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

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

MarketAxess announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 25th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, November 7th will be given a dividend of $0.42 per share on Wednesday, November 21st. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.74%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 6th. View MarketAxess' Dividend History.

MarketAxess declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan 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 buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 24th. The financial services provider reported $1.02 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.09. The financial services provider had revenue of $101.44 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $101.19 million. MarketAxess had a net margin of 37.97% and a return on equity of 29.40%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 6.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.90 EPS. 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 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for MarketAxess' shares. Their forecasts range from $190.00 to $219.00. On average, they expect MarketAxess' share price to reach $206.7143 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.4%. 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.

Media stories about MKTX stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. MarketAxess earned a daily sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely 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), Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF), Investment Technology Group (ITG), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), Associated Capital Group (AC), Gamco Investors (GBL) and Greenhill & Co., Inc. (GHL).

MarketAxess' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Baillie Gifford & Co. (9.80%), BlackRock Inc. (9.25%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.45%), Capital World Investors (4.99%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (3.34%) and Neuberger Berman Group LLC (2.54%). 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 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 Capital International Investors, Capital World Investors, Alliancebernstein L.P., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Marathon Asset Management LLP, BlackRock Inc., Vanguard Group Inc. and Carillon Tower Advisers 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 $228.16.

MarketAxess has a market capitalization of $8.45 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]