BGC vs Cboe Global Markets
BGC and CBOE side by side, both in security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges & services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BGC and CBOE compare
Cboe Global Markets is the larger company, worth 7.4 times as much as BGC ($39.2B against $5.3B).
On earnings, BGC is cheaper: it trades at 22.7× trailing earnings, against 26.7× for Cboe Global Markets.
BGC grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (22.9% versus 14.3% for Cboe Global Markets).
Cboe Global Markets keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 28.0% compared with 7.1% at BGC.
Both pay dividends: BGC yields 0.72% and Cboe Global Markets 0.61%.
Cboe Global Markets scores higher on the StockData Score (20 against 17 for BGC), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BGC | CBOE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $5.3B | $39.2B |
| Share price | $11.14 | $375.42 |
| Change, 1 year | 21.9% | 43.9% |
| Change, 5 years | 140% | 190% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.01 | 0.24 |
| Employees | 4,560 | 1,661 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 17 | 20 (better) |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Performance score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 22.7× (better) | 26.7× |
| P/S | 1.6× (better) | 7.4× |
| P/B | 4.9× (better) | 6.6× |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.5× (better) | 18.6× |
| P/FCF | 9.6× (better) | 15.5× |
| PEG | 0.68 | 0.39 (better) |
| FCF yield | 10.4% (better) | 6.5% |
| Fair value | $13.08 | $328.57 |
| Margin of safety | 14.9% (better) | −14.3% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 22.9% (better) | 14.3% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 7.4% (better) | 6.6% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 49.5% | 50.6% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 48.5% | 51.0% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 20.9% (better) | 19.5% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 53.9% |
| Operating margin | – | 36.4% |
| Net margin | 7.1% | 28.0% (better) |
| FCF margin | 16.3% | 47.9% (better) |
| Return on equity | 23.6% | 27.4% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | – | 36.2% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.63 | 0.24 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.15 (better) | −0.62 |
| Interest coverage | – | 36.3× |
| Current ratio | – | 1.61 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.12 | 6.29 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 9 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.72% (better) | 0.61% |
| Payout ratio | 15.9% | 21.4% |
| Years of dividend growth | 2 | 11 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | −14.0% | 11.6% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 5.7% (better) | 0.34% |
| Shareholder yield | 6.5% (better) | 0.95% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 65.4% | 89.2% |
| Held by insiders | 48.6% | 0.25% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$95.5K (better) | −$2.3M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.8% | 2.0% |
Go deeper
- BGC stock overview
- BGC income statement
- BGC valuation and score
- CBOE stock overview
- CBOE income statement
- CBOE valuation and score
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