Murphy & Mullick Capital Management Corp Purchases Shares of 508 Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE)

Murphy & Mullick Capital Management Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 508 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $99,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in CBOE. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 5.4% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 471,581 shares of the company’s stock worth $96,613,000 after buying an additional 24,177 shares in the last quarter. Oak Harvest Investment Services purchased a new stake in shares of Cboe Global Markets during the 4th quarter worth approximately $977,000. Forge First Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Cboe Global Markets during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $8,461,000. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 40.3% in the fourth quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 24,180 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,750,000 after purchasing an additional 6,943 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Brentview Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in Cboe Global Markets in the fourth quarter worth $3,278,000. Institutional investors own 82.67% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have commented on CBOE shares. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Cboe Global Markets from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 4th. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered Cboe Global Markets from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $184.00 price target for the company. in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Barclays boosted their price objective on Cboe Global Markets from $212.00 to $216.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, February 10th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price objective on Cboe Global Markets from $212.00 to $190.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, January 9th. Finally, William Blair started coverage on Cboe Global Markets in a research report on Thursday, January 9th. They set a “market perform” rating on the stock. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $206.86.

Cboe Global Markets Stock Up 1.7 %

Shares of Cboe Global Markets stock opened at $217.95 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $22.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.19, a PEG ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 0.67. Cboe Global Markets, Inc. has a 52 week low of $166.13 and a 52 week high of $223.51. The company has a quick ratio of 1.39, a current ratio of 1.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $208.71.

Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) last issued its earnings results on Friday, February 7th. The company reported $2.10 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.14 by ($0.04). Cboe Global Markets had a net margin of 18.64% and a return on equity of 22.02%. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $2.06 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Cboe Global Markets, Inc. will post 8.96 earnings per share for the current year.

Cboe Global Markets Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 28th were given a dividend of $0.63 per share. This represents a $2.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 28th. Cboe Global Markets’s payout ratio is currently 34.90%.

Insider Activity at Cboe Global Markets

In other Cboe Global Markets news, EVP Adam Inzirillo sold 200 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $209.67, for a total value of $41,934.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 1,993 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $417,872.31. This trade represents a 9.12 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CAO Allen Wilkinson sold 228 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $211.12, for a total value of $48,135.36. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer now owns 248 shares in the company, valued at $52,357.76. The trade was a 47.90 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 11,544 shares of company stock valued at $2,380,529 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.22% of the company’s stock.

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.