Cboe Global Markets, Inc. $CBOE Shares Bought by Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc.

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) by 3.4% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 287,404 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 9,364 shares during the quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. owned about 0.27% of Cboe Global Markets worth $67,025,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Clearstead Trust LLC acquired a new position in shares of Cboe Global Markets during the first quarter valued at $26,000. Missouri Trust & Investment Co acquired a new position in shares of Cboe Global Markets during the second quarter valued at $26,000. Hughes Financial Services LLC acquired a new position in shares of Cboe Global Markets during the first quarter valued at $29,000. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 4,633.3% during the first quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 142 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 139 shares during the period. Finally, Pandora Wealth Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Cboe Global Markets during the first quarter valued at $45,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.67% of the company’s stock.

Cboe Global Markets Price Performance

Shares of Cboe Global Markets stock opened at $238.75 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 1.78, a quick ratio of 1.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $239.28 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $233.05. Cboe Global Markets, Inc. has a 52 week low of $187.30 and a 52 week high of $255.27. The stock has a market cap of $24.97 billion, a PE ratio of 33.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 0.44.

Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August 1st. The company reported $2.46 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.43 by $0.03. Cboe Global Markets had a net margin of 18.64% and a return on equity of 22.02%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.15 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.3% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Cboe Global Markets, Inc. will post 8.96 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Cboe Global Markets Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 29th were given a $0.72 dividend. This represents a $2.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. This is a boost from Cboe Global Markets’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.63. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 29th. Cboe Global Markets’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 33.76%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

CBOE has been the subject of several analyst reports. Oppenheimer set a $265.00 price target on shares of Cboe Global Markets and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, August 4th. Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $230.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 8th. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “underweight” rating and issued a $221.00 price objective on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a report on Wednesday, October 1st. Loop Capital set a $264.00 price objective on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Barclays upped their price objective on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $256.00 to $264.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and an average target price of $235.46.

About Cboe Global Markets

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.