Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE – Get Free Report) has been assigned an average rating of “Hold” from the twelve ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have given a hold recommendation, four have issued a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $279.00.
A number of analysts have issued reports on CBOE shares. Loop Capital set a $317.00 target price on Cboe Global Markets in a research report on Monday, February 9th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and issued a $303.00 price objective on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a research note on Monday, February 9th. TD Cowen reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a report on Wednesday, January 14th. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on Cboe Global Markets from $221.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Monday, December 22nd. Finally, UBS Group restated a “neutral” rating and set a $290.00 target price on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a report on Monday, February 9th.
Read Our Latest Report on Cboe Global Markets
Insider Activity
In other Cboe Global Markets news, Director Alexander Matturri, Jr. sold 1,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $285.36, for a total transaction of $428,040.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 4,761 shares in the company, valued at $1,358,598.96. This represents a 23.96% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CAO Allen Wilkinson sold 248 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $292.79, for a total transaction of $72,611.92. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 410 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $120,043.90. This represents a 37.69% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 5,695 shares of company stock valued at $1,628,981. 0.22% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
Institutional Trading of Cboe Global Markets
A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of CBOE. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Cboe Global Markets during the 4th quarter worth $354,578,000. First Trust Advisors LP raised its position in Cboe Global Markets by 215.2% in the 3rd quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,451,743 shares of the company’s stock valued at $356,040,000 after purchasing an additional 991,209 shares in the last quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. raised its position in Cboe Global Markets by 1,340.0% in the 3rd quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 749,658 shares of the company’s stock valued at $183,854,000 after purchasing an additional 697,600 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its stake in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 2,425.2% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 661,391 shares of the company’s stock valued at $166,009,000 after buying an additional 635,199 shares during the period. Finally, Marshall Wace LLP purchased a new position in shares of Cboe Global Markets in the 3rd quarter valued at about $107,052,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 82.67% of the company’s stock.
Cboe Global Markets Price Performance
Shares of CBOE opened at $299.20 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $274.80 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $255.83. The stock has a market cap of $31.32 billion, a PE ratio of 41.44, a P/E/G ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 0.33. Cboe Global Markets has a 1-year low of $200.88 and a 1-year high of $305.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a current ratio of 1.78 and a quick ratio of 1.39.
Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February 6th. The company reported $3.06 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.95 by $0.11. Cboe Global Markets had a net margin of 18.64% and a return on equity of 22.02%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 28.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $2.10 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Cboe Global Markets will post 8.96 EPS for the current year.
Cboe Global Markets Announces Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 13th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 27th will be paid a $0.72 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 27th. This represents a $2.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.0%. Cboe Global Markets’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 27.64%.
Cboe Global Markets Company Profile
Cboe Global Markets NASDAQ: CBOE is a global market infrastructure company that operates a family of exchanges and trading venues across listed derivatives, cash equities and foreign exchange. Its product suite includes options and futures markets, multiple U.S. equities exchanges, a derivatives exchange for volatility and other products, proprietary benchmark indexes (notably the Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX), market data and analytics, and trading technology and connectivity services. Cboe also provides market-access and order-routing tools used by broker-dealers, institutional investors and professional traders.
The company traces its roots to the Chicago Board Options Exchange, which was established in 1973 to create a centralized market for listed options; over the years the business expanded through organic growth and strategic acquisitions to become a multi-asset, multi-venue operator.
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