Cboe Global Markets, Inc. · CBOE · FY2024 Q4 · Calendar Q1 2025

Cboe sustains growth with record options activity and retail momentum

The supplied analysis supports a constructive but qualified view: resilient derivatives demand, retail adoption, Data Vantage, and technology investment provide growth avenues, while maintained guidance and unquantified AI monetization leave execution and conversion as key tests.

Reported Before market openCBOEFinancial Services $29.47B market cap
80quality score

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Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS — Consensus $2.15
EPS surprise — Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue — Consensus $526.9M
Revenue surprise — Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move +2.0% Event window
SPY move -0.9% Same window
Abnormal move +2.9% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.2× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +3.7% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Relative to the prior-quarter analysis, the current analysis shifts the emphasis from raised full-year organic revenue guidance to maintained guidance, while highlighting record SPX and VIX activity, faster-than-expected Robinhood index-option adoption, the Cboe Titanium platform, and a new AI Center of Excellence.

Guidance delta

Maintained; the supplied analysis says management reaffirmed its 2025 guidance and Data Vantage guidance remained in the mid-single-digit range.

Key takeaways

  • Q4 net revenue grew 5% year over year and full-year revenue grew 8%, according to the supplied transcript analysis.
  • Record derivatives volumes, including SPX and VIX, and Robinhood index-option adoption supported the quarter's growth narrative.
  • Management maintained guidance while prioritizing organic growth, technology investment, and international expansion.

Management priorities

  • Launch additional volatility products and extend EDGX trading hours to 24/5 pending regulatory clearance.
  • Scale retail education and broker-partner marketing, especially with Robinhood.
  • Invest in Cboe Titanium, APAC sales capacity, and localized international education.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
CBOE REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q1 '24 estimate $505M Q1 '24 actual $957M, beat Q2 '24 estimate $515M Q2 '24 actual $974M, beat Q3 '24 estimate $531M Q3 '24 actual $1B, beat Q2 '25 estimate $574M Q2 '25 actual $1B, beat Q3 '25 estimate $624M Q3 '25 actual $1B, beat Q4 '25 estimate $660M Q4 '25 actual $671M, beat Q1 '26 estimate $690M Q1 '26 actual $729M, beat Q2 '26 estimate $719M Q2 '26 actual $732M, beat Q3 '26 estimate $709M Q4 '26 estimate $705M Q1 '27 estimate $741M
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold31 ratings
Bullish1548.4%
Neutral1238.7%
Bearish412.9%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$294.08Current
$97Low
$246.34Average
$356High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 9, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

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FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Barclays Overweight OverweightMaintainOct 7, 2026
TD Cowen Buy HoldUpgradeOct 5, 2026
Goldman Sachs Neutral SellUpgradeOct 2, 2026
JP Morgan Underweight UnderweightMaintainJul 28, 2026
Piper Sandler Overweight OverweightMaintainJul 15, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $294.08. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Loop Capital MarketsAnalyst unavailable$343$278.2 +16.6%Oct 7, 2026
Loop Capital MarketsAnalyst unavailable$334$271.26 +13.6%Oct 5, 2026
Loop Capital MarketsAnalyst unavailable$300$277.19 +2.0%Oct 2, 2026
Goldman SachsAlexander Blostein$300$277.19 +2.0%Oct 2, 2026
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$301$277.19 +2.4%Oct 1, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. functions as a global operator of various financial exchanges, primarily renowned for its options trading platforms, all managed through its numerous subsidiaries. The company organizes its expansive business activities into five distinct segments. The Options segment specializes in the trading of listed market indices. Its North American Equities division facilitates transactions for listed stocks in the United States and Canada, also offering services for exchange-traded products (ETPs), encompassing both trading and listing. The Futures segment is dedicated to futures trading.…

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Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2025-01-24T00:01:12.984603+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-09T04:10:41.228777+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-09T04:10:41.226045+00:00

Methodology

Reported and consensus figures come from FN2's earnings event records. Market reaction and volume are calculated from daily adjusted bars around the event; abnormal move subtracts the SPY move over the same window.

Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.

Transcript intelligence is a structured synthesis of the current and prior earnings-call analyses. Missing values stay missing and are never estimated.

By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-09. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.