Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

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Cboe Global Markets, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.7 billion, up 15.1% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 23.0%, EPS grew 50.7%, free cash flow fell 270.9% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for three.

335.53 21.28 +6.77%
Market cap
$32.8B
P/E
25.9×
Fwd P/E
—
Dividend yield
0.91%
F-score
9/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 2.33
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — 3 — — 1 — — 1 — —
Insider Ownership 0.53%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 32,820.00
Revenue 5,061.30
Net Income 1,353.10
Free Cash Flow 1,874.50
Net Debt (946.90)
Current Ratio 1.57
Debt/Equity 0.26
P/E ratio 25.87
Fwd P/E —
P/S ratio 6.89
P/B ratio 6.20
Past 5Y EPS Growth 19.53% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 32.08% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 7.55%
Next Y revenue growth —
Next 5Y EPS Growth 15.88% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 41.65%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 81.31%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 87.66%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.24
Annual Dividend Rate 3.02
Annual Dividend Yield 0.91%
total individual payouts
2026 2.30
0.72
0.72
0.86
2025 2.70
0.63
0.63
0.72
0.72
2024 2.36
0.55
0.55
0.63
0.63
2023 2.10
0.50
0.50
0.55
0.55
2022 1.96
0.48
0.48
0.50
0.50
2021 1.80
0.42
0.42
0.48
0.48
2020 1.56
0.36
0.36
0.42
0.42
2019 1.34
0.31
0.31
0.36
0.36
2018 1.16
0.27
0.27
0.31
0.31
2017 1.04
0.25
0.25
0.27
0.27
2016 0.96
0.23
0.23
0.25
0.25
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 601 1,031 2,253 2,391
Receivables 412 518 459 648
Inventory — — — —
Other 967 930 1,710 2,889
1,979 2,479 4,421 5,927
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 413 360 687 389
ST’ Debt — — — 650
Other 912 846 1,618 2,574
1,383 1,395 2,362 3,787

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 21.66% 6.59% 6.00%
Cash Flow 21.73% 3.74% 39.11%
Earnings 18.29% 18.58% 67.23%
Book Value 34.79% 8.94% 14.03%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 3.66 3.35 — — —
’25 2.37 2.23 2.85 2.97 10.42
’24 1.96 1.33 2.07 1.86 7.21
’23 1.63 1.57 1.95 1.98 7.13
’22 1.02 (1.74) 1.41 1.49 2.19
’21 1.27 0.98 1.12 1.54 4.92
’20 1.42 1.03 1.01 0.81 4.27
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,273 1,443 — — —
’25 1,195 1,174 1,142 1,204 4,714
’24 957 974 1,056 1,108 4,095
’23 988 908 909 969 3,774
’22 975 986 994 1,005 3,959
’21 1,011 801 817 866 3,495
’20 922 869 793 844 3,427
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,960 (503) — — —
’25 913 334 154 352 1,753
’24 896 1,494 (578) (710) 1,101
’23 1,031 (503) 737 (189) 1,076
’22 1,260 (634) 169 (144) 651
’21 599 123 564 (689) 597
’20 163 325 701 269 1,459
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,941 (536) — — —
’25 899 314 139 332 1,683
’24 888 1,477 (590) (734) 1,041
’23 1,019 (511) 729 (206) 1,031
’22 1,249 (646) 159 (171) 591
’21 589 111 548 (702) 546
’20 153 318 681 259 1,411
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.6
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Price, $
Price, $ Low 58.43 72.54 87.87 89.53 72.01 87.00 103.82 116.11 166.13 187.30 +13.8% ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡
High 77.29 128.32 138.54 124.88 127.93 139.00 130.54 183.74 221.66 262.98 +14.6% ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡
People
People Employees 553 889 842 823 1,010 1,196 1,543 1,107 1,113 1,661 +13.0% ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡
Revenue/emp, $m 1.27 2.51 3.29 3.03 3.39 2.92 2.57 3.41 3.68 2.84 +9.3% ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 703 2,229 2,769 2,496 3,427 3,495 3,959 3,774 4,095 4,714 +23.5% — — — —
Gross margin, % 80.56 44.66 43.95 45.55 36.60 42.24 44.00 50.83 50.61 51.53 (29.0) pt
EBT 307 334 571 501 660 756 433 1,048 1,084 1,567 +19.9%
EBT margin, % 43.61 15.00 20.63 20.09 19.27 21.64 10.94 27.76 26.47 33.23 (10.4) pt
Net income 186 401 425 371 468 529 235 761 765 1,100 +21.9%
Depreciation 44 196 207 189 161 170 630 158 214 169 +16.0%
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 8.64 20.79 24.77 22.41 31.41 32.66 37.24 35.67 38.96 45.03 +20.1%
Earnings 2.27 3.70 3.78 3.35 4.28 4.93 2.20 7.16 7.24 10.46 +18.5%
Cash flow 2.82 3.49 4.78 5.68 13.37 5.58 6.13 10.17 10.47 16.74 +21.9%
Capex (0.55) (0.35) (0.32) (0.32) (0.43) (0.48) (0.56) (0.42) (0.57) (0.66) +2.2%
Free cash flow 2.28 3.14 4.46 5.37 12.94 5.10 5.56 9.75 9.90 16.08 +24.3%
Book value 3.91 29.02 28.99 30.12 30.70 33.69 32.60 37.67 40.72 49.08 +32.5%
Shares, m 81 107 112 111 109 107 106 106 105 105 +2.8%
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 32.16 34.48 25.95 35.61 21.76 26.45 57.68 24.89 26.95 24.02 31.0
P/S 8.45 5.90 3.95 5.36 2.96 3.99 3.39 5.00 5.02 5.57 5.0
P/B 18.69 4.23 3.37 3.98 3.03 3.87 3.88 4.73 4.80 5.11 5.6
EV/Sales 8.31 6.37 4.28 5.59 3.22 4.26 3.70 5.24 5.13 5.42 5.2
EV/FCF 31.56 42.17 23.76 23.33 7.81 27.28 24.77 19.17 20.20 15.18 23.5
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 230 374 535 633 1,459 597 651 1,076 1,101 1,753 +25.3%
Capex (44) (37) (36) (35) (47) (51) (60) (44) (60) (69) +5.1%
Free cash flow 185 337 498 598 1,411 546 591 1,031 1,041 1,683 +27.8%
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 145 101 88 326 254 362 79 596 1,084 2,059 +34.3%
Total debt — 1,238 1,215 877 1,204 1,315 1,742 1,439 1,441 1,443 +1.9%
Net debt (97) 1,047 905 576 866 936 1,218 839 410 (810) +26.5%
Shareholders’ equity 318 3,111 3,241 3,356 3,349 3,605 3,465 3,985 4,280 5,138 +36.2%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 42.93 13.82 7.97 7.14 8.03 7.91 3.39 10.46 9.96 12.81 (30.1) pt
ROIC 84.49 5.59 9.04 8.54 9.82 11.09 6.53 13.71 14.64 21.18 (63.3) pt
ROE 64.03 23.14 13.29 11.30 13.93 15.17 6.62 20.33 18.42 23.25 (40.8) pt
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Where the money comes from and where it goes Fiscal 2025

Fiscal 2025: revenue by products and services, and margins
Derivatives Markets 2,244 47.60%
Cash and Spot Markets 1,835 38.92%
Data Vantage 636 13.48%
Gross margin 51.53%
Operating margin 31.12%
Pre-tax margin 33.23%

Revenue by segment since 2015

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. vs peers in Financial Data & Stock Exchanges (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
CME CME Group Inc. $106.1B 25.5× 25.4× +0.84% (above 0%: growing) +2.85% (above 0%: growing) −11.21% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 64.89% Compare
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc. $91.1B 23.7× 22.7× +4.84% (above 0%: growing) +14.09% (above 0%: growing) +29.65% (above 0%: growing) 98.61% 52.18% Compare
MCO Moody's Corporation $84.3B 31.2× 30.3× +15.12% (above 0%: growing) +56.52% (above 0%: growing) +47.01% (above 0%: growing) 76.29% 47.87% Compare
NDAQ Nasdaq, Inc. $58.6B 30.7× 29.4× +20.51% (above 0%: growing) +13.92% (above 0%: growing) −7.71% (below 0%: shrinking) 59.24% 28.12% Compare
MSCI MSCI Inc $44.2B 34.1× 31.4× +12.20% (above 0%: growing) +19.90% (above 0%: growing) +8.19% (above 0%: growing) 82.71% 56.23% Compare
COIN Coinbase Global, Inc. $42.4B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −18.51% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +128.50% (above 0%: growing) 84.44% (9.30%) Compare
CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. $32.8B 25.9× — +22.95% (above 0%: growing) +50.67% (above 0%: growing) −270.85% (below 0%: shrinking) 50.71% 32.99%
TRU TransUnion $14.4B 20.2× 17.7× +14.91% (above 0%: growing) +33.93% (above 0%: growing) +42.65% (above 0%: growing) 58.41% 19.70% Compare
FDS FactSet Research Systems Inc. $11.3B 22.5× 18.9× +6.33% (above 0%: growing) −15.94% (below 0%: shrinking) −0.46% (below 0%: shrinking) 48.59% 24.68% Compare
Median of peers $51.4B 25.5× 25.4× +9.27% +14.09% +18.92% 79.50% 38.00%

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Business profile

Updated

Cboe Global Markets operates exchanges and other financial-market infrastructure. Its venues bring together buyers and sellers of options, stocks, futures and foreign exchange. It also clears trades, supplies market data and licenses indices. Founded in 1973, Cboe is headquartered in Chicago and led by Chief Executive Officer and President Craig S. Donohue.

Options give investors a way to manage or take exposure to changes in an underlying asset or index. Cboe offers options on individual stocks and exchange-traded funds, as well as products tied to market indices. Its SPX options track the S&P 500 Index, while its VIX options and futures are based on a measure of expected stock-market volatility. Customers include asset managers, banks, brokers, hedge funds, professional traders and individual investors.

From the latest earnings call

Updated

  • Craig Donohue said second-quarter net revenue reached $732 million, with double-digit growth across the company’s major categories and all five segments.
  • Jill Griebenow said Cboe’s updated 2026 organic revenue outlook does not include a notable contribution from its event-prediction initiatives.

Analyst rating changes each firm’s latest, last six months

Firm Date Action Rating Target
Goldman Sachs Oct 11, 2026 Reiterated Hold —
Wells Fargo Oct 11, 2026 Initiated Hold —

Largest institutional holders 13F, quarter to 30 June 2026

Held by institutions 88.81%
Held by the ten largest 46.56%
Holder Shares Stake Change
Vanguard 13.18m 12.60% +71.13k
BlackRock 10.20m 9.75% −313.18k
State Street 5.05m 4.83% +69.72k
Fidelity (FMR) 4.31m 4.12% −406.40k
AllianceBernstein 4.07m 3.89% −993.65k
Geode Capital Management 3.10m 2.96% +9.33k
Morgan Stanley 2.84m 2.72% −509.57k
Invesco 2.14m 2.04% −235.66k
Deutsche Bank (DWS) 2.03m 1.94% +956.56k
UBS 1.79m 1.71% +205.59k
13F filings for the quarter to 30 June 2026: long positions in US-listed shares reported by managers with $100m or more, ~45 days after the quarter.

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