Cboe Global Markets (NASDAQ:CBOE) & Brandt (OTCMKTS:BNDT) Critical Contrast

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

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Cboe Global Markets and Brandt”s gross 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	5.32	$764.90 million	$7.22	28.81
Brandt	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Cboe Global Markets has higher revenue and earnings than Brandt.

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 44.0% of Brandt shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

Risk and Volatility

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Cboe Global Markets and Brandt, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	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, indicating a potential downside of 0.55%. Given Brandt’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brandt is more favorable than Cboe Global Markets.

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.