CME Group (CME) Competitors

Cboe Global Markets (BATS:CBOE) and CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Is CBOE or CME a better dividend stock?

Cboe Global Markets pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. CME Group pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Cboe Global Markets pays out 99.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CME Group pays out 48.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cboe Global Markets has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. CME Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer CBOE or CME?

Cboe Global Markets presently has a consensus target price of $217.57, indicating a potential downside of 11.53%. CME Group has a consensus target price of $261.93, indicating a potential downside of 4.38%. Given CME Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CME Group is more favorable than Cboe Global Markets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cboe Global Markets	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
CME Group	3 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.06

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CBOE or CME?

81.7% of Cboe Global Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of CME Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Cboe Global Markets shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of CME Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer CBOE or CME?

In the previous week, CME Group had 49 more articles in the media than Cboe Global Markets. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for CME Group and 3 mentions for Cboe Global Markets. CME Group's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Cboe Global Markets' score of 0.28 indicating that CME Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cboe Global Markets	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CME Group	39 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, CBOE or CME?

Cboe Global Markets has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CME Group has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CBOE or CME?

CME Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cboe Global Markets. CME Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cboe Global Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cboe Global Markets	$3.49B	7.46	$529M	$1.94	126.77
CME Group	$6.13B	16.10	$3.53B	$10.33	26.52

Is CBOE or CME more profitable?

CME Group has a net margin of 58.48% compared to Cboe Global Markets' net margin of 5.77%. Cboe Global Markets' return on equity of 20.05% beat CME Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cboe Global Markets	5.77%	20.05%	9.29%
CME Group	58.48%	14.60%	2.61%

Summary

CME Group beats Cboe Global Markets on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.