Aware Super Pty Ltd as trustee of Aware Super Sells 4,169 Shares of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. $CBOE

Aware Super Pty Ltd as trustee of Aware Super reduced its stake in shares of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) by 28.2% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 10,638 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,169 shares during the quarter. Aware Super Pty Ltd as trustee of Aware Super’s holdings in Cboe Global Markets were worth $2,481,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its stake in Cboe Global Markets by 10.1% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 1,092 shares of the company’s stock worth $213,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its holdings in Cboe Global Markets by 29.0% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 5,376 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,217,000 after purchasing an additional 1,209 shares during the period. Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC raised its holdings in Cboe Global Markets by 3.9% in the first quarter. Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC now owns 2,634 shares of the company’s stock worth $596,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares during the period. Ritholtz Wealth Management boosted its position in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 0.9% during the first quarter. Ritholtz Wealth Management now owns 5,592 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,265,000 after purchasing an additional 48 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sowell Financial Services LLC acquired a new position in shares of Cboe Global Markets in the 1st quarter valued at $475,000. 82.67% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Cboe Global Markets Stock Up 1.5%

CBOE stock opened at $241.74 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a current ratio of 1.78 and a quick ratio of 1.39. The stock has a market capitalization of $25.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.48, a P/E/G ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 0.44. Cboe Global Markets, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $187.30 and a fifty-two week high of $255.27. The business has a 50-day moving average of $240.90 and a 200-day moving average of $231.81.

Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) last released its earnings results on Friday, August 1st. The company reported $2.46 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.43 by $0.03. Cboe Global Markets had a return on equity of 22.02% and a net margin of 18.64%.During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $2.15 EPS. Cboe Global Markets’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.3% on a year-over-year basis. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Cboe Global Markets, Inc. will post 8.96 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Cboe Global Markets Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 29th were paid a dividend of $0.72 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 29th. This represents a $2.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. This is a positive change from Cboe Global Markets’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.63. Cboe Global Markets’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 33.76%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently commented on CBOE. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $255.00 price objective (up previously from $245.00) on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a research note on Monday, August 4th. Citigroup increased their price target on Cboe Global Markets from $230.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 8th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “underweight” rating and set a $221.00 price objective on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a report on Wednesday, October 1st. Oppenheimer set a $265.00 target price on Cboe Global Markets and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, August 4th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and set a $254.00 target price on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a report on Monday, August 4th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $235.46.

About Cboe Global Markets

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.