Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) Now Covered by Analysts at William Blair

William Blair initiated coverage on shares of Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) in a research note issued on Thursday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage set a “market perform” rating on the stock.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group cut Cboe Global Markets from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $184.00 price target on the stock. in a research note on Monday. StockNews.com raised shares of Cboe Global Markets from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, December 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed an “underweight” rating and set a $174.00 target price (down previously from $203.00) on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a report on Tuesday. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price target on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $212.00 to $190.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their price objective 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. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and five have assigned a hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Cboe Global Markets currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $197.60.

Cboe Global Markets Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ CBOE opened at $192.99 on Thursday. Cboe Global Markets has a twelve month low of $166.13 and a twelve month high of $221.66. The company has a market cap of $20.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 0.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a quick ratio of 1.39 and a current ratio of 1.39.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Cboe Global Markets

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in CBOE. Janus Henderson Group PLC grew its holdings in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 1,528,295 shares of the company’s stock worth $313,090,000 after purchasing an additional 5,216 shares in the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB lifted its position in Cboe Global Markets by 16.7% during the fourth quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 646,670 shares of the company’s stock worth $126,262,000 after purchasing an additional 92,537 shares during the period. Barclays PLC lifted its position in Cboe Global Markets by 27.9% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 535,284 shares of the company’s stock worth $109,662,000 after purchasing an additional 116,852 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in Cboe Global Markets by 5.4% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 471,581 shares of the company’s stock worth $96,613,000 after buying an additional 24,177 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its holdings in Cboe Global Markets by 2.0% in the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 157,158 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,197,000 after buying an additional 3,155 shares during the period. 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.