Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) is drawing fresh attention after outlining plans to extend trading hours for select mega cap single stock options and to launch a new prediction market platform with Charles Schwab.

The latest announcements arrive as Cboe Global Markets trades at US$277.13, with short term momentum picking up after a 3.38% 1 day and 7.15% 7 day share price return. A 1 year total shareholder return of 19.70% sits alongside a much stronger 3 year total shareholder return of 104.70%. This suggests longer term holders have seen significant compounding even as recent 30 and 90 day share price returns have cooled.

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Cboe Global Markets now trades at a discount to the average analyst target, yet sits on softer recent returns and a weak value score. Is this caution mispriced, or a fair read on what investors are paying for?

Most Popular Narrative: 14.5% Overvalued

Cboe Global Markets closed at $277.13, while the most followed narrative on the stock points to a fair value of about $241.95, setting up a clear gap between market pricing and that valuation work.

The DDM values are lower than DCF as they only capture dividend returns, not the full value of retained earnings and business growth.

Based on this comprehensive analysis using appropriate risk-adjusted discount rates, CBOE appears undervalued when using WACC-based DCF methodology.

Want to see how Cboe Global Markets gets pushed to a higher fair value while the platform flags it as overvalued? The tension sits in the growth runway plugged into cash flows, the dividend build out and the discount rate used to pull everything back to today. The full narrative lays out those assumptions line by line so you can judge them for yourself.

Result: Fair Value of $241.95 (OVERVALUED)

However, the Cboe Global Markets story could be tested if revenue, which most recent data shows is down 9.51% annually, or options and equities volumes soften further.

Another View On Cboe Global Markets Valuation

While the narrative centers on discounted cash flow and dividend models, Simply Wall St's own DCF model points a very different way, with an estimate of $139.67 per share that leaves Cboe Global Markets looking overvalued at the current $277.13 price. Which set of assumptions do you trust more?

Next Steps

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