Boston Trust Walden Corp Sells 24,093 Shares of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. $CBOE

Boston Trust Walden Corp trimmed its position in shares of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) by 7.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 313,480 shares of the company’s stock after selling 24,093 shares during the period. Boston Trust Walden Corp owned about 0.30% of Cboe Global Markets worth $76,881,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of CBOE. Missouri Trust & Investment Co bought a new stake in shares of Cboe Global Markets in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $26,000. Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new stake in Cboe Global Markets in the second quarter worth $31,000. Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Cboe Global Markets in the second quarter valued at $33,000. Dakota Community Bank & Trust NA purchased a new position in Cboe Global Markets during the 3rd quarter valued at $42,000. Finally, Ameritas Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in Cboe Global Markets during the 2nd quarter valued at $46,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 82.67% of the company’s stock.

Cboe Global Markets Trading Up 0.1%

NASDAQ CBOE opened at $256.15 on Monday. Cboe Global Markets, Inc. has a 12 month low of $187.30 and a 12 month high of $262.98. The company has a current ratio of 1.78, a quick ratio of 1.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $250.91 and its 200-day moving average price is $242.79. The stock has a market cap of $26.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.48, a P/E/G ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 0.36.

Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October 31st. The company reported $2.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.53 by $0.14. Cboe Global Markets had a return on equity of 22.02% and a net margin of 18.64%.During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.22 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 13.8% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Cboe Global Markets, Inc. will post 8.96 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Cboe Global Markets Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 1st were issued a $0.72 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 28th. This represents a dividend yield of 112.0%. Cboe Global Markets’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 30.93%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages recently issued reports on CBOE. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Cboe Global Markets from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. Citigroup upped their target price on Cboe Global Markets from $260.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, November 3rd. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on Cboe Global Markets from $221.00 to $240.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Monday, December 22nd. UBS Group increased their price objective on Cboe Global Markets from $255.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, November 3rd. Finally, Barclays boosted their target price on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $264.00 to $273.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, November 3rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $246.62.

About Cboe Global Markets

Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ: CBOE) is a global market infrastructure company that operates a family of exchanges and trading venues across listed derivatives, cash equities and foreign exchange. Its product suite includes options and futures markets, multiple U.S. equities exchanges, a derivatives exchange for volatility and other products, proprietary benchmark indexes (notably the Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX), market data and analytics, and trading technology and connectivity services. Cboe also provides market-access and order-routing tools used by broker-dealers, institutional investors and professional traders.

The company traces its roots to the Chicago Board Options Exchange, which was established in 1973 to create a centralized market for listed options; over the years the business expanded through organic growth and strategic acquisitions to become a multi-asset, multi-venue operator.