NASDAQ:MKTX - MarketAxess Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

MarketAxess announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 16th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 7th will be paid 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 0.55%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 6th. View MarketAxess' Dividend History.

MarketAxess announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, October 25th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $100,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

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

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

5 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for MarketAxess' shares. Their forecasts range from $245.00 to $336.00. On average, they anticipate MarketAxess' stock price to reach $281.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 23.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for MarketAxess.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for MarketAxess in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings and 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for MarketAxess.

News articles about MKTX stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. MarketAxess earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for MarketAxess.

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), Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF) and Associated Capital Group (AC).

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

MarketAxess' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Baillie Gifford & Co. (11.59%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.72%), BlackRock Inc. (7.80%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (5.90%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (4.75%) and Wells Fargo & Company MN (2.60%). 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 BlackRock Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Vanguard Group Inc. and Royal Bank of Canada. 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 JPMorgan Chase & Co., Baillie Gifford & Co., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Natixis, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Northern Trust Corp, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. and Invesco 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 $368.91.

MarketAxess has a market capitalization of $13.93 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]