ProShare Advisors LLC Purchases 2,665 Shares of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE)

ProShare Advisors LLC grew its position in Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE - Free Report) by 9.8% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 29,838 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 2,665 shares during the period. ProShare Advisors LLC's holdings in Cboe Global Markets were worth $5,830,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Barclays PLC increased its position in Cboe Global Markets by 27.9% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 535,284 shares of the company's stock worth $109,662,000 after purchasing an additional 116,852 shares during the period. Brookstone Capital Management acquired a new position in Cboe Global Markets during the 4th quarter valued at about $396,000. Park Avenue Securities LLC boosted its stake in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 23.0% in the 4th quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 5,898 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,152,000 after purchasing an additional 1,101 shares during the last quarter. Trust Co. of Vermont boosted its stake 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 valued at $82,000 after purchasing an additional 400 shares during the last quarter. Finally, HB Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 11.0% during the 4th quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,839 shares of the company's stock worth $750,000 after buying an additional 379 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 82.67% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on CBOE shares. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Cboe Global Markets from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 4th. UBS Group upped their target price on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $235.00 to $245.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Monday, May 5th. Morgan Stanley downgraded Cboe Global Markets from an "overweight" rating to an "underweight" rating and cut their price target for the company from $256.00 to $215.00 in a research note on Wednesday, May 14th. Bank of America restated a "neutral" rating and issued a $227.00 price target (down from $260.00) on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a research report on Thursday, April 10th. Finally, Oppenheimer lifted their price objective on Cboe Global Markets from $237.00 to $249.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Monday, May 5th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $219.64.

Cboe Global Markets Stock Up 1.2%

Shares of CBOE traded up $2.79 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $231.21. The stock had a trading volume of 347,850 shares, compared to its average volume of 908,627. The company has a market cap of $24.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.02, a P/E/G ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 0.44. Cboe Global Markets, Inc. has a 52 week low of $166.13 and a 52 week high of $236.02. The company has a current ratio of 1.78, a quick ratio of 1.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34. The company's 50-day moving average is $218.98.

Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Friday, May 2nd. The company reported $2.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.36 by $0.14. 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 earned $2.15 earnings per share. The company's revenue was up 12.6% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts expect that Cboe Global Markets, Inc. will post 8.96 earnings per share for the current year.

Cboe Global Markets Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 13th. Investors of record on Friday, May 30th will be given a $0.63 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 30th. This represents a $2.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.09%. Cboe Global Markets's dividend payout ratio is presently 33.03%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CAO Allen Wilkinson sold 228 shares of the stock in a transaction on 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 sale, the chief accounting officer now owns 248 shares of the company's stock, valued at $52,357.76. This represents a 47.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.22% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.