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 0.81%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 6th. View MarketAxess' Dividend History.

MarketAxess announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase 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 repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's management 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 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 return on equity of 29.40% and a net margin of 37.97%. MarketAxess's revenue was up 6.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company 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 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for MarketAxess' shares. Their forecasts range from $190.00 to $219.00. On average, they anticipate MarketAxess' share price to reach $206.7143 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.5%. 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.

Media stories about MKTX stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. MarketAxess earned a media sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Some companies that are related to MarketAxess include 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), Associated Capital Group (AC), Investment Technology Group (ITG), Gamco Investors (GBL), Greenhill & Co., Inc. (GHL) and Cowen (COWN).

MarketAxess' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Baillie Gifford & Co. (9.80%), BlackRock Inc. (9.25%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (3.34%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.11%), American Century Companies Inc. (1.96%) and Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.80%). 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., KAMES CAPITAL plc, Allianz Asset Management GmbH and Westpac Banking 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, Richard M Mcvey and Stephen P Casper. View Insider Buying and Selling for MarketAxess.

MKTX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Marathon Asset Management LLP, BlackRock Inc., Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Eagle Asset Management Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP and Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd.. 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 $207.79.

MarketAxess has a market capitalization of $7.84 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]