Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. Buys 2,892 Shares of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE)

Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. grew its stake in shares of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) by 68.2% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 7,130 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,892 shares during the period. Atria Wealth Solutions Inc.’s holdings in Cboe Global Markets were worth $1,393,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Sugar Maple Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in Cboe Global Markets in the fourth quarter worth $36,000. TD Private Client Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 149.0% during the 3rd quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 371 shares of the company’s stock valued at $76,000 after buying an additional 222 shares in the last quarter. Trust Co. of Vermont grew its position in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 2,000.0% in the 4th quarter. Trust Co. of Vermont now owns 420 shares of the company’s stock worth $82,000 after buying an additional 400 shares during the period. Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. bought a new position in shares of Cboe Global Markets in the 3rd quarter worth about $158,000. Finally, USA Financial Formulas purchased a new position in Cboe Global Markets during the 4th quarter valued at about $182,000. Institutional investors own 82.67% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

CBOE has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Oppenheimer cut their price objective on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $232.00 to $218.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 13th. The Goldman Sachs Group cut Cboe Global Markets from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $184.00 price target on the stock. in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Barclays raised their price objective on Cboe Global Markets from $212.00 to $216.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, February 10th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued an “underweight” rating and issued a $174.00 target price (down from $203.00) on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reduced their price target on Cboe Global Markets from $220.00 to $215.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 13th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $206.86.

Cboe Global Markets Trading Up 1.0 %

Shares of CBOE opened at $210.93 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $22.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 0.68. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $199.97. Cboe Global Markets, Inc. has a 12 month low of $166.13 and a 12 month high of $221.66. The company has a current ratio of 1.78, a quick ratio of 1.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34.

Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February 7th. The company reported $2.10 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.14 by ($0.04). Cboe Global Markets had a net margin of 18.64% and a return on equity of 22.02%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.06 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Cboe Global Markets, Inc. will post 8.96 EPS for the current year.

Cboe Global Markets Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a $0.63 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. This represents a $2.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.19%. Cboe Global Markets’s dividend payout ratio is presently 34.90%.

Insider Activity

In other Cboe Global Markets news, EVP Adam Inzirillo sold 200 shares of Cboe Global Markets stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $209.67, for a total value of $41,934.00. Following the completion of the sale, 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 transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Dave Howson sold 11,036 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $206.01, for a total value of $2,273,526.36. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 8,025 shares in the company, valued at $1,653,230.25. The trade was a 57.90 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 11,316 shares of company stock valued at $2,332,393 over the last three months. Insiders own 0.22% of the company’s stock.

Cboe Global Markets 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.