NASDAQ:MKTX - MarketAxess Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

MarketAxess announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 26th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 9th will be given a dividend of $0.42 per share on Wednesday, May 23rd. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.80%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 8th. View MarketAxess' Dividend History.

MarketAxess declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, October 25th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 25th. The financial services provider reported $1.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.22 by $0.05. The financial services provider earned $114.71 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $114.45 million. MarketAxess had a return on equity of 29.82% and a net margin of 37.61%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 11.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.11 earnings per share. View MarketAxess' Earnings History.

MarketAxess is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for MarketAxess.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for MarketAxess' shares. Their forecasts range from $190.00 to $219.00. On average, they anticipate MarketAxess' share price to reach $209.80 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for MarketAxess.

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

News stories about MKTX stock have trended somewhat positive on Monday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. MarketAxess earned a daily sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the financial services provider an impact score of 46.21 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

MarketAxess' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BAILLIE GIFFORD & COMPANY (10.01%), Baillie Gifford & Co. (9.83%), BlackRock Inc. (8.84%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (3.04%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (3.01%) and Neuberger Berman Group LLC (2.76%). 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 Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Franklin Resources Inc., Atlantic Trust Group LLC, KAMES CAPITAL plc, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Reynders McVeigh Capital Management LLC and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. Company insiders that have sold MarketAxess company stock in the last year include Antonio L Delise, David G Gomach, John Steinhardt, Kevin M Mcpherson, Nicholas Themelis, Richard M Mcvey and Stephen P Casper. View Insider Buying and Selling for MarketAxess.

MKTX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Baillie Gifford & Co., American Century Companies Inc., BlackRock Inc., Ownership Capital B.V., Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Royal Bank of Canada, Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC and Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC. 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 $211.00.

MarketAxess has a market capitalization of $7.86 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.

MarketAxess' mailing address is 299 PARK AVENUE 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10171. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 212-831-6000 or via email at [email protected]