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MarketAxess (MKTX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$165.01 -0.01 (-0.01%)
As of 11:00 AM Eastern
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About MarketAxess Stock (NASDAQ:MKTX)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$164.79
▼
$165.08
50-Day Range
$161.74
▼
$165.02
52-Week Range
$108.75
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$195.96
Volume
187,635 shs
Average Volume
753,335 shs
Market Capitalization
$5.81 billion
P/E Ratio
20.20
Dividend Yield
1.89%
Price Target
$159.44
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. operates an electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities and related market data services. The company connects institutional investors, broker-dealers and other market participants, enabling them to trade corporate bonds, government bonds, emerging-market debt and other credit products through digital workflows.

Its offerings include electronic request-for-quote trading, all-to-all trading through its Open Trading marketplace, portfolio trading, and tools designed to support pricing, liquidity discovery and trade execution. MarketAxess also provides fixed-income market data, analytics and post-trade services intended to help clients manage and automate their trading activities.

Founded in 2000, MarketAxess serves institutional fixed-income markets across North America, Europe, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region. The company is headquartered in New York City and trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol MKTX. Richard McVey, the company’s founder, serves as executive chairman, while Chris Concannon is chief executive officer.

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MarketAxess Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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41st Percentile Overall Score

MKTX MarketRank™: 
2.056843195645 of 5 stars

MarketAxess scored higher than 41% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 583rd out of 848 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    MarketAxess has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.08, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 12 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Upside/Downside

    The consensus price target for MarketAxess is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    MarketAxess has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about MarketAxess' stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for MarketAxess are expected to grow by 8.66% in the coming year, from $8.08 to $8.78 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of MarketAxess is 20.20, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.21.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of MarketAxess is 20.20, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 19.81.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    MarketAxess has a PEG Ratio of 2.16. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    MarketAxess has a P/B Ratio of 5.35. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about MarketAxess' valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    9.83% of the float of MarketAxess has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    MarketAxess has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.46.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in MarketAxess has recently increased by 7.13%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    MarketAxess pays a meaningful dividend of 1.89%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    MarketAxess has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of MarketAxess is 38.19%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, MarketAxess will have a dividend payout ratio of 35.54% next year. This indicates that MarketAxess will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about MarketAxess' dividend.
  • News Sentiment

    MarketAxess has a news sentiment score of -0.04. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 14 news articles for MarketAxess this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 1 people have added MarketAxess to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, MarketAxess insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,055,022.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    0.72% of the stock of MarketAxess is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    99.01% of the stock of MarketAxess is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about MarketAxess' insider trading history.
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MKTX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

MarketAxess' stock was trading at $181.25 at the beginning of 2026. Since then, MKTX shares have decreased by 9.0% and is now trading at $165.02.

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $1.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.95 by $0.09. MarketAxess's revenue was up .8% on a year-over-year basis.

MarketAxess subsidiaries include these companies: LiquidityEdge.

MarketAxess' top institutional investors include Yousif Capital Management LLC (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI (0.01%) and Krilogy Financial LLC (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Richard M Mcvey, Kevin M Mcpherson, Stephen P Casper, Scott Pintoff, Christophe Pierre Danie Roupie and William Frank Jr Cruger.
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Shares of MKTX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that MarketAxess investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), PayPal (PYPL), Visa (V), Salesforce (CRM), Mastercard (MA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Tesla (TSLA).

Company Calendar

Record date for 9/2 Dividend
8/19/2026
Ex-Dividend for 9/2 Dividend
8/19/2026
Dividend Payable
9/02/2026
Last Earnings
10/23/2026
Today
10/27/2026
EGM 2026
10/29/2026
Next Earnings (Estimated)
11/06/2026
Ex-Dividend for 11/25 Dividend
11/10/2026
Record date for 11/25 Dividend
11/11/2026
Dividend Payable
11/25/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Sector
Finance
Industry
Capital Markets
Sub-Industry
Financial Exchanges & Data
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:MKTX
CIK
1278021
Employees
868
Year Founded
2000

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$205.00
Low Price Target
$128.00
Potential Upside/Downside
-3.4%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.08
Research Coverage
13 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$8.17
Trailing P/E Ratio
20.20
Forward P/E Ratio
20.42
P/E Growth
2.16
Net Income
$246.63 million
Net Margins
33.51%
Pretax Margin
42.19%
Return on Equity
23.15%
Return on Assets
12.43%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.09
Current Ratio
1.85
Quick Ratio
1.85

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$846.27 million
Price / Sales
6.86
Cash Flow
$9.67 per share
Price / Cash Flow
17.07
Book Value
$30.82 per share
Price / Book
5.35

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
35,190,000
Free Float
34,940,000
Market Cap
$5.81 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.80

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This page (NASDAQ:MKTX) was last updated on 10/27/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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