may result in them not being able to collect on the promissory notes related to the funding of the implementation and operation of the CAT.
Citadel vs. CATLLC

On January 15, 2026, Citadel filed a Petition for Rulemaking ("PFRM") asking the SEC to address the question of how CATLLC may (or may not) use reserve funds. On January 16, 2026, Citadel filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief against CATLLC in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ("D.C. federal district court") asserting a claim for relief based on an alleged violation of the private non-delegation doctrine. On January 16, 2026, Citadel also filed a motion for a preliminary injunction asking the D.C. federal district court to bar CATLLC from using reserves to fund its operations until the SEC has ruled on Citadel’s PFRM. A hearing on Citadel's motion for a preliminary injunction was scheduled for February 19, 2026, which was continued in response to a letter that the SEC sent to Citadel in response to its PFRM. This challenge or any other challenge to the use of CATLLC reserves to fund its operations creates uncertainty about how CATLLC's ongoing operations will be funded and the Plan Participants may continue to incur significant costs until an amended funding model is in place, and/or it may result in them not being able to collect on promissory notes relating to the funding of the ongoing operation of the CAT.

Former Employee Litigation

On January 26, 2026, a former employee filed a complaint against the Company in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas (Jacqueline Craine v. Cboe Global Markets, Inc., Case No. 2:26-cv-2046) alleging wrongful termination, violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, as well as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for alleged retaliation for being a purported whistleblower of alleged accounting and operational control issues. The complaint seeks back pay, reinstatement or front pay, compensatory damages, punitive, liquidated, and/or special damages, pre- and post-judgment interest, and fees and costs. The Company previously investigated the allegations with the assistance of outside legal advisers and forensic consultants, and the investigation concluded that the allegations lacked merit. The Company disputes the complaint’s allegations and claims, and the Company plans to vigorously defend itself.

Other
As self-regulatory organizations under the jurisdiction of the SEC, Cboe Options, C2, BZX, BYX, EDGX, and EDGA are subject to routine reviews and inspections by the SEC. As designated contract markets under the jurisdiction of the CFTC, CFE and Cboe Digital Exchange are subject to routine rule enforcement reviews and examinations by the CFTC. As a derivatives clearing organization under the jurisdiction of the CFTC, Cboe Clear U.S. is also subject to routine audits and examinations by the CFTC. Cboe SEF, LLC is a swap execution facility registered with the CFTC and subject to routine rule enforcement reviews and examinations by the CFTC. Cboe Trading, BIDS Trading and Cboe Fixed Income are subject to reviews and inspections by FINRA. The Company has from time to time received inquiries and investigative requests from the SEC’s Division of Examinations, CFTC’s Division of Market Oversight, the CFTC's Division of Clearing and Risk, as well as the SEC Division of Enforcement and CFTC Division of Enforcement seeking information about the Company's or its subsidiaries' compliance with their respective obligations as self-regulatory organizations, as applicable under the federal securities laws and/or Commodity Exchange Act as well as members’ compliance with the federal securities laws and/or Commodity Exchange Act.
In addition, Cboe Europe, Cboe Chi-X Europe, Cboe Clear Europe, Cboe NL, Cboe Australia, Cboe Japan, and Cboe Canada may be subject to routine reviews, audits, examinations, investigations, or inspections, as applicable, by their respective regulators, and while they have not been the subject of any litigation or regulatory investigation in the past that resulted in a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, liquidity or capital resources, there is always the possibility of such action in the future. As Cboe Europe and Cboe Chi-X Europe are domiciled in the UK, it is likely that any action would be taken in the UK courts in relation to litigation or by the FCA in relation to any regulatory enforcement action. As Cboe Clear Europe is domiciled in the Netherlands, it is likely that any action would be taken in the Dutch courts in relation to litigation or by the DNB or Dutch Authority for Financial Markets in relation to any regulatory enforcement action. For Cboe NL, also domiciled in the Netherlands, it is likely that any actions would be taken in the Dutch courts in relation to litigation or Dutch Authority for Financial Markets in relation to any regulatory enforcement action. As Cboe Australia is domiciled in Australia, it is likely that any action would be taken in the Australian courts in relation to litigation or by the ASIC, in relation to any regulatory enforcement action. As Cboe Japan is domiciled in Japan, it is likely that any action would be taken in the Japanese courts in relation to litigation or by the JFSA or the JSDA in relation to any regulatory enforcement action. As Cboe Canada is domiciled in Canada, it is likely that any action would be taken in the Canadian courts in relation to litigation or by the OSC and/or CIRO in relation to any regulatory enforcement action.
The Company is also currently a party to various other legal and regulatory proceedings in addition to those already mentioned. Management does not believe that the likely outcome of any of these other reviews, inspections, investigations, or other legal proceedings is expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, liquidity, or capital resources.
See Note 8 ("Credit Losses") for information on promissory notes related to the CAT. See also Note 21 ("Income Taxes") for information on tax examinations.
Contractual Obligations
The Company has contractual obligations related to licensing agreements with various licensors, some of which included fixed fees and/or variable fees calculated using agreed upon contracted rates and reported cleared volumes. Certain licensing agreements contain annual minimum fee requirements that total $14.6 million (excluding estimated variable fees) each year for the next five years. The Company is subject to annual minimum fee requirements under the January 29, 2024 addendum to its cloud services agreement, totaling $5.8 million to $6.9 million each year over the next four years.
See Note 14 ("Clearing Operations") for information on the clearinghouse exposure guarantees for Cboe Clear Europe and Cboe Clear U.S. See Note 24 ("Leases") for information on lease obligations.
v3.25.4
LEASES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Leases [Abstract]  
LEASES LEASES
The Company currently leases office space, data centers, remote network operations centers, and equipment under non-cancelable operating leases with third parties as of December 31, 2025. Certain leases include one or more options to renew, with renewal terms that can extend the lease term from one to five years or more, and some of which include the Company’s option to terminate the leases within one year. During the year ended December 31, 2025, $8.3 million of right of use assets and $8.3 million of lease liabilities were added related to new operating leases and existing lease extensions.
In May 2024, the Company entered into an agreement to amend its lease agreement for its Lenexa, Kansas office space. As part of the agreement, the lease term was reduced and ended on September 30, 2025. In consideration for the reduction in lease term, the Company agreed to pay a reduction fee totaling $1.3 million to be paid in two equal installments in May 2024 and September 2025. The amended lease agreement was treated as a full termination without an embedded option to terminate included in the original agreement. Upon the termination, the Company considered the present value of future lease payments and adjusted its right of use assets and lease liabilities balances accordingly based on the percentage reduction in the remaining lease term; the right of use assets decreased $10.3 million and the lease liabilities decreased $11.0 million, with the $0.7 million difference recorded as a gain on lease termination in other income (expense), net in the consolidated statements of income during the year ended December 31, 2024. The $1.3 million lease reduction payments are included in the present value of the lease liability balance along with normal rent payments and will be recognized through straight-line lease expense over the remaining term of the lease.
Additionally, in September 2024, the Company signed a new lease to secure approximately 60,000 square feet of office space in Overland Park, Kansas. The initial term of the lease is 129 months from the accounting commencement date, September 1, 2024. The Company has the option to renew the lease for two additional terms of 60 months each. The total legally binding minimum lease payments for the lease are approximately $12.0 million, net of allowance incentives.
The following table presents the supplemental balance sheet information related to leases as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):
December 31,
2025
December 31,
2024
Operating lease right of use assets$111.0 $124.5 
Total leased assets$111.0 $124.5 
Current operating lease liabilities (1)$26.9 $19.9 
Non-current operating lease liabilities120.9 138.4 
Total leased liabilities$147.8 $158.3 
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(1)These amounts are reflected within accounts payable and accrued liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.
The following table presents operating lease costs and other information as of and for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions, except as stated):
December 31,
2025
December 31,
2024
Operating lease costs (1)$37.9 $37.1 
Lease term and discount rate information:
Weighted average remaining lease term (years)6.97.6
Weighted average discount rate3.6 %3.6 %
Supplemental disclosure of cash transactions:
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities$27.7 $27.2 
Lease incentive for leasehold improvements2.6 — 
Supplemental disclosure of noncash activities:
Right of use assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities8.3 26.7 
Reduction in lease liability due to remeasurement(0.4)(18.5)
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(1)Includes short-term lease and variable lease costs, which are immaterial.
The total rent expense related to lease obligations, reflected in technology support services and facilities costs line items on the consolidated statements of income, for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 were $37.9 million, $37.1 million, and $34.5 million, respectively.
The maturities of the lease liabilities are as follows as of December 31, 2025 (in millions):
December 31,
2025
2026$31.6 
202728.1 
202825.9 
202914.5 
203014.8 
After 203052.8 
Total lease payments$167.7 
Less: Interest(19.9)
Present value of lease liabilities$147.8 
v3.25.4
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
In January 2026, the Company formally initiated the wind down of the CEDX exchange service following a comprehensive strategic review of its global operations. On January 9, 2026, CEDX issued a release to its market participants that Cboe NL is planning to wind down its CEDX exchange service. The CEDX exchange service will be decommissioned effective February 23, 2026.
On January 26, 2026, the Company announced the planned appointments of Scott Johnston as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Heidi Fischer as Executive Vice President, Global Head of Equities and Spot Markets. Mr. Johnston will take over chief operating duties from Chris Isaacson, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, who is retiring from his role effective March 6, 2026. Ms. Fischer will assume oversight of Cboe’s global cash equities and spot markets, which Mr. Isaacson also oversaw. Mr. Isaacson will continue to serve as an advisor to Cboe through the end of 2026.
On February 12 and 13, 2026, the Company’s Board of Directors and Compensation and Human Capital Committee, as applicable, approved granting $37.8 million of RSUs and $6.4 million of PSUs, with an effective date of February 19, 2026, to certain officers and employees at a fair value, based on the closing price of the Company’s stock on the pricing date of February 19, 2026. The shares will have a three year vesting period based on achievement of certain service, performance and/or market conditions and vesting accelerates upon the occurrence of a termination of employment following a change in control of the Company or in the event of earlier death, or disability.
On February 13, 2026, the Company's Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.72 per share. The dividend is payable on March 13, 2026 to stockholders of record at the close of business on February 27, 2026.
Subsequent to the year ended December 31, 2025, from January 1, 2026 through February 18, 2026, the Company repurchased 11,500 shares of its common stock under its share repurchase program at an average cost per share of $269.59, for a total value of $3.1 million. As of February 18, 2026, the Company had $611.4 million of availability remaining under its existing share repurchase authorizations.
There have been no other subsequent events that would require disclosure in, or adjustment to, the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025.
v3.25.4
Insider Trading Arrangements
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Trading Arrangements, by Individual  
Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Adopted false
Non-Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Adopted false
Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Terminated false
Non-Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Terminated false
v3.25.4
Insider Trading Policies and Procedures
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Insider Trading Policies and Procedures [Line Items]  
Insider Trading Policies and Procedures Adopted true
v3.25.4
Cybersecurity Risk Management and Strategy Disclosure
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, and Governance [Line Items]  
Cybersecurity Risk Management Processes for Assessing, Identifying, and Managing Threats [Text Block]
We maintain policies, procedures and controls designed to safeguard against cybersecurity incidents by protecting the confidentiality, integrity, availability, and reliability of our systems, networks and information. These policies, procedures, and controls are subject to monitoring, auditing, and evaluation practices, pursuant to our Enterprise Risk Management program, which is supported by a three-line defense strategy that includes the business lines, the Enterprise Risk Management Committee, the Risk Management and Information Security Department, the Compliance Department and the Internal Audit Department. Further, we have developed and conduct at least annually cybersecurity and data privacy training programs for our employees and our third-party consultants who have access to our systems. At least annually, we also conduct simulations, tabletop exercises, independent third-party cybersecurity penetration assessments, and response readiness tests. In addition, the information technology systems of our self-regulatory organizations are subject to periodic reviews, audits, and inspections by regulatory authorities. We also conduct diligence on cybersecurity practices in connection with our overall risk assessment when evaluating expansion into new regions, strategic opportunities, and new products.
We engage assessors, consultants, auditors, and other third parties in connection with developing and evaluating our overall risk management framework. Additionally, our internal audit team periodically engages third parties to co-source internal audits of our information security processes. We strive to utilize best practices in our information security management and follow applicable industry standards.
In support of our risk management framework, we maintain a vendor management policy and program to manage third-party risk. Embedded in our vendor management policy is a defined process to assess the risks related to new vendors. Vendors deemed to be high risk are re-assessed annually. These assessments include security questionnaires and reviews
of Service Organization Controls (SOC) Reports, where applicable. Cboe uses a third-party service to help monitor the security posture of our vendors that process and/or store confidential Cboe information.
We have committees, response and management teams, and dedicated positions for managing and assessing cybersecurity risk, including a Chief Information Security Officer, a Chief Risk Officer, an Enterprise Risk Management Committee, Computer Security Incident Response Team, Cyber Crisis Management Team, and a dedicated internal information security team. Our Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Risk Officer have extensive experience in the industry. Our Chief Information Security Officer has over a dozen years of experience leading information security programs including experience in cybersecurity consulting, leading strategy and the implementation of cyber defenses for several of the top online retailers in the United States, as well as serving as Chief Information Security Officer for Cboe Digital Exchange and Cboe Clear U.S. Our Chief Information Security Officer is currently responsible for developing and executing the Company’s global security strategy and roadmap along with its long-range plan to meet industry and regional regulatory compliance requirements. We have an information security department with associates who are located around the globe. Our Chief Risk Officer’s tenure with Cboe spans 25 years, during which time he has held senior positions in information security and risk management. He is currently responsible for oversight of the Company’s risk function including the enterprise risk management, information security, privacy, vendor management, and IT asset management programs.
Our incident response team is responsible for identifying potential cybersecurity incidents and communicating information regarding the nature and severity of the incident to senior management and others as required by the Company’s written Incident Response Plan. Cybersecurity incidents are tracked pursuant to our incident monitoring processes defined within the Incident Response Plan. Potential cybersecurity incidents may also be reported to our Disclosure Committee to determine if further action and/or public disclosure is required. We have also put in place a vulnerability management program through which our systems are routinely scanned to help identify vulnerabilities and track remediation activities.
The Board recognizes that our business depends on the confidentiality, integrity, availability, performance, security, and reliability of our data and technology systems and devotes time and attention to the oversight of cybersecurity and information security risk. In particular, the Board’s Risk Committee receives recurring updates and reports on information security-related topics from senior management, including from the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Risk Officer, and Chief Information Security Officer. More specifically, the Risk Committee receives recurring presentations from senior management on cybersecurity, including architecture and resiliency, incident management, business continuity and disaster recovery, significant information technology changes, data privacy, insider threats, physical security, information related to third-party cyber assessments, and risks associated with the use of third-party service providers. The Risk Committee also reviews and approves any changes to the related information security and privacy program charter. Further, summaries of the proceedings from prior Risk Committee meetings are provided to the Board on a routine basis. Additionally, in 2025, the Board, along with senior management, participated in a cybersecurity tabletop exercise.
We, and the third parties with which we interact, have experienced in the past, and we expect to continue to experience, cybersecurity threats and events of varying degrees. However, we are not aware of any of these threats or events having a material impact on our business or our business strategy, results of operations, or financial condition to date. We cannot assure you that we, or the third parties with which we interact, will not experience future threats or events that may be material. Please also refer to the risk factors above for additional information.
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We maintain policies, procedures and controls designed to safeguard against cybersecurity incidents by protecting the confidentiality, integrity, availability, and reliability of our systems, networks and information. These policies, procedures, and controls are subject to monitoring, auditing, and evaluation practices, pursuant to our Enterprise Risk Management program, which is supported by a three-line defense strategy that includes the business lines, the Enterprise Risk Management Committee, the Risk Management and Information Security Department, the Compliance Department and the Internal Audit Department. Further, we have developed and conduct at least annually cybersecurity and data privacy training programs for our employees and our third-party consultants who have access to our systems. At least annually, we also conduct simulations, tabletop exercises, independent third-party cybersecurity penetration assessments, and response readiness tests. In addition, the information technology systems of our self-regulatory organizations are subject to periodic reviews, audits, and inspections by regulatory authorities. We also conduct diligence on cybersecurity practices in connection with our overall risk assessment when evaluating expansion into new regions, strategic opportunities, and new products.
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The Board recognizes that our business depends on the confidentiality, integrity, availability, performance, security, and reliability of our data and technology systems and devotes time and attention to the oversight of cybersecurity and information security risk. In particular, the Board’s Risk Committee receives recurring updates and reports on information security-related topics from senior management, including from the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Risk Officer, and Chief Information Security Officer. More specifically, the Risk Committee receives recurring presentations from senior management on cybersecurity, including architecture and resiliency, incident management, business continuity and disaster recovery, significant information technology changes, data privacy, insider threats, physical security, information related to third-party cyber assessments, and risks associated with the use of third-party service providers. The Risk Committee also reviews and approves any changes to the related information security and privacy program charter. Further, summaries of the proceedings from prior Risk Committee meetings are provided to the Board on a routine basis. Additionally, in 2025, the Board, along with senior management, participated in a cybersecurity tabletop exercise.
Cybersecurity Risk Board Committee or Subcommittee Responsible for Oversight [Text Block]
Our incident response team is responsible for identifying potential cybersecurity incidents and communicating information regarding the nature and severity of the incident to senior management and others as required by the Company’s written Incident Response Plan. Cybersecurity incidents are tracked pursuant to our incident monitoring processes defined within the Incident Response Plan. Potential cybersecurity incidents may also be reported to our Disclosure Committee to determine if further action and/or public disclosure is required. We have also put in place a vulnerability management program through which our systems are routinely scanned to help identify vulnerabilities and track remediation activities.
Cybersecurity Risk Process for Informing Board Committee or Subcommittee Responsible for Oversight [Text Block]
We have committees, response and management teams, and dedicated positions for managing and assessing cybersecurity risk, including a Chief Information Security Officer, a Chief Risk Officer, an Enterprise Risk Management Committee, Computer Security Incident Response Team, Cyber Crisis Management Team, and a dedicated internal information security team. Our Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Risk Officer have extensive experience in the industry. Our Chief Information Security Officer has over a dozen years of experience leading information security programs including experience in cybersecurity consulting, leading strategy and the implementation of cyber defenses for several of the top online retailers in the United States, as well as serving as Chief Information Security Officer for Cboe Digital Exchange and Cboe Clear U.S. Our Chief Information Security Officer is currently responsible for developing and executing the Company’s global security strategy and roadmap along with its long-range plan to meet industry and regional regulatory compliance requirements. We have an information security department with associates who are located around the globe. Our Chief Risk Officer’s tenure with Cboe spans 25 years, during which time he has held senior positions in information security and risk management. He is currently responsible for oversight of the Company’s risk function including the enterprise risk management, information security, privacy, vendor management, and IT asset management programs.
Our incident response team is responsible for identifying potential cybersecurity incidents and communicating information regarding the nature and severity of the incident to senior management and others as required by the Company’s written Incident Response Plan. Cybersecurity incidents are tracked pursuant to our incident monitoring processes defined within the Incident Response Plan. Potential cybersecurity incidents may also be reported to our Disclosure Committee to determine if further action and/or public disclosure is required. We have also put in place a vulnerability management program through which our systems are routinely scanned to help identify vulnerabilities and track remediation activities.
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We engage assessors, consultants, auditors, and other third parties in connection with developing and evaluating our overall risk management framework. Additionally, our internal audit team periodically engages third parties to co-source internal audits of our information security processes. We strive to utilize best practices in our information security management and follow applicable industry standards.
In support of our risk management framework, we maintain a vendor management policy and program to manage third-party risk. Embedded in our vendor management policy is a defined process to assess the risks related to new vendors. Vendors deemed to be high risk are re-assessed annually. These assessments include security questionnaires and reviews
of Service Organization Controls (SOC) Reports, where applicable. Cboe uses a third-party service to help monitor the security posture of our vendors that process and/or store confidential Cboe information.
We have committees, response and management teams, and dedicated positions for managing and assessing cybersecurity risk, including a Chief Information Security Officer, a Chief Risk Officer, an Enterprise Risk Management Committee, Computer Security Incident Response Team, Cyber Crisis Management Team, and a dedicated internal information security team. Our Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Risk Officer have extensive experience in the industry. Our Chief Information Security Officer has over a dozen years of experience leading information security programs including experience in cybersecurity consulting, leading strategy and the implementation of cyber defenses for several of the top online retailers in the United States, as well as serving as Chief Information Security Officer for Cboe Digital Exchange and Cboe Clear U.S. Our Chief Information Security Officer is currently responsible for developing and executing the Company’s global security strategy and roadmap along with its long-range plan to meet industry and regional regulatory compliance requirements. We have an information security department with associates who are located around the globe. Our Chief Risk Officer’s tenure with Cboe spans 25 years, during which time he has held senior positions in information security and risk management. He is currently responsible for oversight of the Company’s risk function including the enterprise risk management, information security, privacy, vendor management, and IT asset management programs.
Our incident response team is responsible for identifying potential cybersecurity incidents and communicating information regarding the nature and severity of the incident to senior management and others as required by the Company’s written Incident Response Plan. Cybersecurity incidents are tracked pursuant to our incident monitoring processes defined within the Incident Response Plan. Potential cybersecurity incidents may also be reported to our Disclosure Committee to determine if further action and/or public disclosure is required. We have also put in place a vulnerability management program through which our systems are routinely scanned to help identify vulnerabilities and track remediation activities.
The Board recognizes that our business depends on the confidentiality, integrity, availability, performance, security, and reliability of our data and technology systems and devotes time and attention to the oversight of cybersecurity and information security risk. In particular, the Board’s Risk Committee receives recurring updates and reports on information security-related topics from senior management, including from the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Risk Officer, and Chief Information Security Officer. More specifically, the Risk Committee receives recurring presentations from senior management on cybersecurity, including architecture and resiliency, incident management, business continuity and disaster recovery, significant information technology changes, data privacy, insider threats, physical security, information related to third-party cyber assessments, and risks associated with the use of third-party service providers. The Risk Committee also reviews and approves any changes to the related information security and privacy program charter. Further, summaries of the proceedings from prior Risk Committee meetings are provided to the Board on a routine basis. Additionally, in 2025, the Board, along with senior management, participated in a cybersecurity tabletop exercise.
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We have committees, response and management teams, and dedicated positions for managing and assessing cybersecurity risk, including a Chief Information Security Officer, a Chief Risk Officer, an Enterprise Risk Management Committee, Computer Security Incident Response Team, Cyber Crisis Management Team, and a dedicated internal information security team. Our Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Risk Officer have extensive experience in the industry. Our Chief Information Security Officer has over a dozen years of experience leading information security programs including experience in cybersecurity consulting, leading strategy and the implementation of cyber defenses for several of the top online retailers in the United States, as well as serving as Chief Information Security Officer for Cboe Digital Exchange and Cboe Clear U.S. Our Chief Information Security Officer is currently responsible for developing and executing the Company’s global security strategy and roadmap along with its long-range plan to meet industry and regional regulatory compliance requirements. We have an information security department with associates who are located around the globe. Our Chief Risk Officer’s tenure with Cboe spans 25 years, during which time he has held senior positions in information security and risk management. He is currently responsible for oversight of the Company’s risk function including the enterprise risk management, information security, privacy, vendor management, and IT asset management programs.
Cybersecurity Risk Management Expertise of Management Responsible [Text Block] Our Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Risk Officer have extensive experience in the industry. Our Chief Information Security Officer has over a dozen years of experience leading information security programs including experience in cybersecurity consulting, leading strategy and the implementation of cyber defenses for several of the top online retailers in the United States, as well as serving as Chief Information Security Officer for Cboe Digital Exchange and Cboe Clear U.S. Our Chief Information Security Officer is currently responsible for developing and executing the Company’s global security strategy and roadmap along with its long-range plan to meet industry and regional regulatory compliance requirements. We have an information security department with associates who are located around the globe. Our Chief Risk Officer’s tenure with Cboe spans 25 years, during which time he has held senior positions in information security and risk management. He is currently responsible for oversight of the Company’s risk function including the enterprise risk management, information security, privacy, vendor management, and IT asset management programs.
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We have committees, response and management teams, and dedicated positions for managing and assessing cybersecurity risk, including a Chief Information Security Officer, a Chief Risk Officer, an Enterprise Risk Management Committee, Computer Security Incident Response Team, Cyber Crisis Management Team, and a dedicated internal information security team. Our Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Risk Officer have extensive experience in the industry. Our Chief Information Security Officer has over a dozen years of experience leading information security programs including experience in cybersecurity consulting, leading strategy and the implementation of cyber defenses for several of the top online retailers in the United States, as well as serving as Chief Information Security Officer for Cboe Digital Exchange and Cboe Clear U.S. Our Chief Information Security Officer is currently responsible for developing and executing the Company’s global security strategy and roadmap along with its long-range plan to meet industry and regional regulatory compliance requirements. We have an information security department with associates who are located around the globe. Our Chief Risk Officer’s tenure with Cboe spans 25 years, during which time he has held senior positions in information security and risk management. He is currently responsible for oversight of the Company’s risk function including the enterprise risk management, information security, privacy, vendor management, and IT asset management programs.
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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Principles of Accounting and Basis of Presentation
(a)   Principles of Accounting
These consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) as established by FASB.
(b)   Basis of Presentation
The accompanying financial statements are presented on a consolidated basis to include the accounts and transactions of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. and its majority owned subsidiaries and all significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities, and reported amounts of revenues and expenses. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates based upon historical experience, observance of trends, information available from outside sources and various other assumptions that management believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different conditions or assumptions.
In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation of financial position, results of operations, and cash flows at the dates and for the periods presented have been included.
Segment Information
Segment Information
The Company previously operated six reportable business segments as of December 31, 2024. As of January 1, 2025, the Company operates five reportable business segments: Options, North American Equities, Europe and Asia Pacific, Futures, and Global FX, which are further described below and are reflective of how the Company's Chief Operating Decision Maker ("CODM") reviews and operates the business. See Note 16 ("Segment Reporting") for more information.
Use of Estimates
(c)   Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as well as disclosure of the amounts of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change in the near term include the valuation of goodwill, indefinite-lived intangible assets, and unrecognized tax benefits.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
(d)   Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company’s cash and cash equivalents are exposed to concentrations of credit risk. The Company maintains cash at various regulated financial institutions and brokerage firms which, at times, may be in excess of the depository insurance limits. The Company’s management regularly monitors these institutions and believes that the potential for future loss is remote. The Company considers liquid investments, including certain short-term repurchase agreements and U.S. and UK Treasury securities, with original or acquired maturities of three months or less, and money market funds, to be cash equivalents.
Financial Investments
(e)   Financial Investments
Financial investments are classified as trading or available-for-sale.
Trading financial investments represent financial investments held by Cboe Trading that retain the industry-specific accounting classification required for broker-dealers, and marketable securities held in a rabbi trust for the Company’s non-qualified retirement and benefit plans. The investments held by the broker-dealer subsidiary are recorded at fair value with changes in unrealized gains and losses reflected within interest income or interest expense in the consolidated statements of income. The investments held in a trust are recorded at fair value with changes in unrealized gains or losses recorded within other income (expense), net and the equal and offsetting charges in the related liability are recorded in compensation and benefits expense in the consolidated statements of income as it relates to employee compensation plans and recorded in professional fees and outside services expense in the consolidated statements of income as it relates to non-employee director compensation plans.
Available-for-sale financial investments are comprised of the financial investments not held by Cboe Trading, including highly liquid U.S. Treasury securities.
Interest on financial investments, including amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts, is recognized as income when earned. Realized gains and losses on financial investments are calculated using the specific identification method and are included in interest income and interest expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of income.
Accounts Receivable, Net
(f)   Accounts Receivable, Net
Accounts receivable are concentrated with the Company’s member firms and market data distributors and are carried at amortized cost. The Company nets transaction fees and liquidity payments for each member firm on a monthly basis and recognizes the total owed from a member firm as accounts receivable, net and the total owed to a member firm as accounts payable and accrued liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. On a periodic basis, management evaluates the Company’s accounts receivable and records an allowance for expected credit losses using an aging schedule. The aging schedule applies loss rates based on historical loss information and, as deemed necessary, is adjusted for differences in the nature of the receivables that exist at the reporting date from the historical period. Due to the short-term nature of the accounts receivable, changes in future economic conditions are not expected to have a significant impact on the expected credit losses.
The accounts receivable are presented net of allowance for credit losses on the consolidated balance sheets and the associated losses are presented in other operating expenses on the consolidated statements of income.
Property and Equipment, Net
(g)   Property and Equipment, Net
Property and equipment, net is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated lives of the assets, generally ranging from three to seven years. Expenditures for repairs and maintenance are charged to expense as incurred. Depreciation of leasehold improvements is calculated using the straight-line method over the shorter of the related lease term or the estimated useful life of the assets.
Long-lived assets to be held and used are reviewed to determine whether any events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying values of the assets may not be recoverable. The Company bases this evaluation on such impairment indicators as the nature of the assets, the future economic benefit of the assets, any historical or future profitability measurements, as well as other external market conditions or factors that may be present. If such impairment
indicators are present that would indicate that the carrying value of any asset may not be recoverable, the Company determines whether an impairment has occurred through the use of an undiscounted cash flow analysis of the asset at the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows exist. In the event of impairment, the Company recognizes a loss for the difference between the carrying value and the estimated value of the asset as measured using quoted market prices or, in the absence of quoted market prices, a discounted cash flow analysis. Impairment charges concerning long-lived assets were made during the periods presented. See Note 9 ("Other Assets, Net") for additional information.
The Company expenses software development costs as incurred during the preliminary project stage, while capitalizing costs incurred during the application development stage, which includes design, coding, installation, and testing activities.
Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Net
(h)   Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Net
Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the value assigned to the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets of a business acquired. Goodwill is allocated to the Company’s reporting units based on the assignment of the fair values of each reporting unit of the acquired company. The Company tests goodwill for impairment at the reporting unit level annually, or in interim periods if certain events occur indicating that the carrying value may be impaired.
Intangible assets, net, primarily include acquired trademarks and trade names, customer relationships, strategic alliance agreements, licenses and registrations, and non-compete agreements. Intangible assets with finite lives are amortized based on the discounted cash flow method applied over the estimated useful lives of the intangible assets and are tested for impairment if certain events occur indicating that the carrying value may be impaired.
Intangible assets deemed to have indefinite useful lives are not amortized, but instead are tested for impairment at least annually, usually concurrently with goodwill. Impairment exists if the fair value of the asset is less than the carrying value, and in that case, an impairment loss is recorded.
Impairment charges concerning intangible assets were made during the periods presented. See Note 10 ("Goodwill, Intangible Assets, Net and Digital Assets Held") for additional information.
Treasury Stock
(i)   Treasury Stock
The Company accounts for the purchase of treasury stock under the cost method with the shares of stock repurchased, plus any direct costs and excise taxes, reflected as a reduction to Cboe stockholders’ equity and included in common stock in treasury, at cost in the consolidated balance sheets. Shares repurchased under the Company’s share repurchase program are either available to be redistributed or they are retired. The Company accounts for the retirement of treasury stock by deducting its par value from common stock and reflecting any excess of cost over par value as a deduction from additional paid-in-capital or retained earnings on the consolidated balance sheets.
Foreign Currency
(j)   Foreign Currency
The financial statements of foreign subsidiaries where the functional currency is not the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars using the exchange rate in effect as of each balance sheet date. Statements of income and cash flow amounts are translated using the average exchange rate during the period. The cumulative effects of translating the balance sheet accounts from the functional currency into the U.S. dollar at the applicable exchange rates are included in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Foreign currency gains and losses are recorded as other (expense) income, net in the consolidated statements of income. The Company’s operations in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, and Hong Kong are recorded in Pounds sterling, Euros, Canadian dollars, Australian dollars, Japanese yen, Singapore dollars, Philippine pesos, and Hong Kong dollars, respectively.
Income Taxes
(k)   Income Taxes
Deferred taxes are recorded on a liability method whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards, and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases. Deferred tax assets are reduced by valuation allowances when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.
The Company recognizes the tax benefit from an unrecognized tax benefit only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based upon the technical merits of the position. The tax benefit recognized in the consolidated financial statements from such a position is measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. Also, interest and penalties expense is recognized on the full amount of deferred benefits for unrecognized tax benefits. The Company’s policy is to include interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in the income tax provision within the consolidated statements of income.
The Company has elected to account for net controlled foreign corporation tested income ("NCTI"), formerly global intangible low-taxed income ("GILTI"), in the period in which it is incurred, and therefore has not provided any deferred tax impacts of NCTI in the consolidated financial statements.
Revenue Recognition
(l)   Revenue Recognition
For further discussion related to revenue recognition of fees, such as transaction and clearing fees and liquidity payments, access and capacity fees, market data fees, and regulatory transaction and Section 31 fees, see Note 4 ("Revenue Recognition").
Concentrations of Revenue
Concentrations of Revenue
For each of the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, one customer accounted for approximately 10% of the Company’s total revenue. The revenues associated with this customer are included in the Options, North American Equities, Europe and Asia Pacific, Global FX and Futures segments and totaled $480.0 million, $403.1 million, and $389.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
No customer is contractually or otherwise obligated to continue to use the Company’s services. The loss of, or a significant reduction of, participation by these customers may have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial position, results of operations, and cash flows. The three largest clearing members clear approximately 71% of the market-maker sides of transactions at all of the Company’s U.S. options exchanges. If any of these clearing members were to withdraw from the business of market-maker clearing and market-makers were unable to transfer to another clearing member, this could create significant disruption to the U.S. options markets, including Cboe’s.
Earnings Per Share
(m)  Earnings Per Share
The computation of basic earnings per share is calculated by reducing net income for the period by dividends paid or declared and undistributed net income for the period that are allocated to participating securities to arrive at net income allocated to common stockholders. Net income allocated to common stockholders is divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period to determine net income per share allocated to common stockholders.
The computation of diluted earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income allocated to common stockholders by the sum of the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus all additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the potentially dilutive common shares had been issued. The dilutive effect is calculated using the more dilutive of the two-class or treasury stock method.
Stock-Based Compensation
(n)   Stock-Based Compensation
The Company grants stock-based compensation to its employees and directors through restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and performance-based restricted stock units (“PSUs”). The Company records stock-based compensation expense for all stock-based compensation granted based on the grant-date fair value. The Company recognizes stock-based compensation expense related to stock-based compensation awards with graded vesting that have a service condition on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the entire award.
For RSUs, the amount of stock-based compensation expense is based on the fair value of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. common stock at the date of grant. The fair value is based on a current market-based transaction of the Company’s common stock.
Business Combinations
(o)   Business Combinations
The Company records identifiable assets, liabilities and goodwill acquired in a business combination at fair value at the acquisition date. Additionally, transaction-related costs are expensed in the period incurred.
Debt Issuance Costs
(p)   Debt Issuance Costs
All costs incurred to issue debt are capitalized as a contra-liability and amortized over the life of the debt using the interest method.
Investments
(q)   Investments
The Company generally accounts for investments using the measurement alternative when it owns less than 20% of the outstanding voting stock of a company, there is an absence of readily determinable fair value for the respective investment,
and the Company has an inability to exercise significant influence over the investment based upon the respective ownership interests held. The Company recognizes dividend income when declared.
In general, the equity method of accounting is used when the Company owns 20% to 50% of the outstanding voting stock of a company and when it is able to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of a company. For equity method investments, the Company records the pro rata share of earnings or losses each period and records any dividends received as a reduction in the investment balance. The equity method investment is inclusive of other-than-temporary declines in value, recognized by the investee, who considers a variety of factors such as the earnings capacity of the investment and the fair value of the investment compared to its carrying value. If the estimated fair value of the investment is less than the carrying value and the decline in value is considered to be other than temporary, the excess of the carrying value over the estimated fair value is recognized in the financial statements as an impairment.
The Company’s investment in 7Ridge Investments 3 LP ("7Ridge Fund") represents a nonconsolidated variable interest entity (“VIE”) and is accounted for under the equity method of accounting. The Company has determined that consolidation of the VIE is not required as the Company is not the primary beneficiary of the 7Ridge Fund, as it does not have controlling financial interest and lacks the ability to unilaterally remove the general partner, 7Ridge Investments 3 GP Limited, direct material strategic decisions, or dissolve the entity (i.e. the Company does not have unilateral substantive “kick-out” or “liquidation” rights).
Leases
(r)   Leases
The Company determines if an arrangement contains a lease at inception. For arrangements where the Company is the lessee, operating leases are included in operating lease right of use (“ROU”) assets, accrued liabilities, and non-current operating lease liabilities on the balance sheet as of December 31, 2025. The Company does not have any finance leases as of December 31, 2025.
ROU assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the future lease payments over the lease term at commencement date. ROU assets also include any initial direct costs incurred and any lease payments made at or before the lease commencement date, less lease incentives received. The Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the lease liabilities, as the rate implicit in the Company’s leases is generally not reasonably determinable. Lease terms may include options to extend or terminate when the Company is reasonably certain that the option will be exercised. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
The Company also has lease arrangements with lease and non-lease components. The Company elected the practical expedient not to separate non-lease components from lease components for the Company’s leases. The Company elected to apply the short-term lease measurement and recognition exemption in which ROU assets and lease liabilities are not recognized for short-term leases. For short-term operating leases, lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the consolidated balance sheets and the Company recognizes lease expense in facilities costs within the consolidated statements of income for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Certain leases include one or more options to renew, with renewal terms that can extend the lease term from one to five years or more, and some of which include the Company’s option to terminate the leases within one year. When the implicit rate in the Company’s lease is not reasonably determinable, the Company applies an incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments.
Margin Deposits, Clearing Funds, and Interoperability Funds
(s)   Margin Deposits, Clearing Funds, and Interoperability Funds
Margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds in the form of cash contributions by Cboe Clear Europe’s clearing members where title has transferred to Cboe Clear Europe are included as current assets with equal and offsetting current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. Changes in margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds, are presented net in the “restricted cash and cash equivalents and customer bank deposits (included in margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds)” line in the operating section of the consolidated statement of cash flows. Similarly, cash flows associated with related investment agreements as well as interest income earned on such investments will be classified as cash flows from operating activities in the consolidated statement of cash flows. Both activities are part of Cboe Clear Europe’s principal operating activities and are presented within the operating section of the consolidated statement of cash flows.
When investments are made in accordance with its investment policy, Cboe Clear Europe receives the amount of investment earnings and pays clearing members those earnings minus a set basis point cost of collateral. Related interest income and interest expense are presented gross in the consolidated statement of income in other revenue and other cost of revenue, respectively, as it relates to a core operating activity of Cboe Clear Europe.
Cboe Clear U.S. holds cash on behalf of its customers for the purposes of supporting clearing transactions. Customer cash may be invested in approved investments and any interest or gain received, or loss incurred on invested funds is recorded in the consolidated statements of income. The Company includes customer cash related to the clearing activity on the consolidated balance sheets in margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds, with a corresponding liability.
Digital Assets Held
(t)   Digital Assets Held
The Company determined that digital assets held should be accounted for under ASC 350 – Intangibles – Goodwill and Other, and included on the consolidated balance sheets within intangibles, net. As there is no inherent limit imposed on the useful life of the digital assets, they are classified as indefinite-lived intangible assets and are not subject to amortization. Instead, they are tested for impairment annually or more frequently if events or circumstances change that indicate it is more likely than not that the asset is impaired (i.e., if an impairment indicator exists). The Company will not record any increases in value during the period the digital assets are held; the only gains that are recorded are upon disposition (if the proceeds exceed the carrying value at the time of the disposition).
Recent Accounting Pronouncements - Adopted and Issued, not yet Adopted
Recent Accounting Pronouncements – Adopted
On January 23, 2025, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin 122 (“SAB 122”), which rescinds the interpretive guidance included in the Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 (“SAB 121”). SAB 121, issued March 31, 2022, provided interpretive guidance from the SEC regarding the accounting for obligations to safeguard digital assets that an entity holds on behalf of customers. For public entities, SAB 122 is effective on a fully retrospective basis in annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. Additionally, SAB 122 was codified by the FASB in March 2025, under Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2025-02, Liabilities (405): Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 122. The Company adopted the guidance for the consolidated financial statements issued for the year ended December 31, 2025 and, therefore, no longer discloses safeguarded digital assets within Note 8 (“Goodwill, Intangible Assets, Net, and Digital Assets Held”), Note 13 (“Fair Value Measurement”), and the consolidated balance sheets. The adoption had no material impact on the previously reported condensed consolidated financial statements as the Company liquidated all digital assets held on behalf of customers in the third quarter of 2024.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-08, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Crypto Assets (Subtopic 350-60): Accounting for and Disclosure of Crypto Assets. This ASU addresses the accounting and disclosure requirements for certain crypto assets and requires entities to subsequently measure certain crypto assets at fair value, with changes in fair value recorded in earnings in each reporting period. In addition, entities are required to provide additional disclosures about the holdings of certain crypto assets. For public entities, the update is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company adopted the update for the consolidated financial statements issued for the year ended December 31, 2025, and it does not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements as the Company does not hold a material amount of crypto assets at December 31, 2025.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. This ASU addresses investor requests for more transparency about income tax information through improvements to income tax disclosures primarily related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. For public entities, the update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company adopted the update for the consolidated financial statements issued for the year ending December 31, 2025. The Company elected to apply the standard retrospectively to enhance comparability across periods. The required disclosures, as applicable, are included in Note 21 ("Income Taxes"), and reflect the extent of the impact of the adoption of ASU 2023-09 on the consolidated financial statement disclosures.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements – Issued, not yet Adopted
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06 – Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software. ASU 2025-06 eliminates the traditional stages for internal use software (preliminary, development, post-implementation) used to determine when to capitalize costs. Instead, capitalization begins when both management has authorized and committed funding for the project and it is probable the project will be completed and the software will be used as intended. The amendments will be effective for all entities for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an annual reporting period. The Company expects to adopt the update for the annual financial statements issued for the year ending December 31, 2027, and is currently reviewing the impact that the adoption of ASU 2025-06 may have on the consolidated financial statement disclosures.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. This ASU requires disaggregated disclosure of certain income statement expenses for public entities. For public entities, the update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. The Company expects to adopt the update for the annual financial statements issued for the year ending December 31, 2027, and is currently reviewing the impact that the adoption of ASU 2024-03 may have on the consolidated financial statement disclosures.
On March 6, 2024, the SEC adopted new Climate Disclosure Rules, which require companies to publish information that describes the climate-related risks that are reasonably likely to have a material impact on a company’s business or consolidated financial statements. The final rules would require companies to disclose material climate-related risks, activities to mitigate or adapt to such risks, information about the companies’ board of directors’ oversight of climate-related risks and management’s role in managing climate-related risks, and information on any climate-related targets or goals that are material to the companies’ business, results of operations or financial condition. On March 15, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted an administrative stay of the SEC’s final Climate Disclosure Rules, in response to legal challenges unaffiliated with the Company. On February 11, 2025, the acting Chairman of the SEC directed the SEC staff to notify the court of changed circumstances and requested that the Court not schedule the case for argument. On March 27, 2025, the SEC voted to end its defense of its Climate Disclosure Rules. On April 24, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (the “Court”) granted an order to hold in abeyance the cases regarding the validity of the SEC's final Climate Disclosure Rules. On July 23, 2025, the SEC replied to the Court’s request for a status report. The SEC informed the Court that it does not intend to review or reconsider the Climate Disclosure Rules at this time and requests that the Court decide the case as briefed. On September 12, 2025, the Court issued an order continuing the abeyance until the SEC reconsiders the Climate Disclosure Rules via notice-and-comment or renews its defense of the Climate Disclosure Rules. The Company will continue to monitor updates to the Climate Disclosure Rules and potential impacts on the consolidated financial statements.
There were no other recent applicable material accounting pronouncements that have been issued, but not yet adopted as of December 31, 2025.
v3.25.4
REVENUE RECOGNITION (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]  
Schedule of disaggregated revenue contract types The following table depicts the disaggregated revenue contract types listed above within each respective financial statement caption in the consolidated statements of income (in millions):
Cash and Spot
Markets
Data VantageDerivatives
Markets
Total
Year Ended December 31, 2025
Transaction and clearing fees$1,483.1 $— $2,114.5 $3,597.6 
Access and capacity fees— 408.7 — 408.7 
Market data fees66.2 223.9 36.5 326.6 
Regulatory fees196.0 — 89.4 285.4 
Other revenue89.5 2.9 3.5 95.9 
$1,834.8 $635.5 $2,243.9 $4,714.2 
Cash and Spot
Markets
Data VantageDerivatives
Markets
Total
Year Ended December 31, 2024
Transaction and clearing fees$1,196.3 $— $1,708.3 $2,904.6 
Access and capacity fees— 369.8 — 369.8 
Market data fees60.4 203.9 30.5 294.8 
Regulatory fees320.2 — 106.1 426.3 
Other revenue93.1 2.9 3.0 99.0 
$1,670.0 $576.6 $1,847.9 $4,094.5 
Cash and Spot
Markets
Data VantageDerivatives
Markets
Total
Year Ended December 31, 2023
Transaction and clearing fees$1,149.7 $— $1,681.6 $2,831.3 
Access and capacity fees— 347.5 — 347.5 
Market data fees71.3 188.7 33.7 293.7 
Regulatory fees153.8 — 69.9 223.7 
Other revenue70.3 3.0 4.0 77.3 
$1,445.1 $539.2 $1,789.2 $3,773.5 
Schedule of disaggregation of revenue according to segment
The following table depicts the disaggregation of revenue according to segment (in millions):
OptionsNorth
American
Equities
Europe
and Asia
Pacific
FuturesGlobal FXDigital (1)Total
Year Ended December 31, 2025
Transaction and clearing fees$2,011.5 $1,193.3 $209.9 $103.0 $79.9 $— $3,597.6 
Access and capacity fees184.8 144.4 45.8 22.6 11.1 — 408.7 
Market data fees142.2 129.7 43.0 10.0 1.7 — 326.6 
Regulatory fees89.3 196.0 — 0.1 — — 285.4 
Other revenue5.8 8.9 79.9 0.2 1.1 — 95.9 
$2,433.6 $1,672.3 $378.6 $135.9 $93.8 $— $4,714.2 
Timing of revenue recognition
Services transferred at a point in time$2,106.6 $1,398.2 $289.8 $103.3 $81.0 $— $3,978.9 
Services transferred over time327.0 274.1 88.8 32.6 12.8 — 735.3 
$2,433.6 $1,672.3 $378.6 $135.9 $93.8 $— $4,714.2 
Year Ended December 31, 2024
Transaction and clearing fees$1,599.0 $970.5 $159.6 $109.2 $66.6 $(0.3)$2,904.6 
Access and capacity fees168.4 127.7 40.3 22.4 11.0 — 369.8 
Market data fees123.8 120.8 39.4 9.3 1.5 — 294.8 
Regulatory fees105.9 320.2 — 0.2 — — 426.3 
Other revenue5.5 7.6 84.9 — 0.8 0.2 99.0 
$2,002.6 $1,546.8 $324.2 $141.1 $79.9 $(0.1)$4,094.5 
Timing of revenue recognition
Services transferred at a point in time$1,710.4 $1,298.3 $244.5 $109.4 $67.4 $(0.1)$3,429.9 
Services transferred over time292.2 248.5 79.7 31.7 12.5 — 664.6 
$2,002.6 $1,546.8 $324.2 $141.1 $79.9 $(0.1)$4,094.5 
Year Ended December 31, 2023
Transaction and clearing fees$1,583.7 $946.3 $145.6 $98.0 $62.2 $(4.5)$2,831.3 
Access and capacity fees161.0 117.1 36.3 22.0 10.7 0.4 347.5 
Market data fees118.8 128.3 36.7 8.5 1.4 — 293.7 
Regulatory fees69.6 153.8 — 0.3 — — 223.7 
Other revenue6.4 7.5 62.6 0.2 0.6 — 77.3 
$1,939.5 $1,353.0 $281.2 $129.0 $74.9 $(4.1)$3,773.5 
Timing of revenue recognition
Services transferred at a point in time$1,659.7 $1,107.6 $208.2 $98.5 $62.8 $(4.5)$3,132.3 
Services transferred over time279.8 245.4 73.0 30.5 12.1 0.4 641.2 
$1,939.5 $1,353.0 $281.2 $129.0 $74.9 $(4.1)$3,773.5 
________________________________________________________
(1)The Digital segment results are prospectively included in the Futures segment beginning in the first quarter of 2025. Digital results from 2024 and 2023 have been retained in the former Digital segment for comparative purposes. See Note 16 (“Segment Reporting”) for additional information.
Schedule of revenue recognized from contract liabilities and the remaining balance The revenue recognized from contract liabilities and the remaining balance is shown below (in millions):
Balance at
December 31, 2024
Cash
Additions
Revenue
Recognized
Balance at
December 31, 2025
Liquidity provider sliding scale (1)$2.4 $7.2 $(7.2)$2.4 
Other, net (2)4.2 17.0 (16.7)4.5 
Total deferred revenue$6.6 $24.2 $(23.9)$6.9 
________________________________________________________
(1)Liquidity providers are eligible to participate in the sliding scale program, which involves prepayment of transaction fees, and to receive reduced fees based on the achievement of certain volume thresholds within a calendar month. These transaction fees are amortized and recorded ratably as the transactions occur over the period.
(2)Other, net deferred revenue represents cash received for unsatisfied performance obligations of liability classified contract liabilities that have yet to be recognized as revenue in the consolidated statements of income, which include but are not limited to: licensing fees, listing fees, adjustments related to ORF, membership fees, and data subscription fees.
v3.25.4
INVESTMENTS (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Schedule of investments
As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company's investments were comprised of the following (in millions):
December 31,
2025
December 31,
2024
Equity method investments:
Investment in 7Ridge Investments 3 LP$1.5 $321.3 
Total equity method investments1.5 321.3 
Other equity investments:
Investment in Japannext Co., Ltd.— 36.5 
Investment in Eris Innovations Holdings, LLC9.5 9.5 
Investment in CSD BR10.3 5.9 
Investment in Talos Global, Inc.5.0 4.4 
Investment in Vest Group Inc.2.9 2.9 
Investment in OCC0.3 0.3 
Other equity investments2.9 2.9 
Total other equity investments30.9 62.4 
Total investments$32.4 $383.7 
v3.25.4
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
Schedule of property and equipment, net
Property and equipment, net consisted of the following as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):
December 31,
2025
December 31,
2024
Construction in progress$1.6 $3.3 
Furniture, equipment, and leasehold improvements347.9 306.3 
Total property and equipment349.5 309.6 
Less accumulated depreciation(216.4)(191.6)
Property and equipment, net$133.1 $118.0 
v3.25.4
CREDIT LOSSES (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Credit Loss [Abstract]  
Schedule of changes in allowance for credit losses
The following represents the changes in allowance for credit losses during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):
Allowance for
notes receivable
credit losses
Allowance for
accounts receivable
credit losses
Total
allowance for
credit losses
Balance at December 31, 2023$30.1 $4.5 $34.6 
Current period provision for expected credit losses— 3.1 3.1 
Write-offs charged against the allowance— (0.7)(0.7)
Recoveries collected— (0.3)(0.3)
Balance at December 31, 2024$30.1 $6.6 $36.7 
Current period provision for expected credit losses— 0.8 0.8 
Write-offs charged against the allowance— (0.7)(0.7)
Recoveries collected— — — 
Foreign currency translation— 0.1 0.1 
Balance at December 31, 2025$30.1 $6.8 $36.9 
v3.25.4
OTHER ASSETS, NET (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of other assets, net
Other assets, net consisted of the following as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):
December 31,
2025
December 31,
2024
Software development work in progress$12.0 $18.7 
Data processing software137.0 126.4 
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization(101.9)(98.3)
Data processing software, net47.1 46.8 
Long-term notes receivable, net (1)
102.1 124.2 
Other assets (2)
10.5 11.7 
Other assets, net$159.7 $182.7 
________________________________________________________
(1)This balance primarily consists of the long-term notes receivable related to the CAT, net of allowance. See Note 8 ("Credit Losses") for more information.
(2)The balance consists primarily of deferred tax assets and long-term prepaid assets.
v3.25.4
GOODWILL, INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET, AND DIGITAL ASSETS HELD (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of goodwill details by segment
The following table presents the details of goodwill by segment (in millions):
OptionsNorth American
Equities
Europe and
Asia Pacific
Global FXTotal
Balance as of December 31, 2023$305.8 $2,004.4 $563.2 $267.2 $3,140.6 
Adjustments0.2 (0.8)0.4 0.2 — 
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates— (12.8)(3.6)— (16.4)
Balance as of December 31, 2024$306.0 $1,990.8 $560.0 $267.4 $3,124.2 
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates— 7.3 19.0 — 26.3 
Balance as of December 31, 2025$306.0 $1,998.1 $579.0 $267.4 $3,150.5 
Schedule of details of intangible assets by segment
The following table presents the details of the intangible assets by segment (in millions):
OptionsNorth American
Equities
Europe and
Asia Pacific
Global FXDigitalTotal
Balance as of December 31, 2023$134.1 $935.3 $352.5 $56.2 $83.4 $1,561.5 
Additions— 1.2 — — — 1.2 
Sales— — — — (0.1)(0.1)
Amortization(7.7)(50.6)(16.1)(12.0)(2.3)(88.7)
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates— (6.3)(9.7)— — (16.0)
Impairment— — — — (81.0)(81.0)
Balance as of December 31, 2024$126.4 $879.6 $326.7 $44.2 $— $1,376.9 
Sales— (0.7)— — — (0.7)
Amortization(6.5)(39.9)(14.2)(9.6)— (70.2)
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates— 3.3 24.5 — — 27.8 
Impairment— (17.7)(18.9)— — (36.6)
Balance as of December 31, 2025$119.9 $824.6 $318.1 $34.6 $— $1,297.2 
Schedule of categories of intangible assets by segment The following tables present the categories of intangible assets by segment as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions, except as stated):
December 31, 2025Weighted
Average
Amortization
Period (in years)
OptionsNorth American
Equities
Europe and
Asia Pacific
Global FX
Trading registrations and licenses$95.5 $586.9 $219.4 $— Indefinite
Customer relationships46.6 412.1 204.7 140.0 13
Market data customer relationships53.6 322.0 65.1 64.4 6
Technology27.9 55.5 35.7 22.5 6
Trademarks and tradenames12.9 8.2 2.5 1.2 4
Digital assets held— 0.7 — — Indefinite
Accumulated amortization(116.6)(560.8)(209.3)(193.5)
$119.9 $824.6 $318.1 $34.6 
December 31, 2024Weighted
Average
Amortization
Period (in years)
OptionsNorth American
Equities
Europe and
Asia Pacific
Global FX
Trading registrations and licenses$95.5 $603.4 $205.2 $— Indefinite
Customer relationships46.6 409.7 209.2 140.0 14
Market data customer relationships53.6 322.0 60.8 64.4 7
Technology28.1 55.5 33.6 22.5 7
Trademarks and tradenames12.9 8.1 2.3 1.2 5
Digital assets held— 1.2 — — Indefinite
Accumulated amortization(110.3)(520.3)(184.4)(183.9)
$126.4 $879.6 $326.7 $44.2 
v3.25.4
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Payables and Accruals [Abstract]  
Schedule of Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities consisted of the following as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):
December 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Compensation and benefit-related liabilities$109.7 $89.8 
Royalties59.0 44.4 
Accrued liabilities56.6 74.4 
Current operating lease liabilities26.9 19.9 
Rebates payable85.2 93.5 
Marketing fee payable16.1 19.7 
Current unrecognized tax benefits317.3 0.1 
Accounts payable16.1 17.9 
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities$686.9 $359.7 
v3.25.4
DEBT (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of debt
The Company’s debt consisted of the following as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):
December 31, 2025December 31, 2024
$650 million fixed rate Senior Notes due January 2027, stated rate of 3.650%
$649.3 $648.6 
$500 million fixed rate Senior Notes due December 2030, stated rate of 1.625%
496.3 495.5 
$300 million fixed rate Senior Notes due March 2032, stated rate of 3.000%
297.3 296.9 
Revolving Credit Agreement— — 
Cboe Clear Europe Credit Facility— — 
Total debt$1,442.9 $1,441.0 
Schedule of future expected repayments related to Senior Notes
The future expected repayments related to the Senior Notes as of December 31, 2025 are as follows (in millions):
2026$— 
2027650.0 
2028— 
2029— 
Thereafter800.0 
Principal amounts repayable1,450.0 
Debt issuance costs(4.2)
Unamortized discounts on notes(2.9)
Total debt outstanding$1,442.9 
Schedule of interest expense, net
Components of interest expense, net recognized in the consolidated statements of income for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 are as follows (in millions):
Year Ended
December 31,
2025
Year Ended
December 31,
2024
Year Ended
December 31,
2023
Components of interest expense:
Contractual interest$49.9 $49.2 $59.8 
Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs2.4 2.3 2.6 
Interest expense$52.3 $51.5 $62.4 
Interest income(49.4)(27.3)(12.0)
Interest expense, net$2.9 $24.2 $50.4 
v3.25.4
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME, NET (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Equity [Abstract]  
Schedule of accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, net
The following represents the changes in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, net by component (in millions):
Foreign Currency
Translation
Adjustment
Available-for-sale
Financial
Investments
Post-Retirement
Benefits, Net
Total Accumulated
Other Comprehensive
(Loss) Income, Net
Balance at December 31, 2023$(5.6)$(3.7)$(0.1)$(9.4)
Other comprehensive (loss) income (43.0)3.7 0.3 (39.0)
Balance at December 31, 2024$(48.6)$— $0.2 $(48.4)
Other comprehensive income78.3 — 0.2 78.5 
Balance at December 31, 2025$29.7 $— $0.4 $30.1 
v3.25.4
CLEARING OPERATION (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Broker-Dealer [Abstract]  
Schedule of total margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability fund deposits
The details of margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, are as follows (in millions):
December 31, 2025
Margin DepositsClearing FundsInteroperability FundsTotal
Cboe Clear Europe central bank account$755.3 $146.8 $254.4 $1,156.5 
Cboe Clear Europe reverse repurchase and other (1)137.1 135.2 188.2 460.5 
Cboe Clear U.S. customer bank deposits1.2 — — 1.2 
Total cash margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds$893.6 $282.0 $442.6 $1,618.2 
December 31, 2025
Margin DepositsClearing FundsInteroperability FundsTotal
Cboe Clear Europe non-cash contributions (2)$601.3 $70.1 $277.6 $949.0 
December 31, 2024
Margin DepositsClearing FundsInteroperability FundsTotal
Cboe Clear Europe central bank account$378.4 $173.7 $289.3 $841.4 
Cboe Clear U.S. customer bank deposits4.1 — — 4.1 
Total cash margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds$382.5 $173.7 $289.3 $845.5 
December 31, 2024
Margin DepositsClearing FundsInteroperability FundsTotal
Cboe Clear Europe non-cash contributions (2)$691.4 $80.1 $225.9 $997.4 
________________________________________________________
(1)These amounts consist of reverse repurchase transactions with overnight maturities. Reverse repurchase transactions are valued daily and are subject to collateral provisions based on which the counterparty must provide additional collateral if the underlying securities decrease in value, in an amount sufficient to maintain collateralization of at least 102%. Collateral received from the respective counterparties consists of sovereign bonds, consistent with Cboe Clear Europe's investment policy.
(2)These amounts are not reflected in the consolidated balance sheets, as Cboe Clear Europe does not have the ability to sell or repledge the amounts absent a clearing member default.
v3.25.4
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]  
Schedule of fair value hierarchy for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis
The following tables present the Company’s fair value hierarchy for those assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):
December 31, 2025
TotalLevel 1Level 2Level 3
Assets:
U.S. and UK Treasury securities (1)$1,294.1 $1,294.1 $— $— 
Money market funds (1)248.1 248.1 — — 
U.S. Treasury securities (2)0.3 0.3 — — 
Marketable securities (2):
Mutual funds28.5 28.5 — — 
Money market funds7.3 7.3 — — 
Total assets$1,578.3 $1,578.3 $— $— 
December 31, 2024
TotalLevel 1Level 2Level 3
Assets:
U.S. Treasury securities (2)$70.0 $70.0 $— $— 
Marketable securities (2):
Mutual funds23.8 23.8 — — 
Money market funds16.5 16.5 — — 
Note receivable - building sale (3)6.2 — — 6.2 
Total assets$116.5 $110.3 $— $6.2 
________________________________________________________
(1)These amounts are reflected within cash and cash equivalents in the consolidated balance sheets.
(2)These amounts are reflected within financial investments in the consolidated balance sheets.
(3)This amount is reflected within other assets, net in the consolidated balance sheets.
Schedule of fair value hierarchy for assets and liabilities held
The following tables present the Company’s fair value hierarchy for certain assets and liabilities held by the Company as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):
December 31, 2025
TotalLevel 1Level 2Level 3
Assets:
U.S. and UK Treasury securities (1)$1,294.1 $1,294.1 $— $— 
Money market funds (1)248.1 248.1 — — 
U.S. Treasury securities (2)0.3 0.3 — — 
Deferred compensation plan assets (2)35.8 35.8 — — 
Total assets$1,578.3 $1,578.3 $— $— 
Liabilities:
Deferred compensation plan liabilities (4)$35.8 $35.8 $— $— 
Debt (5)1,371.8 — 1,371.8 — 
Total liabilities$1,407.6 $35.8 $1,371.8 $— 
December 31, 2024
TotalLevel 1Level 2Level 3
Assets:
U.S. Treasury securities (2)$70.0 $70.0 $— $— 
Deferred compensation plan assets (2)40.3 40.3 — — 
Note receivable - building sale (3)6.2 — — 6.2 
Total assets$116.5 $110.3 $— $6.2 
Liabilities:
Deferred compensation plan liabilities (4)$40.3 $40.3 $— $— 
Debt (5)1,317.0 — 1,317.0 — 
Total liabilities$1,357.3 $40.3 $1,317.0 $— 
________________________________________________________
(1)These amounts are reflected within cash and cash equivalents in the consolidated balance sheets.
(2)These amounts are reflected within financial investments in the consolidated balance sheets.
(3)This amount is reflected within other assets, net in the consolidated balance sheets.
(4)These amounts are reflected within other non-current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.
(5)These balances are presented at fair value in this table, but are carried at their historical value within the consolidated balance sheets.
Schedule of fair value of debt obligation
At December 31, 2025 and 2024, the fair values of the Company’s debt obligations were as follows (in millions):
December 31, 2025December 31, 2024
3.650% Senior Notes
$648.9 $638.4 
1.625% Senior Notes
444.6 416.2 
3.000% Senior Notes
278.3 262.4 
Summary of changes in the fair value of Level 3 financial liabilities
The following table sets forth a summary of changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 financial assets and liabilities during the year ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):
Level 3 Financial Assets and Liabilities for the Year Ended December 31, 2025
Balance at
Beginning of
Period
(Losses) Gains
during Period
AdjustmentsAdditionsSettlementsForeign
Currency
Translation
Balance at
End of Period
Assets:
Note receivable - building sale$6.2 $0.8 $— $— $(7.0)$— $— 
Total assets$6.2 $0.8 $— $— $(7.0)$— $— 
Level 3 Financial Assets and Liabilities for the Year Ended December 31, 2024
Balance at
Beginning of
Period
(Losses) Gains
during Period
AdjustmentsAdditionsSettlementsForeign
Currency
Translation
Balance at
End of Period
Assets:
Note receivable - building sale$— $(0.8)$— $7.0 $— $— $6.2 
Total assets$— $(0.8)$— $7.0 $— $— $6.2 
Balance at
Beginning of
Period
Losses (Gains)
during Period
AdjustmentsAdditionsSettlementsForeign
Currency
Translation
Balance at
End of Period
Liabilities:
Contingent consideration liabilities$11.8 $2.0 $— $— $(13.9)$0.1 $— 
Cboe Digital restricted common units liability18.7 (1.0)(12.1)— (5.6)— — 
Cboe Digital warrant liability5.9 (1.4)(4.1)— (0.4)— — 
Total liabilities$36.4 $(0.4)$(16.2)$— $(19.9)$0.1 $— 
v3.25.4
SEGMENT REPORTING (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Summarized financial data of reportable segments
Summarized financial data of reportable segments were as follows (in millions):
Year Ended December 31,
2025
OptionsNorth American EquitiesEurope and Asia PacificFuturesGlobal FXDigital (e)Corporate Items and EliminationsTotal
Revenues$2,433.6 $1,672.3 $378.6 $135.9 $93.8 $— $— $4,714.2 
Cost of revenues902.5 1,265.1 105.1 9.7 2.7 — — 2,285.1 
Revenues less cost of revenues1,531.1 407.2 273.5 126.2 91.1 — — 2,429.1 
Depreciation and amortization29.3 47.0 32.4 2.3 11.2 — 0.2 122.4 
Other segment operating expenses (a)388.5 172.1 187.2 50.0 33.9 — 7.9 839.6 
Operating income (loss)$1,113.3 $188.1 $53.9 $73.9 $46.0 $— $(8.1)$1,467.1 
Non-operating income (expenses):
Interest expense (b)$— $— $(8.6)$— $— $— $(43.7)$(52.3)
Interest income (b)1.1 3.3 4.3 2.4 0.1 — 38.2 49.4 
Earnings on investments, net (b)— 0.9 — — — — 91.9 92.8 
Other (expense) income, net (b)(1.4)(1.2)1.7 — 0.2 — 10.3 9.6 
Income before income tax provision (benefit)1,113.0 191.1 51.3 76.3 46.3 — 88.6 1,566.6 
Income tax provision (benefit) (c)373.7 27.2 18.7 12.9 (0.1)— 34.2 466.6 
Net income (d)$739.3 $163.9 $32.6 $63.4 $46.4 $— $54.4 $1,100.0 
Year Ended December 31,
2024
OptionsNorth American EquitiesEurope and Asia PacificFuturesGlobal FXDigital (e)Corporate Items and EliminationsTotal
Revenues$2,002.6 $1,546.8 $324.2 $141.1 $79.9 $(0.1)$— $4,094.5 
Cost of revenues743.3 1,163.0 104.0 7.6 2.3 1.9 — 2,022.1 
Revenues less cost of revenues1,259.3 383.8 220.2 133.5 77.6 (2.0)— 2,072.4 
Depreciation and amortization27.0 58.2 29.3 2.3 13.5 2.8 (0.1)133.0 
Other segment operating expenses (a)353.9 157.0 149.2 32.3 30.9 107.6 10.1 841.0 
Operating income (loss)$878.4 $168.6 $41.7 $98.9 $33.2 $(112.4)$(10.0)$1,098.4 
Non-operating (expenses) income:
Interest expense (b)$0.1 $— $(7.8)$— $— $— $(43.8)$(51.5)
Interest income (b)0.5 2.4 4.1 — 0.1 3.7 16.5 27.3 
Earnings on investments, net (b)— — — — — — 29.0 29.0 
Other income (expense), net (b)0.8 0.7 (0.1)— — 1.5 (22.3)(19.4)
Income (loss) before income tax provision (benefit)879.8 171.7 37.9 98.9 33.3 (107.2)(30.6)1,083.8 
Income tax provision (benefit) (c)299.1 23.1 13.3 28.4 0.1 (28.6)(16.5)318.9 
Net income (loss) (d)$580.7 $148.6 $24.6 $70.5 $33.2 $(78.6)$(14.1)$764.9 
Summarized financial data of reportable segments were as follows (in millions) (continued from previous page):
Year Ended December 31,
2023
OptionsNorth American EquitiesEurope and Asia PacificFuturesGlobal FXDigital (e)Corporate Items and EliminationsTotal
Revenues$1,939.5 $1,353.0 $281.2 $129.0 $74.9 $(4.1)$— $3,773.5 
Cost of revenues770.3 987.7 91.0 3.9 1.4 1.2 — 1,855.5 
Revenues less cost of revenues1,169.2 365.3 190.2 125.1 73.5 (5.3)— 1,918.0 
Depreciation and amortization30.1 69.4 30.7 2.0 18.4 7.4 — 158.0 
Other segment operating expenses (a)287.8 177.9 126.8 37.0 30.4 34.0 8.2 702.1 
Operating income (loss)$851.3 $118.0 $32.7 $86.1 $24.7 $(46.7)$(8.2)$1,057.9 
Non-operating (expenses) income:
Interest expense (b)$0.2 $— $(7.8)$— $— $— $(54.8)$(62.4)
Interest income (b)(0.1)1.4 3.0 — — 2.0 5.7 12.0 
Earnings on investments, net (b)— — — — — — 39.5 39.5 
Other (expense) income, net (b)(0.1)— (0.6)— (0.2)— 1.5 0.6 
Income (loss) before income tax provision (benefit)851.3 119.4 27.3 86.1 24.5 (44.7)(16.3)1,047.6 
Income tax provision (benefit) (c)275.7 14.8 6.8 33.4 0.5 (10.4)(34.6)286.2 
Net income (loss) (d)$575.6 $104.6 $20.5 $52.7 $24.0 $(34.3)$18.3 $761.4 
__________________________________________________________
(a) Other segment operating expenses include compensation and benefits, technology support services, professional fees and outside services, travel and promotional expenses, facilities costs, acquisition-related costs, impairment of assets, and other expenses. The disaggregation of expenses is not regularly provided to the CODM at the segment-level.
(b) Non-operating income (expenses) at the segment-level is not regularly provided to the CODM, however non-operating income (expenses) is a component of a measure that is regularly provided to the CODM, and therefore has been disclosed separately.
(c) Income tax provision (benefit) at the segment-level is not regularly provided to the CODM, however income tax provision (benefit) is a component of a measure that is regularly provided to the CODM, and therefore has been disclosed separately.
(d) Net income (loss) at the segment-level is not regularly provided to the CODM, however net income (loss) is a component of a measure that is regularly provided to the CODM, and therefore has been disclosed separately.
(e) The Digital segment results are prospectively included in the Futures segment beginning in the first quarter of 2025. Digital results from 2024 and 2023 have been retained in the former Digital segment for comparative purposes.
Schedule of revenues less cost of revenues by primary jurisdiction
The following summarizes revenues less cost of revenues based on primary jurisdiction (in millions):
United StatesNon-U.S.Total
Revenues less cost of revenues:
Year ended December 31, 2025$2,119.3$309.8$2,429.1
Year ended December 31, 20241,817.6254.82,072.4
Year ended December 31, 20231,681.8236.21,918.0
Schedule of long-lived assets by geographic areas The following summarizes long-lived assets by geographic area (in millions):
Year Ended December 31,
20252024
United States$184.5 $182.7 
United Kingdom30.0 23.8 
Other29.6 36.0 
Total long-lived assets by geographic area$244.1 $242.5 
v3.25.4
REGULATORY CAPITAL (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Broker-Dealer [Abstract]  
Schedule of actual and minimum regulatory capital requirements of the subsidiary
The following table presents the Company’s subsidiaries with regulatory capital requirements discussed above, as well as the actual and minimum regulatory capital requirements of the subsidiary as of December 31, 2025 (in millions):
SubsidiaryRegulatory AuthorityActualMinimum
Requirement
Cboe TradingFINRA/SEC$16.9 $0.8 
BIDS TradingFINRA/SEC11.7 0.2 
Cboe Fixed IncomeFINRA/SEC2.4 0.1 
Cboe EuropeFCA71.2 36.6 
Cboe Chi-X EuropeFCA0.1 0.1 
Cboe NLDutch Authority for Financial Markets21.1 10.3 
Cboe Clear EuropeDNB128.1 76.0 
CFECFTC104.5 40.3 
Cboe SEFCFTC10.8 2.5 
Cboe Digital ExchangeCFTC21.6 — 
Cboe Clear U.S.CFTC35.1 12.1 
Cboe AustraliaASIC17.9 5.9 
Cboe JapanJFSA6.8 4.6 
v3.25.4
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Summary of restricted stock activity
The following table summarizes RSU activity during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023:
Number of
shares
Weighted
average grant
date fair value
Nonvested stock at January 1, 2023556,062 $112.07
Granted401,685 132.58
Vested(237,315)108.25
Forfeited(82,251)121.02
Nonvested stock at December 31, 2023638,181 $125.25
Granted226,061 183.27
Vested(298,023)117.28
Forfeited(43,484)145.53
Nonvested stock at December 31, 2024522,735 $153.20
Granted282,381 212.46
Vested(267,636)141.67
Forfeited(78,671)188.27
Nonvested stock at December 31, 2025458,809 $190.38
Summary of performance-based restricted stock units activity
The following table summarizes restricted stock units contingent upon achievement of performance conditions, also known as PSUs, activity during the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023:
Number of
Shares
Weighted
average grant
date fair value
Nonvested stock at January 1, 2023166,702 $125.08 
Granted87,146 144.35 
Vested(55,399)130.05 
Forfeited(63,965)141.49 
Nonvested stock at December 31, 2023134,484 $127.72 
Granted86,996 145.21 
Vested(110,376)100.50 
Forfeited— — 
Nonvested stock at December 31, 2024111,104 $168.45 
Granted93,599 232.82 
Vested(85,901)143.95 
Forfeited(29,842)234.29 
Nonvested stock at December 31, 202588,960 $237.75 
v3.25.4
EQUITY (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]  
Summary of repurchased shares of the company's common stock under the share repurchase program
The table below shows the repurchased shares of common stock under the Company’s share repurchase program during the periods presented as follows:
Shares RepurchasedAverage Repurchase
Price Per Share
Amount of Repurchases
(in millions)
2025
Fourth quarter$$
Third quarter
Second quarter160,564219.7735.3
First quarter144,753207.0430.0
Total open market common stock repurchases305,317$65.3
2024
Fourth quarter$$
Third quarter144,370170.4524.6
Second quarter514,239175.7690.4
First quarter489,686182.2689.3
Total open market common stock repurchases1,148,295$204.3
2023
Fourth quarter33,507$173.59$5.8
Third quarter
Second quarter61,141132.458.1
First quarter567,073123.4270.0
Total open market common stock repurchases661,721$83.9
v3.25.4
INCOME TAXES (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of net deferred tax liabilities
Net deferred tax assets and liabilities consist of the following as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):
As of December 31,
20252024
Deferred tax assets:
Accrued compensation and benefits$23.3 $20.2 
Property, equipment and technology, net7.3 14.6 
Operating leases40.3 40.4 
Other99.9 88.7 
Subtotal170.8 163.9 
Valuation allowances(23.1)(17.0)
Total deferred tax assets147.7 146.9 
Deferred tax liabilities:
Intangibles(256.4)(240.2)
Property, equipment and technology, net(30.9)(19.0)
Investments(4.7)(33.8)
Prepaid expenses or assets(5.1)(4.5)
Operating leases(30.4)(31.9)
Total deferred tax liabilities(327.5)(329.4)
Net deferred tax liabilities$(179.8)$(182.5)
Schedule of income before income tax, domestic and foreign
For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, income before taxes consists of the following (in millions):
Year Ended December 31,
202520242023
U.S. operations$1,520.4 $1,060.2 $1,010.5 
Foreign operations46.2 23.6 37.1 
Total$1,566.6 $1,083.8 $1,047.6 
Schedule of provision for income taxes
The provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 consists of the following (in millions):
Year Ended December 31,
202520242023
Current tax expense:
Federal$287.6 $208.8 $188.1 
State162.9 117.7 97.8 
Foreign24.5 16.0 15.5 
Total current tax expense475.0 342.5 301.4 
Deferred income tax (benefit) expense:
Federal(7.9)(19.5)(3.4)
State8.4 (2.4)1.5 
Foreign(8.9)(1.7)(13.3)
Total deferred income tax benefit(8.4)(23.6)(15.2)
Total$466.6 $318.9 $286.2 
Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures
Cash paid for income taxes, net for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 were as follows (in millions):
Year Ended December 31,
202520242023
Federal$284.1 $276.4 $211.0 
State81.2 72.8 60.5 
Foreign26.3 13.2 14.9 
Total cash paid for income taxes, net$391.6 $362.4 $286.4 
Cash paid for state and foreign income taxes, net for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 are disaggregated by jurisdiction as follows (in millions):
Year Ended December 31,
202520242023
State
Illinois$45.0 $40.9 $36.1 
Foreign
United Kingdom$23.7 **
__________________________________________________________
* Jurisdiction is immaterial for the period presented
Schedule of reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to the effective income tax rate
A reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to the effective income tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 is as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
202520242023
Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate$329.0 21.0 %$227.6 21.0 %$220.0 21.0 %
Impact of federal, state, and local tax law and rate changes, net (a)105.6 6.7 %48.7 4.5 %45.2 4.3 %
Foreign tax effects0.2 — %1.2 0.1 %— — %
Effect of changes in tax laws or rates12.6 0.8 %1.0 0.1 %— — %
Effect of cross-border tax laws(6.9)(0.4)%(4.9)(0.4)%(4.7)(0.4)%
Tax credits(1.1)(0.1)%(1.0)(0.1)%(1.6)(0.2)%
Valuation allowances5.1 0.3 %4.8 0.4 %(5.1)(0.5)%
Nontaxable or nondeductible items7.6 0.5 %8.1 0.7 %0.9 0.1 %
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits21.1 1.3 %42.4 3.9 %30.8 2.9 %
Other adjustments(6.6)(0.3)%(9.0)(0.8)%0.7 0.1 %
Effective tax rate$466.6 29.8 %$318.9 29.4 %$286.2 27.3 %
__________________________________________________________
(a) State taxes in Illinois, New York State, and New York City made up the majority of the tax effect of this category.
Schedule of reconciliation of beginning and ending unrecognized tax benefits
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties, is as follows (in millions):
202520242023
Balance as of January 1$219.1 $237.5 $212.1 
Gross increases related to prior year tax positions13.5 0.2 — 
Gross decreases related to prior year tax positions(12.4)(3.1)(1.5)
Gross increases related to current year tax positions1.7 34.4 31.1 
Settlements(0.6)(49.9)(2.5)
Lapse of statute of limitations— — (1.7)
Balance as of December 31$221.3 $219.1 $237.5 
Schedule of tax years currently under audit or remain open and subject to examination by the tax authorities
The following table summarizes the tax years that are either currently under audit or remain open and subject to examination by the tax authorities in the most significant jurisdictions in which Cboe operates:
U.S. Federal
2022-2025
California
2017-2025
Illinois
2022-2025
New York
2015-2025
New York City
2015-2025
Pennsylvania
2021-2024
United Kingdom
2022-2025
Netherlands
2019-2025
v3.25.4
EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]  
Reconciliation of basic and diluted net income per common share
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 (in millions, except per share data):
Year Ended December 31,
202520242023
Basic earnings per share numerator:   
Net income$1,100.0 $764.9 $761.4 
Net income allocated to participating securities(5.2)(3.9)(3.9)
Net income allocated to common stockholders$1,094.8 $761.0 $757.5 
Basic earnings per share denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding104.7 105.1 105.8 
Basic earnings per share$10.46 $7.24 $7.16 
Diluted earnings per share numerator:
Net income$1,100.0 $764.9 $761.4 
Net income allocated to participating securities(5.2)(3.9)(3.9)
Net income allocated to common stockholders$1,094.8 $761.0 $757.5 
Diluted earnings per share denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding104.7 105.1 105.8 
Dilutive common shares issued under stock program0.4 0.4 0.4 
Total dilutive weighted average shares105.1 105.5 106.2 
Diluted earnings per share$10.42 $7.21 $7.13 
v3.25.4
LEASES (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Leases [Abstract]  
Schedule of supplemental balance sheet information related to leases
The following table presents the supplemental balance sheet information related to leases as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions):
December 31,
2025
December 31,
2024
Operating lease right of use assets$111.0 $124.5 
Total leased assets$111.0 $124.5 
Current operating lease liabilities (1)$26.9 $19.9 
Non-current operating lease liabilities120.9 138.4 
Total leased liabilities$147.8 $158.3 
________________________________________________________
(1)These amounts are reflected within accounts payable and accrued liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.
Schedule of lease cost and other information
The following table presents operating lease costs and other information as of and for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in millions, except as stated):
December 31,
2025
December 31,
2024
Operating lease costs (1)$37.9 $37.1 
Lease term and discount rate information:
Weighted average remaining lease term (years)6.97.6
Weighted average discount rate3.6 %3.6 %
Supplemental disclosure of cash transactions:
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities$27.7 $27.2 
Lease incentive for leasehold improvements2.6 — 
Supplemental disclosure of noncash activities:
Right of use assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities8.3 26.7 
Reduction in lease liability due to remeasurement(0.4)(18.5)
________________________________________________________
(1)Includes short-term lease and variable lease costs, which are immaterial.
Schedule of maturities of lease liabilities
The maturities of the lease liabilities are as follows as of December 31, 2025 (in millions):
December 31,
2025
2026$31.6 
202728.1 
202825.9 
202914.5 
203014.8 
After 203052.8 
Total lease payments$167.7 
Less: Interest(19.9)
Present value of lease liabilities$147.8 
v3.25.4
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
USD ($)
segment
Dec. 31, 2024
USD ($)
segment
Dec. 31, 2023
USD ($)
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies      
Number of reportable segments | segment 5 6  
Revenues $ 4,714.2 $ 4,094.5 $ 3,773.5
Options to renew true    
Option to terminate period (in years) 1 year    
Minimum      
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies      
Useful life (in years) 3 years    
Renewal term (in years) 1 year    
Maximum      
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies      
Useful life (in years) 7 years    
Renewal term (in years) 5 years    
Option to terminate period (in years) 1 year    
Revenue from Contract with Customer Benchmark | Customer Concentration Risk | Major Customer      
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies      
Concentration risk (as a percent) 10.00% 10.00% 10.00%
Revenues $ 480.0 $ 403.1 $ 389.4
Market-Maker Transaction Benchmark | Customer Concentration Risk | Three Largest Clearing Members      
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies      
Concentration risk (as a percent) 71.00%    
v3.25.4
REVENUE RECOGNITION - Revenue by product line and segment (Details)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
USD ($)
segment
fee_type
Dec. 31, 2024
USD ($)
segment
Dec. 31, 2023
USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information      
Number of reportable segments | segment 5 6  
Number of types of regulatory fees the Company recognizes | fee_type 2    
Revenues $ 4,714.2 $ 4,094.5 $ 3,773.5
Services transferred at a point in time      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 3,978.9 3,429.9 3,132.3
Services transferred over time      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 735.3 664.6 641.2
Options | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 2,433.6 2,002.6 1,939.5
Options | Operating Segments | Services transferred at a point in time      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 2,106.6 1,710.4 1,659.7
Options | Operating Segments | Services transferred over time      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 327.0 292.2 279.8
North American Equities | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 1,672.3 1,546.8 1,353.0
North American Equities | Operating Segments | Services transferred at a point in time      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 1,398.2 1,298.3 1,107.6
North American Equities | Operating Segments | Services transferred over time      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 274.1 248.5 245.4
Europe and Asia Pacific | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 378.6 324.2 281.2
Europe and Asia Pacific | Operating Segments | Services transferred at a point in time      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 289.8 244.5 208.2
Europe and Asia Pacific | Operating Segments | Services transferred over time      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 88.8 79.7 73.0
Futures | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 135.9 141.1 129.0
Futures | Operating Segments | Services transferred at a point in time      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 103.3 109.4 98.5
Futures | Operating Segments | Services transferred over time      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 32.6 31.7 30.5
Global FX | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 93.8 79.9 74.9
Global FX | Operating Segments | Services transferred at a point in time      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 81.0 67.4 62.8
Global FX | Operating Segments | Services transferred over time      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 12.8 12.5 12.1
Digital | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 0.0 (0.1) (4.1)
Digital | Operating Segments | Services transferred at a point in time      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 0.0 (0.1) (4.5)
Digital | Operating Segments | Services transferred over time      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 0.0 0.0 0.4
Transaction and clearing fees      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 3,597.6 2,904.6 2,831.3
Transaction and clearing fees | Options | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 2,011.5 1,599.0 1,583.7
Transaction and clearing fees | North American Equities | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 1,193.3 970.5 946.3
Transaction and clearing fees | Europe and Asia Pacific | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 209.9 159.6 145.6
Transaction and clearing fees | Futures | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 103.0 109.2 98.0
Transaction and clearing fees | Global FX | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 79.9 66.6 62.2
Transaction and clearing fees | Digital | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 0.0 (0.3) (4.5)
Access and capacity fees      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 408.7 369.8 347.5
Access and capacity fees | Options | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 184.8 168.4 161.0
Access and capacity fees | North American Equities | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 144.4 127.7 117.1
Access and capacity fees | Europe and Asia Pacific | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 45.8 40.3 36.3
Access and capacity fees | Futures | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 22.6 22.4 22.0
Access and capacity fees | Global FX | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 11.1 11.0 10.7
Access and capacity fees | Digital | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 0.0 0.0 0.4
Market data fees      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 326.6 294.8 293.7
Market data fees | Options | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 142.2 123.8 118.8
Market data fees | North American Equities | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 129.7 120.8 128.3
Market data fees | Europe and Asia Pacific | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 43.0 39.4 36.7
Market data fees | Futures | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 10.0 9.3 8.5
Market data fees | Global FX | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 1.7 1.5 1.4
Market data fees | Digital | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 0.0 0.0 0.0
Regulatory fees cost of revenues      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 285.4 426.3 223.7
Regulatory fees cost of revenues | Options | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 89.3 105.9 69.6
Regulatory fees cost of revenues | North American Equities | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 196.0 320.2 153.8
Regulatory fees cost of revenues | Europe and Asia Pacific | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 0.0 0.0 0.0
Regulatory fees cost of revenues | Futures | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 0.1 0.2 0.3
Regulatory fees cost of revenues | Global FX | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 0.0 0.0 0.0
Regulatory fees cost of revenues | Digital | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other revenue      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 95.9 99.0 77.3
Other revenue | Options | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 5.8 5.5 6.4
Other revenue | North American Equities | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 8.9 7.6 7.5
Other revenue | Europe and Asia Pacific | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 79.9 84.9 62.6
Other revenue | Futures | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 0.2 0.0 0.2
Other revenue | Global FX | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 1.1 0.8 0.6
Other revenue | Digital | Operating Segments      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 0.0 0.2 0.0
Cash and spot markets      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 1,834.8 1,670.0 1,445.1
Cash and spot markets | Transaction and clearing fees      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 1,483.1 1,196.3 1,149.7
Cash and spot markets | Access and capacity fees      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cash and spot markets | Market data fees      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 66.2 60.4 71.3
Cash and spot markets | Regulatory fees cost of revenues      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 196.0 320.2 153.8
Cash and spot markets | Other revenue      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 89.5 93.1 70.3
Data Vantage      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 635.5 576.6 539.2
Data Vantage | Transaction and clearing fees      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 0.0 0.0 0.0
Data Vantage | Access and capacity fees      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 408.7 369.8 347.5
Data Vantage | Market data fees      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 223.9 203.9 188.7
Data Vantage | Regulatory fees cost of revenues      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 0.0 0.0 0.0
Data Vantage | Other revenue      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 2.9 2.9 3.0
Derivatives markets      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 2,243.9 1,847.9 1,789.2
Derivatives markets | Transaction and clearing fees      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 2,114.5 1,708.3 1,681.6
Derivatives markets | Access and capacity fees      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 0.0 0.0 0.0
Derivatives markets | Market data fees      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 36.5 30.5 33.7
Derivatives markets | Regulatory fees cost of revenues      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 89.4 106.1 69.9
Derivatives markets | Other revenue      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues $ 3.5 $ 3.0 $ 4.0
v3.25.4
REVENUE RECOGNITION - Rollforward of deferred revenue (Details)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
USD ($)
Revenue recognized from contract liabilities and remaining balance  
Beginning Balance $ 6.6
Cash Additions 24.2
Revenue Recognized (23.9)
Ending Balance 6.9
Liquidity provider sliding scale  
Revenue recognized from contract liabilities and remaining balance  
Beginning Balance 2.4
Cash Additions 7.2
Revenue Recognized (7.2)
Ending Balance 2.4
Other, net  
Revenue recognized from contract liabilities and remaining balance  
Beginning Balance 4.2
Cash Additions 17.0
Revenue Recognized (16.7)
Ending Balance $ 4.5
v3.25.4
ACQUISITIONS (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Business Combination, Asset Acquisition, Transaction between Entities under Common Control, and Joint Venture Formation [Abstract]      
Acquisition-related costs $ 0.3 $ 1.3 $ 7.4
v3.25.4
INVESTMENTS (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2025
Sep. 30, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Schedule of Cost and Equity Method Investments            
Total equity method investments     $ 321.3 $ 1.5 $ 321.3  
Total other equity investments     62.4 30.9 62.4  
Total investments     383.7 32.4 383.7  
Equity earnings on investments       84.2 26.5 $ 36.9
(Gain) impairment of minority investments       (5.1) 31.6 $ 1.8
Investment in 7Ridge Investments 3 LP            
Schedule of Cost and Equity Method Investments            
Total equity method investments     321.3 1.5 321.3  
Proceeds from sale of equity method investments $ 406.6          
Investment in Japannext Co., Ltd.            
Schedule of Cost and Equity Method Investments            
Total other equity investments     36.5 0.0 36.5  
Investment in Eris Innovations Holdings, LLC            
Schedule of Cost and Equity Method Investments            
Total other equity investments     9.5 9.5 9.5  
Investment in CSD BR            
Schedule of Cost and Equity Method Investments            
Total other equity investments     5.9 10.3 5.9  
Investment in Talos Global, Inc.            
Schedule of Cost and Equity Method Investments            
Total other equity investments     4.4 5.0 4.4  
Investment in Vest Group Inc.            
Schedule of Cost and Equity Method Investments            
Total other equity investments     2.9 2.9 2.9  
Investment in OCC            
Schedule of Cost and Equity Method Investments            
Total other equity investments     0.3 0.3 0.3  
Other equity investments            
Schedule of Cost and Equity Method Investments            
Total other equity investments     2.9 $ 2.9 $ 2.9  
Eris Exchange Holdings, LLC and Coin Metrics            
Schedule of Cost and Equity Method Investments            
(Gain) impairment of minority investments     $ 11.1      
Investment in CSD BR and Talos Global Inc            
Schedule of Cost and Equity Method Investments            
(Gain) impairment of minority investments   $ 5.0        
v3.25.4
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET - Schedule of property and equipment, net (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Property and Equipment, Net    
Total property and equipment $ 349.5 $ 309.6
Less accumulated depreciation (216.4) (191.6)
Property and equipment, net 133.1 118.0
Construction in progress    
Property and Equipment, Net    
Total property and equipment 1.6 3.3
Furniture, equipment, and leasehold improvements    
Property and Equipment, Net    
Total property and equipment $ 347.9 $ 306.3
v3.25.4
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET - Additional information (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]      
Depreciation expense $ 42.0 $ 34.0 $ 33.0
Fixed asset impairment $ 1.8    
v3.25.4
CREDIT LOSSES (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Credit losses    
Allowance balance at beginning of period $ 36.7 $ 34.6
Current period provision for expected credit losses 0.8 3.1
Write-offs charged against the allowance (0.7) (0.7)
Recoveries collected 0.0 (0.3)
Foreign currency translation 0.1  
Allowance balance at end of period 36.9 36.7
Allowance for notes receivable credit losses    
Credit losses    
Allowance balance at beginning of period 30.1 30.1
Current period provision for expected credit losses 0.0 0.0
Write-offs charged against the allowance 0.0 0.0
Recoveries collected 0.0 0.0
Foreign currency translation 0.0  
Allowance balance at end of period 30.1 30.1
Allowance for accounts receivable credit losses    
Credit losses    
Allowance balance at beginning of period 6.6 4.5
Current period provision for expected credit losses 0.8 3.1
Write-offs charged against the allowance (0.7) (0.7)
Recoveries collected 0.0 (0.3)
Foreign currency translation 0.1  
Allowance balance at end of period $ 6.8 $ 6.6
v3.25.4
OTHER ASSETS, NET (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Sep. 30, 2025
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Intangible Assets          
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization     $ (101.9) $ (98.3)  
Data processing software, net     47.1 46.8  
Long-term notes receivable, net     102.1 124.2  
Other assets     10.5 11.7  
Other assets, net     159.7 182.7  
Amortization expense     70.2 88.7 $ 116.6
Impairment of assets     46.7 81.0 0.0
Capitalized computer software, impairments     5.6    
Software development work in progress          
Intangible Assets          
Software     12.0 18.7  
Data processing software          
Intangible Assets          
Software     137.0 126.4  
Amortization expense     $ 10.2 $ 10.3 $ 8.4
Impairment of assets $ 2.7 $ 2.7      
v3.25.4
GOODWILL, INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET, AND DIGITAL ASSETS HELD - Goodwill by segment (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Goodwill    
Balance at beginning of the period $ 3,124.2 $ 3,140.6
Adjustments   0.0
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates 26.3 (16.4)
Balance at end of the period 3,150.5 3,124.2
Options    
Goodwill    
Balance at beginning of the period 306.0 305.8
Adjustments   0.2
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates 0.0 0.0
Balance at end of the period 306.0 306.0
North American Equities    
Goodwill    
Balance at beginning of the period 1,990.8 2,004.4
Adjustments   (0.8)
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates 7.3 (12.8)
Balance at end of the period 1,998.1 1,990.8
Europe and Asia Pacific    
Goodwill    
Balance at beginning of the period 560.0 563.2
Adjustments   0.4
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates 19.0 (3.6)
Balance at end of the period 579.0 560.0
Global FX    
Goodwill    
Balance at beginning of the period 267.4 267.2
Adjustments   0.2
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates 0.0 0.0
Balance at end of the period 267.4 $ 267.4
Futures    
Goodwill    
Balance at end of the period $ 0.0  
v3.25.4
GOODWILL, INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET, AND DIGITAL ASSETS HELD - Intangible assets by segment (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Jun. 30, 2024
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Intangible Assets          
Balance at beginning of the period     $ 1,376.9 $ 1,561.5  
Additions       1.2  
Sales     (0.7) (0.1)  
Amortization     (70.2) (88.7) $ (116.6)
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates     27.8 (16.0)  
Impairment     (36.6) (81.0)  
Balance at end of the period $ 1,297.2   1,297.2 1,376.9 1,561.5
Options          
Intangible Assets          
Balance at beginning of the period     126.4 134.1  
Additions       0.0  
Sales     0.0 0.0  
Amortization     (6.5) (7.7)  
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates     0.0 0.0  
Impairment     0.0 0.0  
Balance at end of the period 119.9   119.9 126.4 134.1
North American Equities          
Intangible Assets          
Balance at beginning of the period     879.6 935.3  
Additions       1.2  
Sales     (0.7) 0.0  
Amortization     (39.9) (50.6)  
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates     3.3 (6.3)  
Impairment (17.7)   (17.7) 0.0  
Balance at end of the period 824.6   824.6 879.6 935.3
Europe and Asia Pacific          
Intangible Assets          
Balance at beginning of the period     326.7 352.5  
Additions       0.0  
Sales     0.0 0.0  
Amortization     (14.2) (16.1)  
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates     24.5 (9.7)  
Impairment     (18.9) 0.0  
Balance at end of the period 318.1   318.1 326.7 352.5
Global FX          
Intangible Assets          
Balance at beginning of the period     44.2 56.2  
Additions       0.0  
Sales     0.0 0.0  
Amortization     (9.6) (12.0)  
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates     0.0 0.0  
Impairment     0.0 0.0  
Balance at end of the period 34.6   34.6 44.2 56.2
Digital          
Intangible Assets          
Balance at beginning of the period     0.0 83.4  
Additions       0.0  
Sales     0.0 (0.1)  
Amortization     0.0 (2.3)  
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates     0.0 0.0  
Impairment   $ (81.0) 0.0 (81.0)  
Balance at end of the period $ 0.0   $ 0.0 $ 0.0 $ 83.4
v3.25.4
GOODWILL, INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET, AND DIGITAL ASSETS HELD - Estimated future amortization (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Jun. 30, 2025
Jun. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2025
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Schedule of Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets              
Impairment charge $ 1.8            
Impairment of intangible assets         $ 36.6 $ 81.0  
Impairment, Intangible Asset, Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]         Impairment of assets    
Amortization expense         $ 70.2 88.7 $ 116.6
Amortization expense              
Expected amortization, year one         62.7    
Expected amortization, year two         55.9    
Expected amortization, year three         50.3    
Expected amortization, year four         45.7    
Expected amortization, year five         40.5    
Customer relationships              
Schedule of Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets              
Impairment, Intangible Asset, Finite-Lived, Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]   Impairment of assets   Impairment of assets      
Impairment of intangible assets   $ 17.1   $ 17.1      
Digital              
Schedule of Finite-Lived and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets              
Impairment of intangible assets     $ 81.0   0.0 81.0  
Amortization expense         $ 0.0 $ 2.3  
v3.25.4
GOODWILL, INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET, AND DIGITAL ASSETS HELD - Intangible assets by category (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Intangible Assets      
Intangible assets, net $ 1,297.2 $ 1,376.9 $ 1,561.5
Customer relationships | Weighted Average Amortization Period (in years)      
Intangible Assets      
Weighted Average Amortization Period (in years) 13 years 14 years  
Market data customer relationships | Weighted Average Amortization Period (in years)      
Intangible Assets      
Weighted Average Amortization Period (in years) 6 years 7 years  
Technology | Weighted Average Amortization Period (in years)      
Intangible Assets      
Weighted Average Amortization Period (in years) 6 years 7 years  
Trademarks and tradenames | Weighted Average Amortization Period (in years)      
Intangible Assets      
Weighted Average Amortization Period (in years) 4 years 5 years  
Options      
Intangible Assets      
Accumulated amortization $ (116.6) $ (110.3)  
Intangible assets, net 119.9 126.4 134.1
Options | Customer relationships      
Intangible Assets      
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross 46.6 46.6  
Options | Market data customer relationships      
Intangible Assets      
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross 53.6 53.6  
Options | Technology      
Intangible Assets      
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross 27.9 28.1  
Options | Trademarks and tradenames      
Intangible Assets      
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross 12.9 12.9  
Options | Trading registrations and licenses      
Intangible Assets      
Indefinite-lived intangible assets, gross 95.5 95.5  
Options | Digital assets held      
Intangible Assets      
Indefinite-lived intangible assets, gross 0.0 0.0  
North American Equities      
Intangible Assets      
Accumulated amortization (560.8) (520.3)  
Intangible assets, net 824.6 879.6 935.3
North American Equities | Customer relationships      
Intangible Assets      
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross 412.1 409.7  
North American Equities | Market data customer relationships      
Intangible Assets      
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross 322.0 322.0  
North American Equities | Technology      
Intangible Assets      
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross 55.5 55.5  
North American Equities | Trademarks and tradenames      
Intangible Assets      
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross 8.2 8.1  
North American Equities | Trading registrations and licenses      
Intangible Assets      
Indefinite-lived intangible assets, gross 586.9 603.4  
North American Equities | Digital assets held      
Intangible Assets      
Indefinite-lived intangible assets, gross 0.7 1.2  
Europe and Asia Pacific      
Intangible Assets      
Accumulated amortization (209.3) (184.4)  
Intangible assets, net 318.1 326.7 352.5
Europe and Asia Pacific | Customer relationships      
Intangible Assets      
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross 204.7 209.2  
Europe and Asia Pacific | Market data customer relationships      
Intangible Assets      
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross 65.1 60.8  
Europe and Asia Pacific | Technology      
Intangible Assets      
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross 35.7 33.6  
Europe and Asia Pacific | Trademarks and tradenames      
Intangible Assets      
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross 2.5 2.3  
Europe and Asia Pacific | Trading registrations and licenses      
Intangible Assets      
Indefinite-lived intangible assets, gross 219.4 205.2  
Europe and Asia Pacific | Digital assets held      
Intangible Assets      
Indefinite-lived intangible assets, gross 0.0 0.0  
Global FX      
Intangible Assets      
Accumulated amortization (193.5) (183.9)  
Intangible assets, net 34.6 44.2 $ 56.2
Global FX | Customer relationships      
Intangible Assets      
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross 140.0 140.0  
Global FX | Market data customer relationships      
Intangible Assets      
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross 64.4 64.4  
Global FX | Technology      
Intangible Assets      
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross 22.5 22.5  
Global FX | Trademarks and tradenames      
Intangible Assets      
Finite-lived intangible assets, gross 1.2 1.2  
Global FX | Trading registrations and licenses      
Intangible Assets      
Indefinite-lived intangible assets, gross 0.0 0.0  
Global FX | Digital assets held      
Intangible Assets      
Indefinite-lived intangible assets, gross $ 0.0 $ 0.0  
v3.25.4
GOODWILL, INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET, AND DIGITAL ASSETS HELD - Additional information (Details)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Millions
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
May 31, 2025
May 31, 2024
USD ($)
Oct. 31, 2022
token
$ / shares
Dec. 31, 2025
USD ($)
token
Dec. 31, 2024
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2023
USD ($)
Intangible Assets            
Number of token issued in a exchange or transaction | token       990,000    
Revenues       $ 4,714.2 $ 4,094.5 $ 3,773.5
Recognized gain on sale of tokens       0.9    
Market data fees            
Intangible Assets            
Revenues       $ 326.6 $ 294.8 $ 293.7
Data Provider Agreement with Pyth Data Association | Cboe Netherlands Services Company B.V            
Intangible Assets            
Number of token issued in a exchange or transaction | token     16,666,666      
Term of restricted tokens issued (in years)     4 years      
Percentage of tranche unlocked over a period for restricted tokens issued 25.00% 25.00%        
Historical value of tokens (in dollars per share) | $ / shares     $ 0.06      
Number of tokens sold | token       8,700,000    
Data Provider Agreement with Pyth Data Association | Cboe Netherlands Services Company B.V | Market data fees            
Intangible Assets            
Revenues   $ 1.0        
v3.25.4
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Payables and Accruals [Abstract]    
Compensation and benefit-related liabilities $ 109.7 $ 89.8
Royalties 59.0 44.4
Accrued liabilities 56.6 74.4
Current operating lease liabilities 26.9 19.9
Rebates payable 85.2 93.5
Marketing fee payable 16.1 19.7
Current unrecognized tax benefits 317.3 0.1
Accounts payable 16.1 17.9
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 686.9 $ 359.7
v3.25.4
DEBT - Schedule of long-term debt (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Mar. 16, 2022
Dec. 15, 2020
Jan. 12, 2017
Debt Instrument          
Total debt $ 1,442.9 $ 1,441.0      
Revolving Credit Agreement | Line of Credit          
Debt Instrument          
Total debt 0.0 0.0      
Cboe Clear Europe Credit Facility | Line of Credit          
Debt Instrument          
Total debt 0.0 0.0      
3.650% Senior Notes          
Debt Instrument          
Debt instrument face amount $ 650.0 $ 650.0     $ 650.0
Interest rate (as a percent) 3.65% 3.65% 3.65%   3.65%
3.650% Senior Notes | Senior Notes          
Debt Instrument          
Total debt $ 649.3 $ 648.6      
1.625% Senior Notes          
Debt Instrument          
Debt instrument face amount $ 500.0 $ 500.0   $ 500.0  
Interest rate (as a percent) 1.625% 1.625% 1.625% 1.625%  
1.625% Senior Notes | Senior Notes          
Debt Instrument          
Total debt $ 496.3 $ 495.5      
3.000% Senior Notes          
Debt Instrument          
Debt instrument face amount $ 300.0 $ 300.0 $ 300.0    
Interest rate (as a percent) 3.00% 3.00% 3.00%    
3.000% Senior Notes | Senior Notes          
Debt Instrument          
Total debt $ 297.3 $ 296.9      
v3.25.4
DEBT - Narrative (Details)
12 Months Ended
Feb. 25, 2022
USD ($)
subsidiary
Jul. 01, 2020
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2025
USD ($)
subsidiary
Dec. 31, 2025
EUR (€)
subsidiary
Dec. 31, 2024
USD ($)
Mar. 16, 2022
USD ($)
Dec. 15, 2020
USD ($)
Jul. 01, 2020
EUR (€)
Jan. 12, 2017
USD ($)
Debt Instrument                  
Borrowings outstanding     $ 1,442,900,000   $ 1,441,000,000        
3.650% Senior Notes                  
Debt Instrument                  
Debt instrument face amount     $ 650,000,000   $ 650,000,000       $ 650,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)     3.65% 3.65% 3.65% 3.65%     3.65%
1.625% Senior Notes                  
Debt Instrument                  
Debt instrument face amount     $ 500,000,000   $ 500,000,000   $ 500,000,000    
Interest rate (as a percent)     1.625% 1.625% 1.625% 1.625% 1.625%    
3.000% Senior Notes                  
Debt Instrument                  
Debt instrument face amount     $ 300,000,000   $ 300,000,000 $ 300,000,000      
Interest rate (as a percent)     3.00% 3.00% 3.00% 3.00%      
Revolving Credit Agreement                  
Debt Instrument                  
Credit agreement, maximum borrowing capacity $ 400,000,000                
Term of agreement (in years) 5 years                
Maximum borrowing capacity, increase limit $ 200,000,000                
Maximum borrowing capacity, total with increase $ 600,000,000                
Number of subsidiaries designated as additional borrowers | subsidiary     0 0          
Borrowings outstanding     $ 0            
Borrowing capacity available     $ 400,000,000            
Minimum consolidated interest ratio     4.00            
Maximum consolidated leverage ratio     3.50 3.50          
Minimum consolidated interest ratio, scenario one     4.25            
Minimum consolidated interest ratio, scenario two     4.00            
Revolving Credit Agreement | Minimum                  
Debt Instrument                  
Number of subsidiaries that may be designated as additional borrowers | subsidiary 1                
Interest rate margin (as a percent)     0.75%            
Revolving Credit Agreement | Maximum                  
Debt Instrument                  
Interest rate margin (as a percent)     1.25%            
Revolving Credit Agreement | Floor Rate                  
Debt Instrument                  
Interest rate margin (as a percent)     1.00%            
Revolving Credit Agreement | Prime Rate | Minimum                  
Debt Instrument                  
Interest rate margin (as a percent)     0.00%            
Revolving Credit Agreement | Prime Rate | Maximum                  
Debt Instrument                  
Interest rate margin (as a percent)     0.25%            
Revolving Credit Agreement | Dollars SFOR                  
Debt Instrument                  
Interest rate margin (as a percent)     0.10%            
Revolving Credit Agreement | Sterling SONIA                  
Debt Instrument                  
Interest rate margin (as a percent)     0.0326%            
Revolving Credit Agreement | Euros EURIBOR                  
Debt Instrument                  
Interest rate margin (as a percent)     0.00%            
Revolving Credit Agreement | Line of Credit                  
Debt Instrument                  
Credit agreement, maximum borrowing capacity $ 25,000,000                
Senior Notes                  
Debt Instrument                  
Redemption price (as a percent)     101.00%            
Cboe Clear Europe Credit Facility                  
Debt Instrument                  
Debt instrument face amount | €               € 1,200,000,000  
Maximum borrowing capacity, increase limit | €               500,000,000  
Maximum borrowing capacity, total with increase | €               1,700,000,000  
Borrowings outstanding | €       € 0          
Borrowing capacity available | €       € 1,200,000,000          
Commitment fee percentage   0.35%              
Debt instrument, threshold amount transferred to provider of settlement or custody services | €               500,000,000  
Cboe Clear Europe Credit Facility | Minimum                  
Debt Instrument                  
Debt instrument, threshold net worth on each drawdown   $ 1,750,000,000              
Debt instrument, amount to meet liquidity regulations | €               € 30,000,000  
Cboe Clear Europe Credit Facility | Base Rate                  
Debt Instrument                  
Interest rate margin (as a percent)   1.60%              
Cboe Clear Europe Credit Facility | Fed Funds Effective Rate Overnight Index Swap Rate                  
Debt Instrument                  
Interest rate margin (as a percent)   0.50%              
v3.25.4
DEBT - Debt repayments (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Long-term Debt    
2026 $ 0.0  
2027 650.0  
2028 0.0  
2029 0.0  
Thereafter 800.0  
Principal amounts repayable 1,450.0  
Debt issuance costs (4.2)  
Unamortized discounts on notes (2.9)  
Total debt outstanding $ 1,442.9 $ 1,441.0
v3.25.4
DEBT - Interest expense (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Components of interest expense:      
Contractual interest $ 49.9 $ 49.2 $ 59.8
Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs 2.4 2.3 2.6
Interest expense 52.3 51.5 62.4
Interest income (49.4) (27.3) (12.0)
Interest expense, net $ 2.9 $ 24.2 $ 50.4
v3.25.4
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME, NET (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
AOCI Rollforward      
Beginning balance $ 4,279.6 $ 3,985.0 $ 3,465.3
Other comprehensive (loss) income 78.5 (39.0) 21.6
Ending balance 5,138.3 4,279.6 3,985.0
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, net      
AOCI Rollforward      
Beginning balance (48.4) (9.4) (31.0)
Other comprehensive (loss) income 78.5 (39.0) 21.6
Ending balance 30.1 (48.4) (9.4)
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment      
AOCI Rollforward      
Beginning balance (48.6) (5.6)  
Other comprehensive (loss) income 78.3 (43.0)  
Ending balance 29.7 (48.6) (5.6)
Available-for-sale Financial Investments      
AOCI Rollforward      
Beginning balance 0.0 (3.7)  
Other comprehensive (loss) income 0.0 3.7  
Ending balance 0.0 0.0 (3.7)
Post-Retirement Benefits, Net      
AOCI Rollforward      
Beginning balance 0.2 (0.1)  
Other comprehensive (loss) income 0.2 0.3  
Ending balance $ 0.4 $ 0.2 $ (0.1)
v3.25.4
CLEARING OPERATIONS - Narrative (Details)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
USD ($)
form
market
clearinghouse
Counterparty
Dec. 31, 2024
USD ($)
Clearing Operations    
Number of clearing houses operated | clearinghouse 2  
Number of European equity markets | market 19  
Number of European derivative markets | market 12  
Restricted cash, current | $ $ 34.1 $ 0.0
Cboe Clear Europe Credit Facility    
Clearing Operations    
Number of central counterparties with whom interoperable agreements are held | Counterparty 2  
Number of forms utilized for default waterfalls | form 2  
Default and liquidity waterfalls regulatory capital, scenario one 25.00%  
Cboe Clear Europe Credit Facility | Minimum    
Clearing Operations    
Default and liquid waterfalls regulatory capital 35.00%  
Default and liquidity waterfalls regulatory capital, scenario two 10.00%  
Cboe Clear Europe Credit Facility | Maximum    
Clearing Operations    
Default and liquid waterfalls regulatory capital 50.00%  
Default and liquidity waterfalls regulatory capital, scenario two 25.00%  
Cboe Clear U.S.    
Clearing Operations    
Restricted cash, current | $ $ 25.0  
v3.25.4
CLEARING OPERATIONS - Clearing participant (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Clearing Operations    
Cboe Clear Europe central bank account $ 1,156.5 $ 841.4
Cboe Clear Europe reverse repurchase and other 460.5  
Cboe Clear U.S. customer bank deposits 1.2 4.1
Total cash margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds 1,618.2 845.5
Cboe Clear Europe non-cash contributions $ 949.0 997.4
Minimum collateralization, as a percent 102.00%  
Margin Deposits    
Clearing Operations    
Cboe Clear Europe central bank account $ 755.3 378.4
Cboe Clear Europe reverse repurchase and other 137.1  
Cboe Clear U.S. customer bank deposits 1.2 4.1
Total cash margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds 893.6 382.5
Cboe Clear Europe non-cash contributions 601.3 691.4
Clearing Funds    
Clearing Operations    
Cboe Clear Europe central bank account 146.8 173.7
Cboe Clear Europe reverse repurchase and other 135.2  
Cboe Clear U.S. customer bank deposits 0.0 0.0
Total cash margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds 282.0 173.7
Cboe Clear Europe non-cash contributions 70.1 80.1
Interoperability Funds    
Clearing Operations    
Cboe Clear Europe central bank account 254.4 289.3
Cboe Clear Europe reverse repurchase and other 188.2  
Cboe Clear U.S. customer bank deposits 0.0 0.0
Total cash margin deposits, clearing funds, and interoperability funds 442.6 289.3
Cboe Clear Europe non-cash contributions $ 277.6 $ 225.9
v3.25.4
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT -Fair Value Hierarchy for Assets and Liabilities on a Recurring Basis (Details) - Fair Value, Recurring - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Assets:    
Note receivable - building sale   $ 6.2
Total assets $ 1,578.3 116.5
US And UK Treasury securities    
Assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents 1,294.1  
Money market funds    
Assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents 248.1  
US Treasury Securities    
Assets:    
Investments 0.3 70.0
Mutual funds    
Assets:    
Investments 28.5 23.8
Money market funds    
Assets:    
Investments 7.3 16.5
Level 1    
Assets:    
Note receivable - building sale   0.0
Total assets 1,578.3 110.3
Level 1 | US And UK Treasury securities    
Assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents 1,294.1  
Level 1 | Money market funds    
Assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents 248.1  
Level 1 | US Treasury Securities    
Assets:    
Investments 0.3 70.0
Level 1 | Mutual funds    
Assets:    
Investments 28.5 23.8
Level 1 | Money market funds    
Assets:    
Investments 7.3 16.5
Level 2    
Assets:    
Note receivable - building sale   0.0
Total assets 0.0 0.0
Level 2 | US And UK Treasury securities    
Assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents 0.0  
Level 2 | Money market funds    
Assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents 0.0  
Level 2 | US Treasury Securities    
Assets:    
Investments 0.0 0.0
Level 2 | Mutual funds    
Assets:    
Investments 0.0 0.0
Level 2 | Money market funds    
Assets:    
Investments 0.0 0.0
Level 3    
Assets:    
Note receivable - building sale   6.2
Total assets 0.0 6.2
Level 3 | US And UK Treasury securities    
Assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents 0.0  
Level 3 | Money market funds    
Assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents 0.0  
Level 3 | US Treasury Securities    
Assets:    
Investments 0.0 0.0
Level 3 | Mutual funds    
Assets:    
Investments 0.0 0.0
Level 3 | Money market funds    
Assets:    
Investments $ 0.0 $ 0.0
v3.25.4
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT - Narrative (Details) - Former Chicago Headquarters Location - Disposal group, disposed of by sale, not discontinued operations - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2025
Oct. 31, 2025
Jun. 28, 2024
Segment Reporting Information      
Purchase price of the property     $ 12.0
Purchase price of the property, cash     5.0
Purchase price of the property, seller financing     7.0
Secured promissory note receivable, before allowance for credit loss $ 0.0 $ 7.0 $ 7.0
Stated interest rate receivable     4.00%
v3.25.4
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT - Fair value hierarchy of financial instruments held (Details) - Fair Value, Nonrecurring - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Assets:    
Deferred compensation plan assets $ 35.8 $ 40.3
Note receivable - building sale   6.2
Total assets 1,578.3 116.5
Liabilities:    
Deferred compensation plan liabilities 35.8 40.3
Debt 1,371.8 1,317.0
Total liabilities 1,407.6 1,357.3
US And UK Treasury securities    
Assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents 1,294.1  
Money market funds    
Assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents 248.1  
Level 1    
Assets:    
Deferred compensation plan assets 35.8 40.3
Note receivable - building sale   0.0
Total assets 1,578.3 110.3
Liabilities:    
Deferred compensation plan liabilities 35.8 40.3
Debt 0.0 0.0
Total liabilities 35.8 40.3
Level 1 | US And UK Treasury securities    
Assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents 1,294.1  
Level 1 | Money market funds    
Assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents 248.1  
Level 2    
Assets:    
Deferred compensation plan assets 0.0 0.0
Note receivable - building sale   0.0
Total assets 0.0 0.0
Liabilities:    
Deferred compensation plan liabilities 0.0 0.0
Debt 1,371.8 1,317.0
Total liabilities 1,371.8 1,317.0
Level 2 | US And UK Treasury securities    
Assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents 0.0  
Level 2 | Money market funds    
Assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents 0.0  
Level 3    
Assets:    
Deferred compensation plan assets 0.0 0.0
Note receivable - building sale   6.2
Total assets 0.0 6.2
Liabilities:    
Deferred compensation plan liabilities 0.0 0.0
Debt 0.0 0.0
Total liabilities 0.0 0.0
Level 3 | US And UK Treasury securities    
Assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents 0.0  
Level 3 | Money market funds    
Assets:    
Cash and cash equivalents 0.0  
US Treasury Securities    
Assets:    
U.S. Treasury securities 0.3 70.0
US Treasury Securities | Level 1    
Assets:    
U.S. Treasury securities 0.3 70.0
US Treasury Securities | Level 2    
Assets:    
U.S. Treasury securities 0.0 0.0
US Treasury Securities | Level 3    
Assets:    
U.S. Treasury securities $ 0.0 $ 0.0
v3.25.4
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT - Fair values of debt obligations (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Mar. 16, 2022
Dec. 15, 2020
Jan. 12, 2017
3.650% Senior Notes          
Debt          
Interest rate (as a percent) 3.65% 3.65% 3.65%   3.65%
3.650% Senior Notes | Level 2          
Debt          
Debt obligations $ 648.9 $ 638.4      
1.625% Senior Notes          
Debt          
Interest rate (as a percent) 1.625% 1.625% 1.625% 1.625%  
1.625% Senior Notes | Level 2          
Debt          
Debt obligations $ 444.6 $ 416.2      
3.000% Senior Notes          
Debt          
Interest rate (as a percent) 3.00% 3.00% 3.00%    
3.000% Senior Notes | Level 2          
Debt          
Debt obligations $ 278.3 $ 262.4      
v3.25.4
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT - Changes in fair value of Level 3 financial liabilities (Details) - Level 3 - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Assets:      
Balance at Beginning of Period $ 0.0 $ 6.2 $ 0.0
(Losses) Gains during Period 0.8 (0.8)  
Adjustments 0.0 0.0  
Additions 0.0 7.0  
Settlements (7.0) 0.0  
Foreign Currency Translation 0.0 0.0  
Liabilities:      
Balance at Beginning of Period 0.0 36.4  
Losses (Gains) during Period   (0.4)  
Adjustments   (16.2)  
Additions   0.0  
Settlements   (19.9)  
Foreign Currency Translation   0.1  
Balance at End of Period   0.0  
Contingent consideration liabilities      
Liabilities:      
Balance at Beginning of Period 0.0 11.8  
Losses (Gains) during Period   2.0  
Adjustments   0.0  
Additions   0.0  
Settlements   (13.9)  
Foreign Currency Translation   0.1  
Balance at End of Period   0.0  
Cboe Digital restricted common units liability      
Liabilities:      
Balance at Beginning of Period 0.0 18.7  
Losses (Gains) during Period   (1.0)  
Adjustments   (12.1)  
Additions   0.0  
Settlements   (5.6)  
Foreign Currency Translation   0.0  
Balance at End of Period   0.0  
Cboe Digital warrant liability      
Liabilities:      
Balance at Beginning of Period 0.0 5.9  
Losses (Gains) during Period   (1.4)  
Adjustments   (4.1)  
Additions   0.0  
Settlements   (0.4)  
Foreign Currency Translation   0.0  
Balance at End of Period   0.0  
Note receivable - building sale      
Assets:      
Balance at Beginning of Period 0.0 6.2 $ 0.0
(Losses) Gains during Period 0.8 (0.8)  
Adjustments 0.0 0.0  
Additions 0.0 7.0  
Settlements (7.0) 0.0  
Foreign Currency Translation $ 0.0 $ 0.0  
v3.25.4
SEGMENT REPORTING - Summarized Financial Information By Reportable Segment (Details)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
USD ($)
segment
Dec. 31, 2024
USD ($)
segment
Dec. 31, 2023
USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information      
Number of reportable segments | segment 5 6  
Revenues $ 4,714.2 $ 4,094.5 $ 3,773.5
Cost of revenues 2,285.1 2,022.1 1,855.5
Revenues less cost of revenues 2,429.1 2,072.4 1,918.0
Depreciation and amortization 122.4 133.0 158.0
Other segment operating expenses 839.6 841.0 702.1
Operating income 1,467.1 1,098.4 1,057.9
Non-operating (expenses) income:      
Interest expense (52.3) (51.5) (62.4)
Interest income 49.4 27.3 12.0
Earnings on investments, net 92.8 29.0 39.5
Other income (expense), net 9.6 (19.4) 0.6
Income (loss) before income tax provision (benefit) 1,566.6 1,083.8 1,047.6
Income tax provision (benefit) 466.6 318.9 286.2
Net income 1,100.0 764.9 761.4
Operating Segments | Options      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 2,433.6 2,002.6 1,939.5
Cost of revenues 902.5 743.3 770.3
Revenues less cost of revenues 1,531.1 1,259.3 1,169.2
Depreciation and amortization 29.3 27.0 30.1
Other segment operating expenses 388.5 353.9 287.8
Operating income 1,113.3 878.4 851.3
Non-operating (expenses) income:      
Interest expense 0.0 0.1 0.2
Interest income 1.1 0.5 (0.1)
Earnings on investments, net 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other income (expense), net (1.4) 0.8 (0.1)
Income (loss) before income tax provision (benefit) 1,113.0 879.8 851.3
Income tax provision (benefit) 373.7 299.1 275.7
Net income 739.3 580.7 575.6
Operating Segments | North American Equities      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 1,672.3 1,546.8 1,353.0
Cost of revenues 1,265.1 1,163.0 987.7
Revenues less cost of revenues 407.2 383.8 365.3
Depreciation and amortization 47.0 58.2 69.4
Other segment operating expenses 172.1 157.0 177.9
Operating income 188.1 168.6 118.0
Non-operating (expenses) income:      
Interest expense 0.0 0.0 0.0
Interest income 3.3 2.4 1.4
Earnings on investments, net 0.9 0.0 0.0
Other income (expense), net (1.2) 0.7 0.0
Income (loss) before income tax provision (benefit) 191.1 171.7 119.4
Income tax provision (benefit) 27.2 23.1 14.8
Net income 163.9 148.6 104.6
Operating Segments | Europe and Asia Pacific      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 378.6 324.2 281.2
Cost of revenues 105.1 104.0 91.0
Revenues less cost of revenues 273.5 220.2 190.2
Depreciation and amortization 32.4 29.3 30.7
Other segment operating expenses 187.2 149.2 126.8
Operating income 53.9 41.7 32.7
Non-operating (expenses) income:      
Interest expense (8.6) (7.8) (7.8)
Interest income 4.3 4.1 3.0
Earnings on investments, net 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other income (expense), net 1.7 (0.1) (0.6)
Income (loss) before income tax provision (benefit) 51.3 37.9 27.3
Income tax provision (benefit) 18.7 13.3 6.8
Net income 32.6 24.6 20.5
Operating Segments | Futures      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 135.9 141.1 129.0
Cost of revenues 9.7 7.6 3.9
Revenues less cost of revenues 126.2 133.5 125.1
Depreciation and amortization 2.3 2.3 2.0
Other segment operating expenses 50.0 32.3 37.0
Operating income 73.9 98.9 86.1
Non-operating (expenses) income:      
Interest expense 0.0 0.0 0.0
Interest income 2.4 0.0 0.0
Earnings on investments, net 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other income (expense), net 0.0 0.0 0.0
Income (loss) before income tax provision (benefit) 76.3 98.9 86.1
Income tax provision (benefit) 12.9 28.4 33.4
Net income 63.4 70.5 52.7
Operating Segments | Global FX      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 93.8 79.9 74.9
Cost of revenues 2.7 2.3 1.4
Revenues less cost of revenues 91.1 77.6 73.5
Depreciation and amortization 11.2 13.5 18.4
Other segment operating expenses 33.9 30.9 30.4
Operating income 46.0 33.2 24.7
Non-operating (expenses) income:      
Interest expense 0.0 0.0 0.0
Interest income 0.1 0.1 0.0
Earnings on investments, net 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other income (expense), net 0.2 0.0 (0.2)
Income (loss) before income tax provision (benefit) 46.3 33.3 24.5
Income tax provision (benefit) (0.1) 0.1 0.5
Net income 46.4 33.2 24.0
Operating Segments | Digital      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 0.0 (0.1) (4.1)
Cost of revenues 0.0 1.9 1.2
Revenues less cost of revenues 0.0 (2.0) (5.3)
Depreciation and amortization 0.0 2.8 7.4
Other segment operating expenses 0.0 107.6 34.0
Operating income 0.0 (112.4) (46.7)
Non-operating (expenses) income:      
Interest expense 0.0 0.0 0.0
Interest income 0.0 3.7 2.0
Earnings on investments, net 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other income (expense), net 0.0 1.5 0.0
Income (loss) before income tax provision (benefit) 0.0 (107.2) (44.7)
Income tax provision (benefit) 0.0 (28.6) (10.4)
Net income 0.0 (78.6) (34.3)
Corporate Items and Eliminations      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cost of revenues 0.0 0.0 0.0
Revenues less cost of revenues 0.0 0.0 0.0
Depreciation and amortization 0.2 (0.1) 0.0
Other segment operating expenses 7.9 10.1 8.2
Operating income (8.1) (10.0) (8.2)
Non-operating (expenses) income:      
Interest expense (43.7) (43.8) (54.8)
Interest income 38.2 16.5 5.7
Earnings on investments, net 91.9 29.0 39.5
Other income (expense), net 10.3 (22.3) 1.5
Income (loss) before income tax provision (benefit) 88.6 (30.6) (16.3)
Income tax provision (benefit) 34.2 (16.5) (34.6)
Net income $ 54.4 $ (14.1) $ 18.3
v3.25.4
SEGMENT REPORTING - Geographical Information (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues less cost of revenues: $ 2,429.1 $ 2,072.4 $ 1,918.0
United States      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues less cost of revenues: 2,119.3 1,817.6 1,681.8
Non-U.S.      
Segment Reporting Information      
Revenues less cost of revenues: $ 309.8 $ 254.8 $ 236.2
v3.25.4
SEGMENT REPORTING - Long-lived assets by geographic areas (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Segment Reporting Information    
Total long-lived assets by geographic area $ 244.1 $ 242.5
United States    
Segment Reporting Information    
Total long-lived assets by geographic area 184.5 182.7
United Kingdom    
Segment Reporting Information    
Total long-lived assets by geographic area 30.0 23.8
Other    
Segment Reporting Information    
Total long-lived assets by geographic area $ 29.6 $ 36.0
v3.25.4
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
United States      
Defined Contribution Plan      
Deferred compensation plan assets $ 35.8    
Company contribution amount 16.8 $ 15.9 $ 15.0
Foreign Plan      
Defined Contribution Plan      
Company contribution amount $ 5.6 $ 4.8 $ 4.3
v3.25.4
REGULATORY CAPITAL - Narrative (Details)
Dec. 31, 2025
USD ($)
Test
Cboe Trading and BIDS Trading  
Regulatory Capital Requirement [Line Items]  
Minimum net capital required to be maintained (as a percent) 6.67%
Minimum net capital required to be maintained, amount | $ $ 100,000
Cboe Fixed Income  
Regulatory Capital Requirement [Line Items]  
Minimum net capital required to be maintained (as a percent) 6.67%
Minimum net capital required to be maintained, amount | $ $ 5,000.0
Cboe Chi-X Europe  
Regulatory Capital Requirement [Line Items]  
Capital resources requirement | $ $ 100,000
CFE  
Regulatory Capital Requirement [Line Items]  
Number of capital adequacy tests required to be met 2
Cboe SEF  
Regulatory Capital Requirement [Line Items]  
Number of capital adequacy tests required to be met 2
Cboe Digital Exchange  
Regulatory Capital Requirement [Line Items]  
Number of capital adequacy tests required to be met 2
Cboe Clear U.S.  
Regulatory Capital Requirement [Line Items]  
Number of capital adequacy tests required to be met 2
Cboe Japan  
Regulatory Capital Requirement [Line Items]  
Minimum required regulatory capital ratio (as a percent) 120.00%
v3.25.4
REGULATORY CAPITAL - Subsidiaries with Regulatory Capital Requirements (Details)
$ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2025
USD ($)
Cboe Trading  
Regulatory Capital Requirement [Line Items]  
Actual $ 16.9
Minimum Requirement 0.8
BIDS Trading  
Regulatory Capital Requirement [Line Items]  
Actual 11.7
Minimum Requirement 0.2
Cboe Fixed Income  
Regulatory Capital Requirement [Line Items]  
Actual 2.4
Minimum Requirement 0.1
Cboe Europe  
Regulatory Capital Requirement [Line Items]  
Actual 71.2
Minimum Requirement 36.6
Cboe Chi-X Europe  
Regulatory Capital Requirement [Line Items]  
Actual 0.1
Minimum Requirement 0.1
Cboe Clear Europe  
Regulatory Capital Requirement [Line Items]  
Actual 128.1
Minimum Requirement 76.0
CFE  
Regulatory Capital Requirement [Line Items]  
Actual 104.5
Minimum Requirement 40.3
Cboe SEF  
Regulatory Capital Requirement [Line Items]  
Actual 10.8
Minimum Requirement 2.5
Cboe Digital Exchange  
Regulatory Capital Requirement [Line Items]  
Actual 21.6
Minimum Requirement 0.0
Cboe Clear U.S.  
Regulatory Capital Requirement [Line Items]  
Actual 35.1
Minimum Requirement 12.1
Cboe Australia  
Regulatory Capital Requirement [Line Items]  
Actual 17.9
Minimum Requirement 5.9
Cboe Japan  
Regulatory Capital Requirement [Line Items]  
Actual 6.8
Minimum Requirement 4.6
Cboe NL  
Regulatory Capital Requirement [Line Items]  
Actual 21.1
Minimum Requirement $ 10.3
v3.25.4
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
May 31, 2018
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Number of shares        
Payments for the purchase of shares to satisfy the employee income tax withholdings   $ 29,800,000 $ 29,500,000 $ 13,900,000
Employee Stock        
Number of shares        
Stock-based compensation expense   $ 2,400,000 2,800,000 2,700,000
Number of shares of common stock made available for purchase to employees 750,000      
Maximum percentage of annual salary that an employee is permitted to utilize to purchase stock 10.00%      
Maximum number of shares that a participant can purchase during any single offering period 312      
Maximum fair market value of stock an employee can purchase under the plan per calendar year $ 25,000      
Exercise price per share of common stock as a percent of fair market value 85.00%      
Shares reserved for future issuance   441,140    
RSUs        
Number of shares        
Number of shares of common stock of which unit is convertible (in shares)   1    
Vesting period (in years)   3 years    
Qualified retirement eligibility age   55 years    
Qualified retirement eligibility number of years of service   10 years    
Period of advance notice required   6 months    
Shares purchased to satisfy the employee income tax withholdings (in shares)   102,061    
Payments for the purchase of shares to satisfy the employee income tax withholdings   $ 22,300,000    
Vested, prompting share repurchases to satisfy employee tax obligations (in shares)   260,506    
Performance Shares        
Number of shares        
Number of shares of common stock of which unit is convertible (in shares)   1    
Vesting period (in years)   3 years    
Shares purchased to satisfy the employee income tax withholdings (in shares)   35,067    
Payments for the purchase of shares to satisfy the employee income tax withholdings   $ 7,500,000    
Vested, prompting share repurchases to satisfy employee tax obligations (in shares)   85,901    
Unrecognized compensation expense   $ 62,700,000    
Unrecognized compensation expense, period for recognition   1 year 9 months 18 days    
Performance Shares | Minimum        
Number of shares        
Risk-free interest rate (in percent)   3.52%    
Expected volatility (in percent)   20.53%    
Correlation to stock index time period (in years)   2 years 3 months    
Correlation with S&P 500 index   (0.14)    
Units ultimately expected to be awarded (in percent)   0.00%    
Performance Shares | Maximum        
Number of shares        
Risk-free interest rate (in percent)   4.25%    
Expected volatility (in percent)   21.11%    
Correlation to stock index time period (in years)   2 years 10 months 10 days    
Correlation with S&P 500 index   0.19    
Units ultimately expected to be awarded (in percent)   200.00%    
Employee        
Number of shares        
Stock-based compensation expense   $ 45,200,000 40,200,000 33,900,000
Nonemployee        
Number of shares        
Stock-based compensation expense   $ 2,000,000.0 $ 1,800,000 $ 1,900,000
Nonemployee | RSUs        
Number of shares        
Vesting period (in years)   1 year    
v3.25.4
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Restricted stock activity (Details) - $ / shares
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
RSUs      
Number of shares      
Beginning balance (in shares) 522,735 638,181 556,062
Granted (in shares) 282,381 226,061 401,685
Vested (in shares) (267,636) (298,023) (237,315)
Forfeited (in shares) (78,671) (43,484) (82,251)
Ending balance of Outstanding and exercisable (in shares) 458,809 522,735 638,181
Weighted average grant date fair value      
Beginning balance (in USD per share) $ 153.20 $ 125.25 $ 112.07
Granted (in USD per share) 212.46 183.27 132.58
Vested (in USD per share) 141.67 117.28 108.25
Forfeited (in USD per share) 188.27 145.53 121.02
Ending balance of Outstanding and exercisable (in USD per share) $ 190.38 $ 153.20 $ 125.25
Performance Shares      
Number of shares      
Beginning balance (in shares) 111,104 134,484 166,702
Granted (in shares) 93,599 86,996 87,146
Vested (in shares) (85,901) (110,376) (55,399)
Forfeited (in shares) (29,842) 0 (63,965)
Ending balance of Outstanding and exercisable (in shares) 88,960 111,104 134,484
Weighted average grant date fair value      
Beginning balance (in USD per share) $ 168.45 $ 127.72 $ 125.08
Granted (in USD per share) 232.82 145.21 144.35
Vested (in USD per share) 143.95 100.50 130.05
Forfeited (in USD per share) 234.29 0 141.49
Ending balance of Outstanding and exercisable (in USD per share) $ 237.75 $ 168.45 $ 127.72
v3.25.4
EQUITY - Narrative (Details)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 16, 2025
shares
Dec. 31, 2025
USD ($)
Vote
$ / shares
shares
Dec. 31, 2024
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
Dec. 31, 2023
USD ($)
$ / shares
Common Stock        
Common stock, shares authorized (in shares)   325,000,000 325,000,000  
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares   $ 0.01 $ 0.01  
Common stock, shares issued (in shares)   104,654,764 104,693,373  
Common stock, shares outstanding (in shares)   104,647,739 104,686,478  
Common stock, votes per share | Vote   1    
Common Stock in Treasury, at Cost        
Common stock held in treasury (in shares)   7,025 6,895  
Retirement of treasury stock (in shares) 442,315      
Purchase of Common Stock from Employees        
Stock repurchased from employee stock plans (in shares)   137,128 157,228  
Average price paid per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares   $ 217.04 $ 187.07  
Preferred stock        
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)   20,000,000 20,000,000  
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares   $ 0.01 $ 0.01  
Preferred stock, shares issued (in shares)   0 0  
Preferred stock, shares outstanding (in shares)   0 0  
Dividends        
Cash dividends declared (in dollars per share) | $ / shares   $ 2.70 $ 2.36 $ 2.10
Cash dividends paid (in dollars per share) | $ / shares   $ 2.70 $ 2.36  
Aggregate payout | $   $ 284.3 $ 249.4 $ 223.5
v3.25.4
EQUITY - Share Repurchase Program (Details) - USD ($)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Millions
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 180 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Sep. 30, 2025
Jun. 30, 2025
Mar. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Sep. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2024
Mar. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Sep. 30, 2023
Jun. 30, 2023
Mar. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2011
Share Repurchase Program                                  
Authorized amount $ 2,300.0                       $ 2,300.0     $ 2,300.0 $ 100.0
Number of shares of common stock repurchased (in shares) 0 0 160,564 144,753 0 144,370 514,239 489,686 33,507 0 61,141 567,073 305,317 1,148,295 661,721 21,063,700  
Average price paid per share (in USD per share) $ 0 $ 0 $ 219.77 $ 207.04 $ 0 $ 170.45 $ 175.76 $ 182.26 $ 173.59 $ 0 $ 132.45 $ 123.42 $ 213.74     $ 80.02  
Amount of repurchase, excluding excise tax $ 0.0 $ 0.0 $ 35.3 $ 30.0 $ 0.0 $ 24.6 $ 90.4 $ 89.3 $ 5.8 $ 0.0 $ 8.1 $ 70.0 $ 65.3 $ 204.3 $ 83.9    
Availability remaining under existing share repurchase authorizations $ 614.5                       $ 614.5     $ 614.5  
v3.25.4
INCOME TAXES - Deferred tax assets and liabilities (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Deferred tax assets:    
Accrued compensation and benefits $ 23.3 $ 20.2
Property, equipment and technology, net 7.3 14.6
Operating leases 40.3 40.4
Other 99.9 88.7
Subtotal 170.8 163.9
Valuation allowances (23.1) (17.0)
Total deferred tax assets 147.7 146.9
Deferred tax liabilities:    
Intangibles (256.4) (240.2)
Property, equipment and technology, net (30.9) (19.0)
Investments (4.7) (33.8)
Prepaid expenses or assets (5.1) (4.5)
Operating leases (30.4) (31.9)
Total deferred tax liabilities (327.5) (329.4)
Net deferred tax liabilities $ (179.8) $ (182.5)
v3.25.4
INCOME TAXES - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]      
Deferred tax assets, valuation allowance $ 23.1 $ 17.0  
Operating loss carryforwards 15.6    
Undistributed earnings in subsidiaries 163.4    
Unrecognized tax positions that would affect the annual effective tax rate 174.9 173.1 $ 196.6
Estimated interest costs and penalties 25.8 (2.5) 14.3
Accrued interest and penalties $ 111.8 $ 86.0 $ 88.5
v3.25.4
INCOME TAXES - Income before income tax, domestic and foreign (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]      
U.S. operations $ 1,520.4 $ 1,060.2 $ 1,010.5
Foreign operations 46.2 23.6 37.1
Income before income tax provision $ 1,566.6 $ 1,083.8 $ 1,047.6
v3.25.4
INCOME TAXES - Provision for income taxes (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Current tax expense:      
Federal $ 287.6 $ 208.8 $ 188.1
State 162.9 117.7 97.8
Foreign 24.5 16.0 15.5
Total current tax expense 475.0 342.5 301.4
Deferred income tax (benefit) expense:      
Federal (7.9) (19.5) (3.4)
State 8.4 (2.4) 1.5
Foreign (8.9) (1.7) (13.3)
Total deferred income tax benefit (8.4) (23.6) (15.2)
Total $ 466.6 $ 318.9 $ 286.2
v3.25.4
INCOME TAXES - Cash paid for income taxes (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Income Tax Paid, by Individual Jurisdiction [Line Items]      
Federal $ 284.1 $ 276.4 $ 211.0
State 81.2 72.8 60.5
Foreign 26.3 13.2 14.9
Total cash paid for income taxes, net 391.6 362.4 286.4
Illinois      
Income Tax Paid, by Individual Jurisdiction [Line Items]      
State 45.0 $ 40.9 $ 36.1
United Kingdom      
Income Tax Paid, by Individual Jurisdiction [Line Items]      
Foreign $ 23.7    
v3.25.4
INCOME TAXES - Reconciliation of statutory federal income tax rate to effective income tax rate (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Amount [Abstract]      
Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate $ 329.0 $ 227.6 $ 220.0
Impact of federal, state and local tax law and rate changes, net 105.6 48.7 45.2
Foreign tax effects 0.2 1.2 0.0
Effect of changes in tax laws or rates 12.6 1.0 0.0
Effect of cross-border tax laws (6.9) (4.9) (4.7)
Tax credits (1.1) (1.0) (1.6)
Valuation allowances 5.1 4.8 (5.1)
Nontaxable or nondeductible items 7.6 8.1 0.9
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits 21.1 42.4 30.8
Other adjustments (6.6) (9.0) 0.7
Total $ 466.6 $ 318.9 $ 286.2
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent [Abstract]      
Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate 21.00% 21.00% 21.00%
Impact of federal, state and local tax law and rate changes, net 6.70% 4.50% 4.30%
Foreign tax effects 0.00% 0.10% 0.00%
Effect of changes in tax laws or rates 0.80% 0.10% 0.00%
Effect of cross-border tax laws (0.40%) (0.40%) (0.40%)
Tax credits (0.10%) (0.10%) (0.20%)
Valuation allowances 0.30% 0.40% (0.50%)
Nontaxable or nondeductible items 0.50% 0.70% 0.10%
Changes in unrecognized tax benefits 1.30% 3.90% 2.90%
Other adjustments (0.30%) (0.80%) 0.10%
Effective tax rate 29.80% 29.40% 27.30%
v3.25.4
INCOME TAXES - Reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]      
Unrecognized tax benefits, beginning balance $ 219.1 $ 237.5 $ 212.1
Gross increases related to prior year tax positions 13.5 0.2 0.0
Gross decreases related to prior year tax positions (12.4) (3.1) (1.5)
Gross increases related to current year tax positions 1.7 34.4 31.1
Settlements (0.6) (49.9) (2.5)
Lapse of statute of limitations 0.0 0.0 (1.7)
Unrecognized tax benefits, ending balance $ 221.3 $ 219.1 $ 237.5
v3.25.4
EARNINGS PER SHARE (Details) - USD ($)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]      
Net income $ 1,100.0 $ 764.9 $ 761.4
Basic earnings per share numerator:      
Net income allocated to participating securities (5.2) (3.9) (3.9)
Net income allocated to common stockholders $ 1,094.8 $ 761.0 $ 757.5
Basic earnings per share denominator:      
Weighted average shares outstanding (in shares) 104,700,000 105,100,000 105,800,000
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share) $ 10.46 $ 7.24 $ 7.16
Diluted earnings per share numerator:      
Net income allocated to participating securities $ (5.2) $ (3.9) $ (3.9)
Net income allocated to common stockholders $ 1,094.8 $ 761.0 $ 757.5
Diluted earnings per share denominator:      
Weighted average shares outstanding (in shares) 104,700,000 105,100,000 105,800,000
Dilutive common shares issued under stock program (in shares) 400,000 400,000 400,000
Total dilutive weighted average shares (in shares) 105,100,000 105,500,000 106,200,000
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share) $ 10.42 $ 7.21 $ 7.13
Anti-dilutive shares excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share (in shares) 0 0 0
v3.25.4
COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES, AND GUARANTEES (Details) - Trading registrations and licenses - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2025
Jan. 29, 2024
Minimum    
Commitments, Contingencies and Guarantees    
Year 1 $ 14.6  
Year 2 14.6  
Year 3 14.6  
Year 4 14.6  
Year 5 $ 14.6  
Minimum | Cloud services provider    
Commitments, Contingencies and Guarantees    
Year 1   $ 5.8
Year 2   5.8
Year 3   5.8
Year 4   5.8
Year 5   5.8
Maximum | Cloud services provider    
Commitments, Contingencies and Guarantees    
Year 1   6.9
Year 2   6.9
Year 3   6.9
Year 4   6.9
Year 5   $ 6.9
v3.25.4
LEASES - Narrative (Details)
ft² in Thousands, $ in Millions
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
May 31, 2024
USD ($)
installment
Dec. 31, 2025
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2024
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2023
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2024
USD ($)
ft²
term
Sep. 01, 2024
Leases            
Option to terminate period (in years)   1 year        
Right of use assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities   $ 8.3 $ 26.7      
Additional operating lease liabilities   8.3        
Minimum lease payments   $ 167.7        
Office Space In Lenexa, Kansas            
Leases            
Reduction fee $ 1.3          
Number of installments, reduction fee payable | installment 2          
Right of use asset, decrease due to reduction in lease term     10.3      
Decrease in operating lease of lease liabilities due to reduction in lease term     11.0      
Office Space In Overland Park, Kansas            
Leases            
Renewal term (in years)         60 months  
Square feet of office space | ft²         60  
Term of contract (in years)           129 months
Number of terms available to renew | term         2  
Minimum lease payments         $ 12.0  
Minimum            
Leases            
Renewal term (in years)   1 year        
Maximum            
Leases            
Renewal term (in years)   5 years        
Option to terminate period (in years)   1 year        
Other Income | Office Space In Lenexa, Kansas            
Leases            
Gain on lease termination     0.7      
Technology support services            
Leases            
Rent expense   $ 37.9 $ 37.1 $ 34.5    
v3.25.4
LEASES - Supplemental Balance Sheet (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Leases [Abstract]    
Operating lease right of use assets $ 111.0 $ 124.5
Current operating lease liabilities $ 26.9 $ 19.9
Operating Lease, Liability, Current, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration] Accounts payable and accrued liabilities Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
Non-current operating lease liabilities $ 120.9 $ 138.4
Total leased liabilities $ 147.8 $ 158.3
v3.25.4
LEASES - Lease Costs and Other Information (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Leases [Abstract]    
Operating lease costs $ 37.9 $ 37.1
Weighted average remaining lease term (years) 6 years 10 months 24 days 7 years 7 months 6 days
Weighted average discount rate (in percent) 3.60% 3.60%
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities $ 27.7 $ 27.2
Lease incentive for leasehold improvements 2.6 0.0
Right of use assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities 8.3 26.7
Reduction in lease liability due to remeasurement $ (0.4) $ (18.5)
v3.25.4
LEASES - Maturities (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]    
2026 $ 31.6  
2027 28.1  
2028 25.9  
2029 14.5  
2030 14.8  
After 2030 52.8  
Total lease payments 167.7  
Less: Interest (19.9)  
Present value of lease liabilities $ 147.8 $ 158.3
v3.25.4
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details) - USD ($)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Millions
2 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 180 Months Ended
Feb. 13, 2026
Feb. 18, 2026
Dec. 31, 2025
Sep. 30, 2025
Jun. 30, 2025
Mar. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Sep. 30, 2024
Jun. 30, 2024
Mar. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Sep. 30, 2023
Jun. 30, 2023
Mar. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2025
Subsequent Events                                    
Number of shares of common stock repurchased (in shares)     0 0 160,564 144,753 0 144,370 514,239 489,686 33,507 0 61,141 567,073 305,317 1,148,295 661,721 21,063,700
Average price paid per share (in USD per share)     $ 0 $ 0 $ 219.77 $ 207.04 $ 0 $ 170.45 $ 175.76 $ 182.26 $ 173.59 $ 0 $ 132.45 $ 123.42 $ 213.74     $ 80.02
Amount of repurchase                             $ 65.3 $ 205.6 $ 83.9 $ 1,700.0
Availability remaining under existing share repurchase authorizations     $ 614.5                       $ 614.5     $ 614.5
RSUs                                    
Subsequent Events                                    
Granted (in shares)                             282,381 226,061 401,685  
Vesting period (in years)                             3 years      
PSUs                                    
Subsequent Events                                    
Vesting period (in years)                             3 years      
Subsequent Event                                    
Subsequent Events                                    
Cash dividend (in dollars per share) $ 0.72                                  
Number of shares of common stock repurchased (in shares)   11,500                                
Average price paid per share (in USD per share)   $ 269.59                                
Amount of repurchase   $ 3.1                                
Availability remaining under existing share repurchase authorizations   $ 611.4                                
Subsequent Event | RSUs                                    
Subsequent Events                                    
Granted (in shares) 37,800,000                                  
Vesting period (in years) 3 years                                  
Subsequent Event | PSUs                                    
Subsequent Events                                    
Granted (in shares) 6,400,000                                  
Vesting period (in years) 3 years