iSAM Funds UK Ltd Makes New Investment in Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE)

iSAM Funds UK Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 1,199 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $234,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 12,628,964 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,467,700,000 after acquiring an additional 56,233 shares during the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its holdings in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 208.4% during the 4th quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 7,685,489 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,501,745,000 after acquiring an additional 5,193,339 shares during the last quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 3.3% during the 4th quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 4,015,179 shares of the company's stock valued at $784,566,000 after acquiring an additional 126,721 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 1.6% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,740,937 shares of the company's stock valued at $535,994,000 after acquiring an additional 44,291 shares during the last quarter. Finally, FMR LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 2.5% during the 4th quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,571,980 shares of the company's stock valued at $307,165,000 after acquiring an additional 38,587 shares during the last quarter. 82.67% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

CBOE has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Bank of America reaffirmed a "neutral" rating and set a $227.00 price target (down previously from $260.00) on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a report on Thursday, April 10th. UBS Group raised their price objective on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $235.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Monday, May 5th. Loop Capital set a $227.00 price objective on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a report on Monday, May 5th. Barclays raised their price objective on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $232.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Friday, May 2nd. Finally, Oppenheimer raised their price objective on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $237.00 to $249.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Monday, May 5th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $219.64.

Cboe Global Markets Trading Down 0.8%

NASDAQ CBOE traded down $1.92 on Tuesday, reaching $229.66. 147,034 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 903,871. Cboe Global Markets, Inc. has a one year low of $166.13 and a one year high of $236.02. The firm has a market cap of $24.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.81, a PEG ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 0.44. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $219.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a current ratio of 1.78 and a quick ratio of 1.39.

Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Friday, May 2nd. The company reported $2.50 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.36 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 in the previous year, the business posted $2.15 EPS. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 12.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side 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 will be paid on Friday, June 13th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.63 per share. This represents a $2.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.10%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 30th. Cboe Global Markets's payout ratio is 33.03%.

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.