NASDAQ:MKTX - MarketAxess Stock Price, News, & Analysis

MarketAxess trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "MKTX."

MarketAxess declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 25th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.42 per share on Wednesday, November 21st. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 6th. View MarketAxess' Dividend History.

MarketAxess announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Wednesday, October 25th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 24th. The financial services provider reported $1.02 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.09. The financial services provider had revenue of $101.44 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $101.19 million. MarketAxess had a return on equity of 29.40% and a net margin of 37.97%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 6.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.90 earnings per share. View MarketAxess' Earnings History.

MarketAxess is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for MarketAxess.

9 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for MarketAxess' stock. Their forecasts range from $190.00 to $219.00. On average, they anticipate MarketAxess' share price to reach $206.7143 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for MarketAxess.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MarketAxess in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 8 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for MarketAxess.

News articles about MKTX stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. MarketAxess earned a daily sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

Some companies that are related to MarketAxess include Credit Suisse Group (CS), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), Nomura (NMR), Raymond James (RJF), SEI Investments (SEIC), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Stifel Financial (SF), Navient (NAVI), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR), Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), Investment Technology Group (ITG), Associated Capital Group (AC), Gamco Investors (GBL) and Greenhill & Co., Inc. (GHL).

MarketAxess' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Baillie Gifford & Co. (9.80%), BlackRock Inc. (9.25%), Capital World Investors (4.99%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (3.34%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (2.54%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.11%). Company insiders that own MarketAxess stock include Antonio L Delise, David G Gomach, John Steinhardt, Kevin M Mcpherson, Nicholas Themelis, Richard M Mcvey, Ronald M Hersch and Stephen P Casper. View Institutional Ownership Trends for MarketAxess.

MKTX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Franklin Resources Inc., FMR LLC, Blair William & Co. IL, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Bahl & Gaynor Inc., Neuberger Berman Group LLC, KAMES CAPITAL plc and Burgundy Asset Management Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold MarketAxess company stock in the last year include Antonio L Delise, David G Gomach, Kevin M Mcpherson, Nicholas Themelis, Richard M Mcvey and Stephen P Casper. View Insider Buying and Selling for MarketAxess.

MKTX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital International Investors, Capital World Investors, Alliancebernstein L.P., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Marathon Asset Management LLP, BlackRock Inc., Carillon Tower Advisers Inc. and Eagle Asset Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for MarketAxess.

Shares of MKTX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MKTX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $217.03.

MarketAxess has a market capitalization of $8.07 billion and generates $397.47 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $148.08 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.90 on an earnings per share basis. MarketAxess employs 429 workers across the globe.

The official website for MarketAxess is http://www.marketaxess.com.

MarketAxess' mailing address is 299 PARK AVENUE 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10171. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 212-813-6000 or via email at [email protected]