Cboe Global Markets, Inc. $CBOE Shares Sold by Curat Global LLC

Curat Global LLC lessened its holdings in shares of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) by 55.6% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 400 shares of the company’s stock after selling 500 shares during the quarter. Curat Global LLC’s holdings in Cboe Global Markets were worth $93,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC increased its position in Cboe Global Markets by 10.2% during the 2nd quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,694 shares of the company’s stock worth $628,000 after purchasing an additional 249 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its position in Cboe Global Markets by 57.1% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 202,370 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,195,000 after acquiring an additional 73,573 shares in the last quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC grew its position in Cboe Global Markets by 16.3% in the second quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 33,527 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,819,000 after acquiring an additional 4,687 shares in the last quarter. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in Cboe Global Markets by 10.4% in the second quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 1,235 shares of the company’s stock valued at $288,000 after acquiring an additional 116 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. grew its position in Cboe Global Markets by 3.4% in the second quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 287,404 shares of the company’s stock valued at $67,025,000 after acquiring an additional 9,364 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.67% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have issued reports on CBOE. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $255.00 price objective (up previously from $245.00) on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a research report on Monday, August 4th. Citigroup increased their price objective on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $230.00 to $245.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th. Barclays increased their price objective on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $256.00 to $264.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Loop Capital set a $264.00 price objective on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased their price objective on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $243.00 to $248.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research report on Monday, August 4th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $235.46.

Cboe Global Markets Stock Performance

Cboe Global Markets stock opened at $238.75 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $24.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 0.44. 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 stock has a 50 day moving average of $239.28 and a 200-day moving average of $233.05. Cboe Global Markets, Inc. has a 52 week low of $187.30 and a 52 week high of $255.27.

Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) last released its earnings results on Friday, August 1st. The company reported $2.46 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.43 by $0.03. Cboe Global Markets had a return on equity of 22.02% and a net margin of 18.64%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.15 earnings per share. On average, analysts expect that Cboe Global Markets, Inc. will post 8.96 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Cboe Global Markets Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 15th. Investors of record on Friday, August 29th were paid a dividend of $0.72 per share. 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 33.76%.

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.