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. Investors 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 yield of 0.77%. The ex-dividend date 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 permits the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 24th. The financial services provider reported $1.02 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' 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 net margin of 37.97% and a return on equity of 29.40%. The business's revenue was up 6.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for MarketAxess' shares. Their forecasts range from $198.00 to $219.00. On average, they anticipate MarketAxess' stock price to reach $209.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.0%. 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 stories about MKTX stock have trended positive on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. MarketAxess earned a coverage optimism score of 2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is very likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF), Investment Technology Group (ITG), Associated Capital Group (AC), Greenhill & Co., Inc. (GHL) and Freedom (FRHC).

MarketAxess' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include KAMES CAPITAL plc (1.05%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.23%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.16%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%), TrimTabs Asset Management LLC (0.01%) and First Hawaiian Bank (0.00%). 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 Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold MarketAxess company stock in the last year include Antonio L Delise, David G Gomach, Kevin M Mcpherson, Nicholas Themelis and Richard M Mcvey. View Insider Buying and Selling for MarketAxess.

MKTX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., KAMES CAPITAL plc, TrimTabs Asset Management LLC, First Hawaiian Bank, Meeder Asset Management Inc. and Retirement Systems of Alabama. 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 $218.11.

MarketAxess has a market capitalization of $7.93 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]