Uhlmann Price Securities LLC Purchases 2,500 Shares of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. $CBOE

Uhlmann Price Securities LLC grew its holdings in Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) by 178.6% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 3,900 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,500 shares during the quarter. Uhlmann Price Securities LLC’s holdings in Cboe Global Markets were worth $956,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the business. Brighton Jones LLC grew its holdings in Cboe Global Markets by 10.1% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 1,092 shares of the company’s stock valued at $213,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its holdings in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 1,854.4% during the first quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 4,202 shares of the company’s stock worth $951,000 after buying an additional 3,987 shares during the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC boosted its position in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 132.4% in the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 4,803 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,087,000 after acquiring an additional 2,736 shares during the period. Woodline Partners LP grew its stake in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 40.7% in the first quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 8,845 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,002,000 after acquiring an additional 2,558 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. increased its position in Cboe Global Markets by 138.5% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 341 shares of the company’s stock worth $77,000 after acquiring an additional 198 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.67% of the company’s stock.

Cboe Global Markets Stock Performance

NASDAQ CBOE opened at $275.11 on Friday. Cboe Global Markets, Inc. has a twelve month low of $200.88 and a twelve month high of $283.13. The company has a quick ratio of 1.39, a current ratio of 1.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34. The stock has a market cap of $28.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 38.10, a PEG ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 0.36. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $261.76 and its 200 day simple moving average is $250.73.

Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February 6th. The company reported $3.06 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.95 by $0.11. Cboe Global Markets had a return on equity of 22.02% and a net margin of 18.64%.During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $2.10 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 28.0% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, research analysts forecast that Cboe Global Markets, Inc. will post 8.96 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Cboe Global Markets Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 15th. Investors of record on Monday, December 1st were paid a $0.72 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 28th. This represents a yield of 112.0%. Cboe Global Markets’s payout ratio is currently 27.64%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently commented on the stock. Barclays upped their target price on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $295.00 to $317.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, February 9th. Piper Sandler increased their target price on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $290.00 to $295.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 14th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and set a $303.00 target price on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a research report on Monday, February 9th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on Cboe Global Markets from $221.00 to $240.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Monday, December 22nd. Finally, Loop Capital set a $317.00 price objective on Cboe Global Markets in a report on Monday, February 9th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have issued a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $279.00.

About Cboe Global Markets

Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ: CBOE) is a global market infrastructure company that operates a family of exchanges and trading venues across listed derivatives, cash equities and foreign exchange. Its product suite includes options and futures markets, multiple U.S. equities exchanges, a derivatives exchange for volatility and other products, proprietary benchmark indexes (notably the Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX), market data and analytics, and trading technology and connectivity services. Cboe also provides market-access and order-routing tools used by broker-dealers, institutional investors and professional traders.

The company traces its roots to the Chicago Board Options Exchange, which was established in 1973 to create a centralized market for listed options; over the years the business expanded through organic growth and strategic acquisitions to become a multi-asset, multi-venue operator.