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 declared that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, October 25th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 24th. The financial services provider reported $1.02 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.93 by $0.09. The financial services provider earned $101.44 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $101.19 million. MarketAxess had a return on equity of 29.40% and a net margin of 37.97%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 6.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $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.

MarketAxess will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 30th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8554254206.

9 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for MarketAxess' stock. Their predictions range from $198.00 to $219.00. On average, they expect MarketAxess' share price to reach $209.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.5%. 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 trended extremely positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. 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 news sentiment score of 4.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely 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), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF), Investment Technology Group (ITG), Associated Capital Group (AC), Greenhill & Co., Inc. (GHL) and Gamco Investors (GBL).

MarketAxess' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include KAMES CAPITAL plc (1.05%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.23%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.17%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.16%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.02%). 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 Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., KAMES CAPITAL plc, TrimTabs Asset Management LLC, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, First Hawaiian Bank, Meeder Asset Management Inc., Campbell Newman 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 $219.18.

MarketAxess has a market capitalization of $8.24 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]