MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX - Free Report) - Stock analysts at William Blair reduced their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of MarketAxess in a research note issued on Wednesday, May 7th. William Blair analyst J. Schmitt now forecasts that the financial services provider will post earnings of $1.89 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.96. William Blair has a "Outperform" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for MarketAxess' current full-year earnings is $7.79 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for MarketAxess' Q1 2026 earnings at $2.02 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.05 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.08 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.96 EPS.
Several other research firms have also recently commented on MKTX. Piper Sandler decreased their price target on shares of MarketAxess from $213.00 to $202.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, May 8th. Bank of America boosted their price target on shares of MarketAxess from $189.00 to $191.00 and gave the company an "underperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 2nd. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their price target on shares of MarketAxess from $223.00 to $226.00 and gave the company a "market perform" rating in a report on Thursday, May 8th. UBS Group lowered their price target on shares of MarketAxess from $305.00 to $295.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, April 7th. Finally, Barclays boosted their price target on shares of MarketAxess from $232.00 to $240.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Thursday, May 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $241.78.
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MarketAxess Trading Down 1.1%
NASDAQ:MKTX traded down $2.31 on Monday, hitting $210.82. 791,209 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 498,499. The company has a market cap of $7.84 billion, a PE ratio of 29.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.89 and a beta of 0.89. MarketAxess has a 1 year low of $186.84 and a 1 year high of $296.68. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $217.17 and a 200-day moving average price of $227.04.
MarketAxess (NASDAQ:MKTX - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 7th. The financial services provider reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.82 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $208.58 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $211.81 million. MarketAxess had a return on equity of 20.23% and a net margin of 33.56%. MarketAxess's revenue was down .8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.92 earnings per share.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Global X Japan Co. Ltd. grew its stake in shares of MarketAxess by 179.5% in the fourth quarter. Global X Japan Co. Ltd. now owns 109 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 70 shares during the last quarter. Allianz SE bought a new stake in MarketAxess in the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its position in MarketAxess by 495.2% in the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 125 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 104 shares during the last quarter. SRS Capital Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in shares of MarketAxess by 13,900.0% during the 4th quarter. SRS Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 140 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 139 shares during the period. Finally, Huntington National Bank raised its position in shares of MarketAxess by 185.7% during the fourth quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 160 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $36,000 after buying an additional 104 shares during the last quarter. 99.01% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
MarketAxess Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, June 4th. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.76 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 21st. This represents a $3.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.44%. MarketAxess's payout ratio is 52.87%.
MarketAxess Company Profile
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MarketAxess Holdings Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates an electronic trading platform for institutional investor and broker-dealer companies worldwide. The company offers trading technology that provides liquidity access in U.S. high-grade bonds, U.S. high-yield bonds, emerging market debt, eurobonds, municipal bonds, U.S.
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