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

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

MarketAxess announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 31st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 13th will be given a dividend of $0.51 per share on Wednesday, February 27th. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.86%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 12th. This is a positive change from MarketAxess's previous quarterly dividend of $0.42. View MarketAxess' Dividend History.

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

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) released its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 30th. The financial services provider reported $1.21 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.15 by $0.06. The financial services provider had revenue of $112.44 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $112.37 million. MarketAxess had a return on equity of 30.31% and a net margin of 39.69%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 14.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.88 EPS. View MarketAxess' Earnings History.

MarketAxess is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for MarketAxess.

7 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for MarketAxess' shares. Their forecasts range from $198.00 to $219.00. On average, they expect MarketAxess' stock price to reach $209.40 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for MarketAxess.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MarketAxess in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 6 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for MarketAxess.

Media stories about MKTX stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog 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 news sentiment score of 0.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

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 Freedom (FRHC).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other MarketAxess investors own include AutoZone (AZO), Starbucks (SBUX), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Micron Technology (MU), NVIDIA (NVDA), Paypal (PYPL), Alphabet (GOOG), Netflix (NFLX), Alibaba Group (BABA) and Visa (V).

MarketAxess' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Baillie Gifford & Co. (10.69%), BlackRock Inc. (9.26%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (4.67%), American Century Companies Inc. (1.90%), Ownership Capital B.V. (1.14%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.09%). Company insiders that own MarketAxess stock include Antonio L Delise, David G Gomach, John Steinhardt, Kevin M Mcpherson, Nicholas Themelis, Richard M Mcvey 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 Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC, New York State Common Retirement Fund, FMR LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Victory Capital Management Inc., Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc. and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 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 and Richard M Mcvey. View Insider Buying and Selling for MarketAxess.

MKTX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Baillie Gifford & Co., Eagle Asset Management Inc., Ownership Capital B.V., Scout Investments Inc., KAMES CAPITAL plc, Bahl & Gaynor Inc. and American Century Companies 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 $238.34.

MarketAxess has a market capitalization of $8.98 billion and generates $435.57 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $172.85 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.57 on an earnings per share basis.

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

MarketAxess' mailing address is 55 HUDSON YARDS, NEW YORK NY, 10001. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 212-813-6000 or via email at [email protected]