Cboe Global Markets Inc (CBOE)
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Rating:79Outperform
Price Target:
$344.00
â–²(14.69% Upside)
Action:ReiteratedDate:05/02/26
The score is driven primarily by strong financial performance (rising revenue, expanding margins, and solid cash generation with improving leverage). Earnings-call commentary supports the outlook with record results and disciplined expense guidance, though tempered by slower 2026 growth expectations and strategic/competitive uncertainties. Technicals remain supportive with price above key moving averages, while valuation is moderately premium with a low dividend yield.
Positive Factors
Margin expansion & profitability
Cboe's materially higher operating and EBITDA margins demonstrate durable operating leverage from exchange and data businesses. High margins reflect scalable fixed-cost base, pricing power on data/transaction services, and support sustained reinvestment, buybacks and returns even through cycle variations.
Negative Factors
Divestitures create execution uncertainty
Selling regional exchanges simplifies focus but reduces geographic diversification and creates timing, regulatory and transitional execution risk. Proceeds and revenue impacts depend on closing terms and approvals; transitions may disrupt relationships and temporarily reduce recurring listing/trading revenue.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Margin expansion & profitability
Cboe's materially higher operating and EBITDA margins demonstrate durable operating leverage from exchange and data businesses. High margins reflect scalable fixed-cost base, pricing power on data/transaction services, and support sustained reinvestment, buybacks and returns even through cycle variations.
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Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$31.43B
Dividend Yield1.06%
Average Volume (3M)837.49K
Price to Earnings (P/E)23.9
Beta (1Y)>-0.01
Revenue Growth10.61%
EPS Growth53.46%
CountryUS
Employees1,685
SectorFinancial
Sector Strength70
IndustryFinancial - Data & Stock Exchanges
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)3.70
Shares Outstanding104,742,270
10 Day Avg. Volume786,661
30 Day Avg. Volume837,492
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.54
Price to Book (P/B)5.11
Price to Sales (P/S)5.57
P/FCF Ratio22.79
Enterprise Value/Market Cap1.00
Enterprise Value/Revenue6.68
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit13.14
Enterprise Value/Ebitda18.47
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$301.80Price Target Upside0.62% Upside
Rating ConsensusHold
Number of Analyst Covering11
EPS Forecast (FY)12.54
Revenue Forecast (FY)$2.72B
Cboe Global Markets Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Cboe Global Markets, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an options exchange worldwide. It operates through five segments: Options, North American Equities, Futures, Europe and Asia Pacific, and Global FX. The Options segment trades in lis...
How the Company Makes Money
Cboe primarily makes money by operating exchanges and selling associated services to broker-dealers, proprietary trading firms, asset managers, market makers, and data vendors. Key revenue streams generally include: (1) Transaction fees: Fees char...
Cboe Global Markets Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Feb 06, 2026
(Q4-2025)
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Next Earnings Date:Jul 31, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call conveyed a predominantly positive message: Cboe reported record revenue, earnings, and margins with broad-based strength across derivatives, cash/spot, FX and solid DataVantage momentum driven by new sales and product innovation. The company also has a strong balance sheet and returned meaningful capital to shareholders while repositioning leadership and refocusing on core businesses. Notable negatives include the FedEx wind-down, active divestitures (Canada, Australia) that create outcome uncertainty, a 2026 revenue growth target that moderates vs 2025, and rising competition/structural issues in the multi-list options space. Overall, the positive operational and financial performance and clear strategic focus outweigh the outlined challenges.Positive Updates
Record quarterly and annual financials
Q4 net revenue of $671 million, up 28% year-over-year; Q4 adjusted diluted EPS of $3.06, up 46% YoY (both records). Full-year net revenue of $2.4 billion, up 17% YoY, and full-year adjusted diluted EPS of $10.67, up 24% YoY.
Negative Updates
FedEx (Cboe Europe derivatives exchange) wind-down
Management decided to close FedEx in January 2026 after determining it was unlikely to meet targeted revenue and profitability metrics in Europe. The financial impact is expected to be largely realized in 2026 (included in guidance) and represents a failed initiative in that market.
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Q4-2025 Updates
Positive
Negative
Record quarterly and annual financials
Q4 net revenue of $671 million, up 28% year-over-year; Q4 adjusted diluted EPS of $3.06, up 46% YoY (both records). Full-year net revenue of $2.4 billion, up 17% YoY, and full-year adjusted diluted EPS of $10.67, up 24% YoY.
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Company Guidance
For 2026 Cboe guided DataVantage organic net revenue growth of mid‑ to high‑single digits and total organic net revenue growth of mid‑single digits, set adjusted operating expenses at $864 million to $879 million (implying ~3.3%–5.1% growth), forecast CapEx of $73 million–$83 million, depreciation & amortization of $56 million–$60 million, and an adjusted effective tax rate of 27.5%–29.5% (midpoint ~80 bps below 2025); they expect net interest income to be a $3 million–$4 million positive contributor, contemplate a small 2026 revenue contribution from new prediction/event contracts, have a roughly 3% net‑revenue headwind contemplated from strategic realignment actions (with Canada and Australia still included in the guide and FedEx wind‑down impacts largely realized in 2026), and enter the year with $2.2 billion of adjusted cash and a 0.9x leverage ratio while retaining flexibility for opportunistic buybacks and dividends.Cboe Global Markets Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
86
Very Positive
Balance Sheet
83
Very Positive
Cash Flow
78
Positive
| Breakdown | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | |||||
| Total Revenue | 4.71B | 4.09B | 3.77B | 3.96B | 3.49B |
| Gross Profit | 2.31B | 2.07B | 1.92B | 1.74B | 1.48B |
| EBITDA | 1.64B | 1.27B | 1.27B | 659.70M | 971.50M |
| Net Income | 1.10B | 764.90M | 761.40M | 235.00M | 529.00M |
Balance Sheet | |||||
| Total Assets | 9.31B | 7.79B | 7.49B | 7.00B | 6.81B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 2.25B | 1.03B | 600.70M | 524.40M | 379.00M |
| Total Debt | 1.68B | 1.60B | 1.61B | 1.87B | 1.43B |
| Total Liabilities | 4.17B | 3.51B | 3.50B | 3.53B | 3.21B |
| Stockholders Equity | 5.14B | 4.28B | 3.98B | 3.47B | 3.60B |
Cash Flow | |||||
| Free Cash Flow | 1.15B | 963.70M | 748.00M | 808.80M | 545.80M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 1.22B | 1.02B | 793.00M | 868.60M | 596.80M |
| Investing Cash Flow | 450.20M | -141.80M | -55.10M | -835.10M | -352.70M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -371.60M | -495.00M | -656.10M | 81.70M | -200.30M |
Cboe Global Markets Technical Analysis
Positive
299.94
Price Trends
288.61
Positive
273.38
Positive
257.04
Positive
Market Momentum
4.90
Negative
57.33
Neutral
85.49
Negative
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For CBOE, the sentiment is Positive. The current price of 299.94 is above the 20-day moving average (MA) of 290.29, above the 50-day MA of 288.61, and above the 200-day MA of 257.04, indicating a bullish trend. The MACD of 4.90 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 57.33 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 85.49 is Negative, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Positive sentiment for CBOE.
Cboe Global Markets Risk Analysis
Cboe Global Markets disclosed 36 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Cboe Global Markets reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Cboe Global Markets Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (68)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
79 Outperform | $31.43B | 23.89 | 22.99% | 1.06% | 10.61% | 53.46% | |
78 Outperform | $104.29B | 22.98 | 15.25% | 3.92% | 7.54% | 18.50% | |
78 Outperform | $127.64B | 22.66 | 13.84% | 0.73% | 8.54% | 24.07% | |
77 Outperform | $43.05B | 24.33 | -74.96% | 1.24% | 10.86% | 20.25% | |
75 Outperform | $51.98B | 23.18 | 15.91% | 1.07% | 5.79% | 50.79% | |
70 Outperform | $89.55B | 15.57 | 11.60% | 1.19% | 14.25% | 42.14% | |
68 Neutral | $18.00B | 11.42 | 9.92% | 3.81% | 9.73% | 1.22% |
* Financial Sector Average
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Cboe Global Markets Corporate Events
Business Operations and StrategyFinancial Disclosures
Cboe Global Markets Announces Major Restructuring and Cost Cuts
Positive
May 1, 2026
On May 1, 2026, Cboe Global Markets, Inc., a major operator of cash and spot markets, derivatives exchanges, and market data services under its Cboe Data Vantage unit, reported record first-quarter 2026 financial results, including a 29% rise in n...
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