one8zero8 LLC bought a new position in Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 3,500 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $684,000.
Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in CBOE. New York Life Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. New York Life Investment Management LLC now owns 15,531 shares of the company's stock worth $3,035,000 after buying an additional 48 shares during the last quarter. Exencial Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 1.1% in the 4th quarter. Exencial Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,570 shares of the company's stock worth $893,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Inspire Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 1.6% in the 4th quarter. Inspire Advisors LLC now owns 3,127 shares of the company's stock worth $611,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc boosted its holdings in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 5.2% in the 4th quarter. Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc now owns 1,196 shares of the company's stock worth $234,000 after buying an additional 59 shares during the last quarter. Finally, One Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Cboe Global Markets by 5.7% during the fourth quarter. One Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,109 shares of the company's stock valued at $217,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 82.67% of the company's stock.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other Cboe Global Markets news, EVP Adam Inzirillo sold 200 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $209.67, for a total transaction of $41,934.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 1,993 shares in the company, valued at $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 is available at this hyperlink. Also, CAO Allen Wilkinson sold 228 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred 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 $52,357.76. The trade was a 47.90 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 11,544 shares of company stock worth $2,380,529. Insiders own 0.22% of the company's stock.
Cboe Global Markets Stock Up 0.7 %
Shares of CBOE stock traded up $1.62 during trading on Thursday, hitting $219.42. The company had a trading volume of 660,901 shares, compared to its average volume of 794,279. 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 business's 50-day simple moving average is $206.37. The firm has a market cap of $22.97 billion, a PE ratio of 30.39, a price-to-earnings-growth 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 $221.66.
Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February 7th. The company reported $2.10 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate 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 earned $2.06 earnings per share. On average, research analysts predict that Cboe Global Markets, Inc. will post 8.96 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Cboe Global Markets Announces Dividend
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 $0.63 dividend. This represents a $2.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.15%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 28th. Cboe Global Markets's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 34.90%.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several equities research analysts have commented on CBOE shares. Oppenheimer dropped their price objective 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. Barclays increased their price target on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $212.00 to $216.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Monday, February 10th. The Goldman Sachs Group downgraded shares of Cboe Global Markets from a "neutral" rating to a "sell" rating and set a $184.00 price target on the stock. in a report on Monday, January 6th. StockNews.com raised shares of Cboe Global Markets from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 4th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lowered their price target on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $220.00 to $215.00 and set a "market perform" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 13th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Cboe Global Markets currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $206.86.
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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.
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