Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC Buys 31,919 Shares of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. $CBOE

Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) by 557.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 37,649 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 31,919 shares during the quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Cboe Global Markets were worth $9,070,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Cboe Global Markets in the 2nd quarter valued at about $324,234,000. Alliancebernstein L.P. lifted its stake in Cboe Global Markets by 4.1% in the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 9,854,571 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,298,185,000 after purchasing an additional 390,034 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in Cboe Global Markets by 27.3% during the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,728,015 shares of the company’s stock worth $402,990,000 after purchasing an additional 370,223 shares during the period. Man Group plc increased its position in Cboe Global Markets by 106.5% during the second quarter. Man Group plc now owns 546,734 shares of the company’s stock worth $127,504,000 after buying an additional 281,939 shares during the last quarter. Finally, VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al bought a new stake in Cboe Global Markets in the second quarter valued at approximately $53,776,000. 82.67% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

CBOE has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Barclays reduced their target price on Cboe Global Markets from $302.00 to $295.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upped their price objective on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $257.00 to $269.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a report on Monday, November 3rd. Citigroup raised their target price on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $260.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. UBS Group lifted their target price on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $265.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 7th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a report on Monday, November 3rd. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Cboe Global Markets presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $268.36.

Cboe Global Markets Price Performance

NASDAQ:CBOE opened at $276.39 on Friday. Cboe Global Markets, Inc. has a 52 week low of $198.76 and a 52 week high of $278.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a quick ratio of 1.39 and a current ratio of 1.78. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $257.38 and its 200 day simple moving average is $247.28. The firm has a market cap of $28.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.28, a P/E/G ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 0.36.

Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) last announced its earnings results on Friday, October 31st. The company reported $2.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.53 by $0.14. Cboe Global Markets had a net margin of 18.64% and a return on equity of 22.02%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.22 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.8% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Cboe Global Markets, Inc. will post 8.96 earnings per share for the current year.

Cboe Global Markets Dividend Announcement

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

Cboe Global Markets Company Profile

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.