Signaturefd LLC Sells 264 Shares of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE)

Signaturefd LLC trimmed its holdings in shares of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) by 19.8% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 1,070 shares of the company’s stock after selling 264 shares during the quarter. Signaturefd LLC’s holdings in Cboe Global Markets were worth $209,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Janus Henderson Group PLC lifted its position in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 0.3% in the 3rd quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 1,528,295 shares of the company’s stock worth $313,090,000 after purchasing an additional 5,216 shares during the period. Amundi lifted its position in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 27.2% in the 4th quarter. Amundi now owns 885,659 shares of the company’s stock worth $170,923,000 after purchasing an additional 189,280 shares during the period. Tandem Investment Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 2.5% in the 4th quarter. Tandem Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 830,847 shares of the company’s stock worth $162,347,000 after purchasing an additional 20,515 shares during the period. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 13.7% in the 4th quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC now owns 760,528 shares of the company’s stock worth $148,607,000 after purchasing an additional 91,694 shares during the period. Finally, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. lifted its position in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 5.8% in the 4th quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 673,030 shares of the company’s stock worth $131,510,000 after purchasing an additional 36,710 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.67% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

CBOE has been the topic of a number of research reports. The Goldman Sachs Group downgraded shares of Cboe Global Markets from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $184.00 target price on the stock. in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods dropped their target price on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $220.00 to $215.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 13th. Bank of America boosted their target price on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $245.00 to $251.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, February 10th. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their target price on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $212.00 to $190.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, January 9th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of Cboe Global Markets from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 4th. Two research 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, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $206.86.

Cboe Global Markets Trading Down 2.1 %

CBOE opened at $214.77 on Friday. 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 business’s fifty day simple moving average is $207.37. Cboe Global Markets, Inc. has a 1-year low of $166.13 and a 1-year high of $223.51. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.49 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 0.67.

Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) last posted its earnings results on Friday, February 7th. The company reported $2.10 earnings per share (EPS) 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 business posted $2.06 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Cboe Global Markets, Inc. will post 8.96 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Cboe Global Markets Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 28th were paid a $0.63 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 28th. This represents a $2.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.17%. Cboe Global Markets’s payout ratio is 34.90%.

Insider Transactions at Cboe Global Markets

In related news, CAO Allen Wilkinson sold 228 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $211.12, for a total transaction of $48,135.36. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 248 shares in the company, valued at approximately $52,357.76. This represents a 47.90 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Adam Inzirillo sold 200 shares of the stock in a transaction dated 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 owns 1,993 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $417,872.31. The trade was a 9.12 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 11,544 shares of company stock worth $2,380,529 in the last quarter. 0.22% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Cboe Global Markets Company Profile

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.