MarketAxess - MKTX Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MarketAxess in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 10 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" MKTX shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MKTX, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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12 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for MarketAxess' shares. Their MKTX share price forecasts range from $270.00 to $415.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $321.09 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.2%.
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MarketAxess' stock was trading at $278.89 at the beginning of the year. Since then, MKTX stock has increased by 24.0% and is now trading at $345.90.
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MarketAxess saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 847,900 shares, an increase of 20.6% from the December 31st total of 703,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 357,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days. Approximately 2.3% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 19th 2023.
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MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 25th. The financial services provider reported $1.58 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.53 by $0.05. The financial services provider had revenue of $177.90 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $176.92 million. MarketAxess had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 24.34% and a net margin of 34.84%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.37 EPS.
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MarketAxess announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 25th. Investors of record on Wednesday, February 8th will be given a dividend of $0.72 per share on Wednesday, February 22nd. This represents a $2.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 7th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.70.
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MarketAxess (NASDAQ:MKTX) pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.81%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 14 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 42.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MKTX will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.22% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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41 employees have rated MarketAxess Chief Executive Officer Rick McVey on Glassdoor.com. Rick McVey has an approval rating of 96% among the company's employees. This puts Rick McVey in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

MarketAxess' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Baillie Gifford & Co. (3.79%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (1.58%), Stephens Investment Management Group LLC (0.60%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.36%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.28%) and Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.21%). Insiders that own company stock include Antonio L Delise, Christophe Pierre Danie Roupie, Kevin M Mcpherson, Kevin M Mcpherson, Nicholas Themelis, Richard Leon Prager, Richard M Mcvey, Richard M Mcvey, Scott Pintoff and Stephen P Casper.
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One share of MKTX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $345.90.

MarketAxess (NASDAQ:MKTX) has a market capitalization of $13.02 billion and generates $718.30 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $250.22 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.65 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 676 workers across the globe.

MarketAxess' mailing address is 55 HUDSON YARDS 15TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10001. The official website for the company is www.marketaxess.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (212) 813-6313, via email at tdelise@marketaxess.com, or via fax at 212-813-6390.