Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) Competitors

Ares Management (NYSE:ARES) and Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend ARES or CBOE?

Ares Management currently has a consensus price target of $176.17, indicating a potential upside of 1.25%. Cboe Global Markets has a consensus price target of $206.86, indicating a potential downside of 1.93%. Given Ares Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ares Management is more favorable than Cboe Global Markets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ares Management	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62
Cboe Global Markets	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARES or CBOE?

Ares Management received 598 more outperform votes than Cboe Global Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.73% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 11.76% of users gave Cboe Global Markets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ares Management	Outperform Votes 600 68.73%	Underperform Votes 273 31.27%
Cboe Global Markets	Outperform Votes 2 11.76%	Underperform Votes 15 88.24%

Which has more volatility & risk, ARES or CBOE?

Ares Management has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cboe Global Markets has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ARES or CBOE a better dividend stock?

Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Cboe Global Markets pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Ares Management pays out 183.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cboe Global Markets pays out 34.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is ARES or CBOE more profitable?

Cboe Global Markets has a net margin of 18.64% compared to Ares Management's net margin of 11.35%. Cboe Global Markets' return on equity of 22.02% beat Ares Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ares Management	11.35%	16.64%	3.41%
Cboe Global Markets	18.64%	22.02%	10.73%

Does the media prefer ARES or CBOE?

In the previous week, Cboe Global Markets had 2 more articles in the media than Ares Management. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Cboe Global Markets and 11 mentions for Ares Management. Ares Management's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Cboe Global Markets' score of 1.26 indicating that Ares Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ares Management	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Cboe Global Markets	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ARES or CBOE?

50.0% of Ares Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Cboe Global Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Ares Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Cboe Global Markets shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ARES or CBOE?

Cboe Global Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Ares Management. Cboe Global Markets is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ares Management	$3.88B	14.02	$440.96M	$2.03	85.71
Cboe Global Markets	$4.09B	5.39	$764.90M	$7.22	29.21

Summary

Ares Management beats Cboe Global Markets on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.