Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) Competitors

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

Is APO or CBOE more profitable?

Cboe Global Markets has a net margin of 18.64% compared to Apollo Global Management's net margin of 17.53%. Cboe Global Markets' return on equity of 22.02% beat Apollo Global Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Apollo Global Management	17.53%	13.97%	1.10%
Cboe Global Markets	18.64%	22.02%	10.73%

Do analysts recommend APO or CBOE?

Apollo Global Management presently has a consensus target price of $165.21, suggesting a potential upside of 20.52%. Cboe Global Markets has a consensus target price of $206.86, suggesting a potential downside of 8.49%. Given Apollo Global Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Apollo Global Management is more favorable than Cboe Global Markets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Apollo Global Management	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Cboe Global Markets	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

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

77.1% of Apollo Global Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Cboe Global Markets shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of Apollo Global Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Cboe Global Markets shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, APO or CBOE?

Apollo Global Management has higher revenue and earnings than Cboe Global Markets. Apollo Global Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cboe Global Markets, 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
Apollo Global Management	$26.11B	2.99	$5.05B	$7.31	18.75
Cboe Global Markets	$4.09B	5.78	$764.90M	$7.22	31.31

Does the media favor APO or CBOE?

In the previous week, Apollo Global Management had 27 more articles in the media than Cboe Global Markets. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Apollo Global Management and 19 mentions for Cboe Global Markets. Cboe Global Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Apollo Global Management's score of 1.10 indicating that Cboe Global Markets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Apollo Global Management	29 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cboe Global Markets	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is APO or CBOE a better dividend stock?

Apollo Global Management pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Cboe Global Markets pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Apollo Global Management pays out 25.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cboe Global Markets pays out 34.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Apollo Global Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in APO or CBOE?

Apollo Global Management received 721 more outperform votes than Cboe Global Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.78% of users gave Apollo Global Management an outperform vote while only 11.11% of users gave Cboe Global Markets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Apollo Global Management	Outperform Votes 723 64.78%	Underperform Votes 393 35.22%
Cboe Global Markets	Outperform Votes 2 11.11%	Underperform Votes 16 88.89%

Which has more risk & volatility, APO or CBOE?

Apollo Global Management has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cboe Global Markets has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Apollo Global Management beats Cboe Global Markets on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.