Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) Coverage Initiated by Analysts at William Blair

William Blair started coverage on shares of Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) in a research report sent to investors on Thursday morning, Marketbeat.com reports. The brokerage issued a market perform rating on the stock.

Several other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. StockNews.com raised shares of Cboe Global Markets from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, December 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued an “underweight” rating and set a $174.00 price objective (down from $203.00) on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered shares of Cboe Global Markets from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $184.00 price objective for the company. in a report on Monday, January 6th. Barclays lowered shares of Cboe Global Markets from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and decreased their price target for the company from $230.00 to $220.00 in a report on Monday, December 9th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price target on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $212.00 to $190.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and four have given a hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Cboe Global Markets has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $197.60.

Cboe Global Markets Price Performance

Cboe Global Markets stock opened at $191.23 on Thursday. Cboe Global Markets has a 12-month low of $166.13 and a 12-month high of $221.66. The stock has a market cap of $20.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 0.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a current ratio of 1.39 and a quick ratio of 1.39. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $201.78.

Cboe Global Markets Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 13th. Investors of record on Friday, November 29th were given a $0.63 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 29th. This represents a $2.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.32%. Cboe Global Markets’s dividend payout ratio is presently 34.33%.

Institutional Trading of Cboe Global Markets

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of CBOE. Barclays PLC raised its position in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 27.9% during the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 535,284 shares of the company’s stock worth $109,662,000 after buying an additional 116,852 shares in the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB raised its position in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 16.7% during the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 646,670 shares of the company’s stock worth $126,262,000 after buying an additional 92,537 shares in the last quarter. Harmony Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Cboe Global Markets in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $15,175,000. World Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Cboe Global Markets in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $14,430,000. Finally, Erste Asset Management GmbH bought a new stake in shares of Cboe Global Markets in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $11,191,000. 82.67% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Cboe Global Markets Company Profile

Cboe Global Markets, Inc is one of the largest stock exchange operators by volume in the United States and a leading market globally for ETP trading. Cboe offers trading across a diverse range of products in multiple asset classes and geographies, including options, futures, U.S. and European equities, exchange-traded products (ETPs), global foreign exchange (FX) and multi-asset volatility products based on the VIX Index.