Jefferies Financial Group Has Lowered Expectations for Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) Stock Price

Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) had its target price decreased by Jefferies Financial Group from $212.00 to $190.00 in a research note issued to investors on Thursday morning,Benzinga reports. Jefferies Financial Group currently has a hold rating on the stock.

CBOE has been the topic of several other reports. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased their price target on Cboe Global Markets from $217.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a report on Friday, December 20th. Barclays downgraded Cboe Global Markets from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $230.00 to $220.00 in a research report on Monday, December 9th. StockNews.com raised shares of Cboe Global Markets from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, December 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated an “underweight” rating and issued a $174.00 target price (down from $203.00) on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group downgraded shares of Cboe Global Markets from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $184.00 price target for the company. in a research note on Monday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and five have issued a hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $197.60.

Cboe Global Markets Trading Up 1.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ:CBOE opened at $192.99 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a quick ratio of 1.39 and a current ratio of 1.39. Cboe Global Markets has a 12 month low of $166.13 and a 12 month high of $221.66. The stock has a market cap of $20.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.29, a PEG ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 0.68.

Cboe Global Markets Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 13th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 29th were paid a dividend of $0.63 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 29th. This represents a $2.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.31%. Cboe Global Markets’s dividend payout ratio is presently 34.33%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Cboe Global Markets

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group increased its holdings in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 5.3% in the 3rd quarter. Rehmann Capital Advisory Group now owns 1,253 shares of the company’s stock valued at $257,000 after acquiring an additional 63 shares during the period. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in Cboe Global Markets by 5.3% in the third quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,318 shares of the company’s stock valued at $269,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the last quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. raised its holdings in Cboe Global Markets by 3.4% in the third quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 2,152 shares of the company’s stock worth $441,000 after purchasing an additional 71 shares in the last quarter. Fortem Financial Group LLC raised its holdings in Cboe Global Markets by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Fortem Financial Group LLC now owns 6,119 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,196,000 after purchasing an additional 99 shares in the last quarter. Finally, M&T Bank Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 6.6% in the 3rd quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 3,245 shares of the company’s stock valued at $665,000 after buying an additional 201 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 82.67% of the company’s stock.

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.