Sunbelt Securities Inc. Boosts Holdings in Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE)

Sunbelt Securities Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) by 3.4% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 2,152 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 71 shares during the period. Sunbelt Securities Inc.’s holdings in Cboe Global Markets were worth $441,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Benjamin Edwards Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 5,967.5% in the 3rd quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. now owns 30,277 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,203,000 after buying an additional 29,778 shares during the period. Janus Henderson Group PLC raised its holdings in Cboe Global Markets by 0.3% in the third quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 1,528,295 shares of the company’s stock valued at $313,090,000 after acquiring an additional 5,216 shares in the last quarter. O Brien Greene & Co. Inc purchased a new position in Cboe Global Markets in the third quarter worth approximately $8,187,000. Neo Ivy Capital Management grew its holdings in Cboe Global Markets by 1,358.7% during the 3rd quarter. Neo Ivy Capital Management now owns 11,786 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,414,000 after acquiring an additional 10,978 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Cboe Global Markets in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $5,664,000. 82.67% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Cboe Global Markets Stock Up 0.6 %

Shares of CBOE opened at $200.98 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $21.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.38, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 0.66. Cboe Global Markets, Inc. has a 52-week low of $166.13 and a 52-week high of $221.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a current ratio of 1.39 and a quick ratio of 1.39.

Cboe Global Markets Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 13th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 29th were issued a $0.63 dividend. This represents a $2.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.25%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 29th. Cboe Global Markets’s payout ratio is 34.33%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

CBOE has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Cboe Global Markets from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 14th. Barclays downgraded Cboe Global Markets from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $230.00 to $220.00 in a report on Monday, December 9th.

Cboe Global Markets Profile

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.