Farmers Trust Co. Has $5.88 Million Stock Holdings in Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE)

Farmers Trust Co. reduced its stake in shares of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) by 2.4% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 30,086 shares of the company’s stock after selling 748 shares during the quarter. Cboe Global Markets accounts for 1.1% of Farmers Trust Co.’s holdings, making the stock its 29th biggest holding. Farmers Trust Co.’s holdings in Cboe Global Markets were worth $5,879,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of CBOE. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 5.4% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 471,581 shares of the company’s stock valued at $96,613,000 after buying an additional 24,177 shares in the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. raised its position in Cboe Global Markets by 2.0% during the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 157,158 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,197,000 after purchasing an additional 3,155 shares in the last quarter. Tri Ri Asset Management Corp bought a new stake in Cboe Global Markets during the third quarter worth $5,499,000. Nordea Investment Management AB boosted its holdings in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 16.7% in the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 646,670 shares of the company’s stock valued at $126,262,000 after purchasing an additional 92,537 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Oddo BHF Asset Management Sas bought a new position in shares of Cboe Global Markets in the 3rd quarter valued at $7,647,000. Institutional investors own 82.67% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

CBOE has been the topic of several research analyst reports. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered Cboe Global Markets from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $184.00 price objective 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 note on Friday, December 27th. Barclays cut shares of 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 note on Monday, December 9th. 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 research report on Friday, December 20th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated an “underweight” rating and issued a $174.00 target price (down from $203.00) on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a research report on Tuesday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and three have assigned a hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Cboe Global Markets currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $199.50.

Cboe Global Markets Stock Up 0.5 %

CBOE traded up $1.02 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $191.86. 378,260 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 627,878. The company has a market capitalization of $20.09 billion, a PE ratio of 26.14, a PEG ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 0.68. The company has a current ratio of 1.39, a quick ratio of 1.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34. Cboe Global Markets, Inc. has a 1-year low of $166.13 and a 1-year high of $221.66.

Cboe Global Markets Announces Dividend

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

Cboe Global Markets Company 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.