MarketAxess Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:MKTX)

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

MarketAxess announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 16th. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 7th will be given a dividend of $0.51 per share on Wednesday, August 21st. This represents a $2.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.58%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 6th. View MarketAxess' Dividend History.

MarketAxess announced that its board has approved a stock 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 purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 24th. The financial services provider reported $1.27 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.30 by $0.03. The financial services provider had revenue of $125.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $126.06 million. MarketAxess had a return on equity of 29.85% and a net margin of 39.89%. The firm's revenue was up 17.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.07 earnings per share. View MarketAxess' Earnings History.

MarketAxess is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for MarketAxess.

MarketAxess will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 23rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

7 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for MarketAxess' shares. Their forecasts range from $249.00 to $339.00. On average, they expect MarketAxess' share price to reach $300.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.8%. 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 2 sell ratings and 5 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for MarketAxess.

Headlines about MKTX stock have trended somewhat negative on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. MarketAxess earned a media sentiment score of -1.5 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 news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for MarketAxess.

MarketAxess saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,870,000 shares, a decrease of 6.0% from the August 15th total of 1,990,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 497,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.8 days. Approximately 5.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View MarketAxess' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to MarketAxess include Charles Schwab (SCHW), Credit Suisse Group (CS), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), Nomura (NMR), Raymond James (RJF), SEI Investments (SEIC), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Stifel Financial (SF), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Navient (NAVI), Futu (FHL), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC), Associated Capital Group (AC) and Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF).

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

MarketAxess' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Stephens Investment Management Group LLC (0.60%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.15%), Forte Capital LLC ADV (0.11%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.08%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.07%) and CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.04%). Company insiders that own MarketAxess stock include Antonio L Delise, David G Gomach, John Steinhardt, Kevin M Mcpherson, Nicholas Themelis, Richard Leon Prager, 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 CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Stephens Investment Management Group LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc., Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Decatur Capital Management Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. and First Hawaiian Bank. Company insiders that have sold MarketAxess company stock in the last year include Antonio L Delise, John Steinhardt, Kevin M Mcpherson, Nicholas Themelis, Richard M Mcvey and Stephen P Casper. View Insider Buying and Selling for MarketAxess.

MKTX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Campbell Capital Management Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Forte Capital LLC ADV, Polianta Ltd, Wealthfront Advisers LLC and Nisa Investment Advisors 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MKTX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $352.88.

MarketAxess has a market capitalization of $13.32 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. MarketAxess employs 476 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About MarketAxess.

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

MarketAxess' mailing address is 55 HUDSON YARDS 15TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10001. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 212-813-6000 or via email at [email protected]