Exencial Wealth Advisors LLC Has $893,000 Holdings in Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE)

Exencial Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) by 1.1% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 4,570 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the quarter. Exencial Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Cboe Global Markets were worth $893,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Janus Henderson Group PLC lifted its position in Cboe Global Markets by 0.3% during the third quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 1,528,295 shares of the company’s stock worth $313,090,000 after acquiring an additional 5,216 shares during the last quarter. Tandem Investment Advisors Inc. lifted its position in Cboe Global Markets by 2.5% during the fourth quarter. Tandem Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 830,847 shares of the company’s stock worth $162,347,000 after acquiring an additional 20,515 shares during the last quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC lifted its position in Cboe Global Markets by 13.7% during the fourth quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC now owns 760,528 shares of the company’s stock worth $148,607,000 after acquiring an additional 91,694 shares during the last quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. increased its holdings in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 5.8% during the fourth quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 673,030 shares of the company’s stock worth $131,510,000 after purchasing an additional 36,710 shares during the period. Finally, Nordea Investment Management AB increased its holdings in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 16.7% during the fourth quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 646,670 shares of the company’s stock worth $126,262,000 after purchasing an additional 92,537 shares during the period. 82.67% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have recently commented on CBOE shares. Bank of America raised their target price on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $245.00 to $251.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, February 10th. William Blair started coverage on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a report on Thursday, January 9th. They set a “market perform” rating on the stock. Oppenheimer lowered their target price on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $232.00 to $218.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 13th. The Goldman Sachs Group cut shares of Cboe Global Markets from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $184.00 target price on the stock. in a report on Monday, January 6th. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of Cboe Global Markets from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Cboe Global Markets presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $206.86.

Cboe Global Markets Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:CBOE opened at $212.62 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $202.02. The company has a market capitalization of $22.26 billion, a PE ratio of 29.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 0.67. 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, Inc. has a 1 year low of $166.13 and a 1 year high of $221.66.

Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) last posted 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 return on equity of 22.02% and a net margin of 18.64%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $2.06 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Cboe Global Markets, Inc. will post 8.96 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Cboe Global Markets Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.63 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. This represents a $2.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.19%. Cboe Global Markets’s payout ratio is presently 34.90%.

Insider Transactions at Cboe Global Markets

In other news, CAO Allen Wilkinson sold 228 shares of Cboe Global Markets stock in a transaction on Monday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $211.12, for a total transaction of $48,135.36. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 248 shares in the company, valued at approximately $52,357.76. The trade was a 47.90 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Dave Howson sold 11,036 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $206.01, for a total transaction of $2,273,526.36. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 8,025 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,653,230.25. The trade was a 57.90 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 11,544 shares of company stock worth $2,380,529. Company insiders own 0.22% of the company’s stock.

Cboe Global Markets 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.