Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) Upgraded at StockNews.com

StockNews.com upgraded shares of Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) from a sell rating to a hold rating in a report published on Friday.

Several other analysts have also recently commented on CBOE. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their target price on Cboe Global Markets from $217.00 to $220.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday, December 20th. Barclays cut Cboe Global Markets from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and dropped their price target for the company from $230.00 to $220.00 in a report on Monday, December 9th.

Cboe Global Markets Stock Up 0.3 %

Shares of NASDAQ:CBOE opened at $197.23 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.39, a current ratio of 1.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34. The stock has a market cap of $20.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 0.66. Cboe Global Markets has a fifty-two week low of $166.13 and a fifty-two week high of $221.66.

Cboe Global Markets Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 13th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 29th were given a $0.63 dividend. This represents a $2.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.28%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 29th. Cboe Global Markets’s dividend payout ratio is currently 34.33%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Cboe Global Markets

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Barclays PLC boosted its holdings in Cboe Global Markets by 27.9% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 535,284 shares of the company’s stock valued at $109,662,000 after purchasing an additional 116,852 shares in the last quarter. Harmony Asset Management LLC bought a new position in Cboe Global Markets during the 3rd quarter valued at about $15,175,000. World Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Cboe Global Markets in the third quarter valued at about $14,430,000. Erste Asset Management GmbH bought a new stake in Cboe Global Markets during the third quarter worth about $11,191,000. Finally, O Brien Greene & Co. Inc acquired a new stake in shares of Cboe Global Markets during the third quarter worth approximately $8,187,000. 82.67% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.