CBOE Global Markets - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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CBOE Global Markets M&A Summary

CBOE Global Markets has acquired 15 companies, including 10 in the last 5 years. A total of 5 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

CBOE Global Markets’ largest acquisition to date was in 2017, when it acquired BATS Global Markets for $3.4B. CBOE Global Markets has acquired in 4 different US states, and 4 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include financial services (50%) and information technology (22%).

CBOE Global Markets Business Overview

Where is CBOE Global Markets headquartered?

CBOE Global Markets is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

What is CBOE Global Markets’ revenue?

CBOE Global Markets disclosed revenue of 3,959M USD for 2022 and 3,495M USD for 2021.

How many employees does CBOE Global Markets have?

CBOE Global Markets has 1,543 employees.

What sector is CBOE Global Markets in?

CBOE Global Markets is a financial services company.

When was CBOE Global Markets founded?

CBOE Global Markets was founded in 1973.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity14
    • M&A Buy Activity14
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 4
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 7
  • M&A Advisors 13

CBOE Global Markets

CBOE Global Markets, Inc.

433 West Van Buren Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60607
United States,
(312) 786-5600
www.cboe.com

CBOE Global Markets is the holding company for Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE), and other subsidiaries. CBOE Holdings offers equity, index and ETP options, including proprietary products, such as options and futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX Index) and S&P 500 options (SPX), the most active U.S. index option. Other products engineered by CBOE include equity options, security index options, Weeklys options, FLEX options, and benchmark products such as the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM). CBOE Global Markets was incorporated in 1973 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (1.8/yr) # 5 5 4 - - - 14
vol $3.4B $3.4B
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  14

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Aequitas Innovations, Inc. 2021-11-15 - Add-on Acquisition
Toronto, Ontario · www.neo.inc
Trading Technologies International, Inc. 2021-10-31 - Secondary Buyout
Chicago, Illinois · www.tradingtechnologies.com
Eris Digital Holdings LLC 2021-10-20 - Add-on Acquisition
Chicago, Illinois · www.erisx.com
Chi-X Asia Pacific Holdings, Ltd. 2021-03-24 - Add-on Acquisition
Hong Kong, China
BIDS Trading L.P. 2020-10-16 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.bidstrading.com
Trade Alert LLC 2020-06-02 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.whatstrading.trade-alert.com
TriAct Canada Marketplace LP 2020-05-19 - Divestiture
Toronto, Ontario · www.matchnow.ca
Hanweck Associates LLC 2020-02-04 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.hanweck.com
FT Providers LLC 2020-02-04 - Add-on Acquisition
Chicago, Illinois · www.ftoptions.com
European Central Counterparty N.V. 2019-12-10 - Add-on Acquisition
Amsterdam, Netherlands · www.euroccp.com
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
Trading Technologies International, Inc. 2021-10-31 Abel Noser LLC 2023-08-22 3
Chicago, Illinois · www.tradingtechnologies.com New York, New York · www.abelnoser.com
BATS Global Markets, Inc. 2017-03-01 ETF.com 2021-02-08 1
Lenexa, Kansas · www.batstrading.com San Francisco, California · www.etf.com
CBOE Livevol LLC 2015-08-07 Livevol X 2017-03-21 1
Chicago, Illinois · www.datashop.cboe.com Chicago, Illinois

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Financial Services 7 (50%) 3.4B (100%) - -
Information Technology 3 (21%) - - -
Business Services 2 (14%) - - -
Software 2 (14%) - - -
Total 14 $3.4B - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 10 3.4B - -
  Illinois 5 - - -
  New York 3 - - -
  Kansas 1 3.4B - -
  Florida 1 - - -
Canada 2 - - -
  Ontario 2 - - -
China 1 - - -
Netherlands 1 - - -
Domestic 10 (71%) 3.4B (100%) - -
Cross-border 4 (29%) - - -
Total 14 $3.4B - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
BofA Securities
 1
Goldman Sachs
 1
Centerview Partners
 1
Legal Deals
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
 1
Macfarlanes
 1
Norton Rose Fulbright
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $3.4B
TOTAL $3.4B
Largest BATS Global Markets, Inc.
$3.4B (2017-03-01)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
29%
4 (29%)
Strategic(s)
7%
1 (7%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Financial Services

Revenue

3,959   14% 2022
3,495   2% 2021
3,427   38% 2020
2,496   10% 2019
2,769   25% 2018
2,229   240% 2017
657   4% 2016
635   3% 2015
617   8% 2014
572   12% 2013
512   2012
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Employees

1,543

Established

1973

Public

CBOE

Former Name

CBOE Holdings, Inc.

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