Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) vs. Brandt (OTCMKTS:BNDT) Critical Analysis

Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) and Brandt (OTCMKTS:BNDT) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Cboe Global Markets and Brandt, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cboe Global Markets	2	4	2	0	2.00
Brandt	0	0	0	0	0.00

Cboe Global Markets currently has a consensus target price of $206.86, suggesting a potential upside of 0.53%. Given Cboe Global Markets’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Cboe Global Markets is more favorable than Brandt.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

82.7% of Cboe Global Markets shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Cboe Global Markets shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 44.0% of Brandt shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Cboe Global Markets and Brandt”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cboe Global Markets	$3.77 billion	5.71	$761.40 million	$7.34	28.03
Brandt	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Cboe Global Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Brandt.

Profitability

This table compares Cboe Global Markets and Brandt’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cboe Global Markets	19.65%	22.33%	10.79%
Brandt	N/A	N/A	N/A

Risk & Volatility

Cboe Global Markets has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brandt has a beta of -0.35, meaning that its share price is 135% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cboe Global Markets beats Brandt on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cboe Global Markets

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. is one of the largest stock exchange operators by volume in the United States and a leading market globally for ETP trading. Cboe offers trading across a diverse range of products in multiple asset classes and geographies, including options, futures, U.S. and European equities, exchange-traded products (ETPs), global foreign exchange (FX) and multi-asset volatility products based on the VIX Index. Cboe’s trading venues include the largest options exchange in the United States and the largest stock exchange by value traded in Europe. CBOE reports the results of its operations in 5 business segments: Options, Futures, U.S. Equities, European Equities, and Global FX.

About Brandt

Brandt, Inc. operates as a financial services company. It engages in the reorganization of business concerns in non-financial or regulated activities. The company is headquartered in Bartlesville, OK.