Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) Competitors

Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) and Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.

Is APO or CBOE a better dividend stock?

Apollo Global Management pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Cboe Global Markets pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Apollo Global Management pays out 35.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cboe Global Markets pays out 33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Apollo Global Management has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Cboe Global Markets has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Apollo Global Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, APO or CBOE?

Apollo Global Management has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cboe Global Markets has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor APO or CBOE?

Apollo Global Management received 726 more outperform votes than Cboe Global Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.01% of users gave Apollo Global Management an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave Cboe Global Markets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Apollo Global Management	Outperform Votes 734 65.01%	Underperform Votes 395 34.99%
Cboe Global Markets	Outperform Votes 8 25.00%	Underperform Votes 24 75.00%

Is APO or CBOE more profitable?

Cboe Global Markets has a net margin of 18.64% compared to Apollo Global Management's net margin of 17.53%. Cboe Global Markets' return on equity of 22.02% beat Apollo Global Management's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Apollo Global Management	17.53%	13.97%	1.10%
Cboe Global Markets	18.64%	22.02%	10.73%

Does the media refer more to APO or CBOE?

In the previous week, Apollo Global Management had 6 more articles in the media than Cboe Global Markets. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Apollo Global Management and 23 mentions for Cboe Global Markets. Cboe Global Markets' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Apollo Global Management's score of 0.88 indicating that Cboe Global Markets is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Apollo Global Management	19 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cboe Global Markets	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate APO or CBOE?

Apollo Global Management presently has a consensus target price of $159.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.75%. Cboe Global Markets has a consensus target price of $219.64, suggesting a potential downside of 4.14%. Given Apollo Global Management's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Apollo Global Management is more favorable than Cboe Global Markets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Apollo Global Management	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.95
Cboe Global Markets	3 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.92

Do institutionals and insiders believe in APO or CBOE?

77.1% of Apollo Global Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.7% of Cboe Global Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Apollo Global Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Cboe Global Markets shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, APO or CBOE?

Apollo Global Management has higher revenue and earnings than Cboe Global Markets. Apollo Global Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cboe Global Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Apollo Global Management	$24.62B	3.03	$5.05B	$5.71	22.87
Cboe Global Markets	$4.09B	5.86	$764.90M	$7.63	30.03

Summary

Apollo Global Management beats Cboe Global Markets on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.