Financial Comparison: Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) vs. Brandt (OTCMKTS:BNDT)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets 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 presently has a consensus price target of $206.86, suggesting a potential downside of 1.87%. Given Brandt’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brandt is more favorable than Cboe Global Markets.

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	18.64%	22.02%	10.73%
Brandt	N/A	N/A	N/A

Institutional and Insider Ownership

82.7% of Cboe Global Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Cboe Global Markets shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 44.0% of Brandt shares are owned by 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 top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cboe Global Markets	$4.09 billion	5.39	$764.90 million	$7.22	29.20
Brandt	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Cboe Global Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Brandt.

Volatility & Risk

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

Summary

Cboe Global Markets beats Brandt on 8 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.