William Blair Issues Positive Estimate for CBOE Earnings

Key Points

• William Blair has raised its Q3 2025 earnings estimate for Cboe Global Markets from $2.31 to $2.49 per share.
• Cboe Global Markets recently declared a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per share, an increase from the previous $0.63, reflecting a yield of 1.2%.
• The company's market capitalization is approximately $25.28 billion, with institutional investors owning about 82.67% of its stock.

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE - Free Report) - Analysts at William Blair increased their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Cboe Global Markets in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, October 14th. William Blair analyst J. Schmitt now anticipates that the company will earn $2.49 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $2.31. The consensus estimate for Cboe Global Markets' current full-year earnings is $8.96 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Cboe Global Markets' FY2027 earnings at $10.67 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also weighed in on CBOE. Loop Capital set a $264.00 price objective on Cboe Global Markets in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an "underweight" rating and issued a $221.00 target price on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a research report on Wednesday, October 1st. Barclays upped their price objective on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $256.00 to $264.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed a "sector perform" rating and set a $254.00 price objective on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a research note on Monday, August 4th. Finally, Oppenheimer set a $265.00 target price on Cboe Global Markets and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Monday, August 4th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Reduce" and an average price target of $235.46.

Cboe Global Markets Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:CBOE 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 business's 50 day moving average price is $240.90 and its 200-day moving average price is $231.81. The firm has a market capitalization of $25.28 billion, a PE ratio of 33.48, a P/E/G ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 0.44. Cboe Global Markets has a 1 year low of $187.30 and a 1 year high of $255.27.

Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, August 1st. The company reported $2.46 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 quarter last year, the company posted $2.15 earnings per share. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 14.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in Cboe Global Markets by 1.5% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 12,833,038 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,992,793,000 after buying an additional 195,086 shares during the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. increased its holdings in Cboe Global Markets by 4.1% in the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 9,854,571 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,298,185,000 after purchasing an additional 390,034 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its holdings in Cboe Global Markets by 1.7% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 4,895,467 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,141,672,000 after purchasing an additional 81,432 shares during the last quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. increased its holdings in Cboe Global Markets by 1.3% in the 1st quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 4,069,233 shares of the company's stock valued at $920,827,000 after purchasing an additional 54,054 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 1.8% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,855,971 shares of the company's stock worth $664,186,000 after buying an additional 51,873 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.67% of the company's stock.

Cboe Global Markets Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 29th were issued 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 boost from Cboe Global Markets's previous quarterly dividend of $0.63. Cboe Global Markets's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 33.76%.

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.

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